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Chinese Government provides $60.9 million interest-free loan for Kratie-Trapeang Kriel Section of National Road No.7 (NR 7) Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Record ID#61166, #32077, #38851)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$140,777,531
Commitment Year•2002Country of Activity•CambodiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CambodiaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 2, 2002
Start (actual)
Nov 18, 2004
End (actual)
Apr 29, 2008
First repayment (originally scheduled)
Oct 30, 2012
Last repayment (originally scheduled)
Oct 28, 2022

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The purpose of the project was to rehabilitate a 196.8 km segment of National Road No.7 (NR 7) between Kratie and Trapeang Kriel. This road segment was considered to be the last section of the Sihanoukville–Phnom Penh–Stung Treng–Pakse–Savannakhet Subcorridor (SEC-4) in Cambodia. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=12.68%2C106.06%3B13.92%2C106.03#map=9/13.2955/106.0931

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Cambodia

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Shanghai Construction Group General Co.

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides $60.9 million interest-free loan for Kratie-Trapeang Kriel Section of National Road No.7 (NR 7) Rehabilitation Project

Grace period•10 yearsGrant element•75.0516%Interest rate (t₀)•0%Interest type•Fixed Interest RateMaturity•20 years

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 2, 2002, the Chinese Government and the Government of Cambodia signed letters of exchange regarding a $60,980,000 loan for the Kratie-Trapeang Kriel Section of National Road No.7 (NR 7) Rehabilitation Project. The loan carried the following borrowing terms: a 20-year maturity, a 10-year grace period, and 0% interest rate. The loan proceeds were drawn in part from an economic and technical cooperation agreement (ETCA) that the parties signed on November 27, 2003 (as captured via Record ID#32077). Also, on November 2, 2002, the Chinese Government and the Government of Cambodia signed a $2,430,000 grant agreement for the Kratie-Trapeang Kriel Section of National Road No.7 (NR 7) Rehabilitation Project (as captured via Record ID#61166). The purpose of the project was to rehabilitate a 196.8 km segment of National Road No.7 (NR 7) between Kratie and Trapeang Kriel. This road segment was considered to be the last section of the Sihanoukville–Phnom Penh–Stung Treng–Pakse–Savannakhet Subcorridor (SEC-4) in Cambodia. Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) was the contractor responsible for implementation. A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 18, 2004 and the road inauguration ceremony was held on April 29, 2008.

Staff comments

1. This project is also known as the Rehabilitation Project of the National Road No. 7 (NR 7) from Kratie to Trapeang Kriel (including Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge in Sekong). The Chinese project title is 援柬埔寨7号国道项目 or 援柬埔寨7号公路 or 桔井至德罗宾克瑞尔7号国道. 2. The Government of Cambodia’s aid and debt information management system, which is maintained on behalf of all ministries and agencies of the Royal Government of Cambodia by the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board (CRDB) of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), identifies the interest rate of the loan that supported this project as 2%. However, this appears to be a typographical error. 3. The loan proceeds were drawn from an ETCA, which committed an interest-free loan (see Record ID#32077). 4. In 2004, the Chinese Government and the Government of Cambodia signed a $2,558,125 interest-free loan agreement for the 1st Cambodia-China Friendship (Sekong) Bridge Construction Project, which is closely related to the Kratie-Trapeang Kriel Section of National Road No.7 (NR 7) Rehabilitation Project (as captured via Record ID#38851).