China Eximbank provides $8.5 million buyer’s credit loan for Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine to produce sodium carbonate used in glass manufacturing
Commitment amount
$ 21814882.194759883
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 21814882.19
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) [State-owned Policy Bank]
Recipient
Iran
Sector
Industry, mining, construction (Code: 320)
Flow type
Loan
Level of public liability
Other public sector debt
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
In January 2000, China Eximbank issued a $8.5 million buyer’s credit loan to Iran’s Bank of Industry and Mine — an Iranian government-owned bank — for the production of sodium carbonate used in glass manufacturing. This loan is fully disbursed. Iran subsequently imported $8 million worth of sodium carbonate from China, but once the sodium carbonate was imported, Iran became self-sufficient in production.
Additional details
1. The China Eximbank loan that supported this project is not included in the Overseas Development Finance Dataset that Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center published in December 2020.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Iran Bank of Industry and Mines [State-owned Bank]