Bank of China provides $200 million loan to shore up Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves in November 2019

In November 2019, Bank of China provided a $200 million loan to the State Bank of Pakistan to shore up the country’s foreign exchange reserves (as captured via Project ID#92085). The original borrowing terms of the loan included a 2 year maturity (final maturity date: November 2021) and an interest rate between 6-month LIBOR plus a 2.65% margin. The loan was repaid in full in November 2022. However, it is unclear if the borrower ever secured a maturity extension through a debt rescheduling agreement. Then, in November 2022, Bank of China and the State Bank of Pakistan signed a $200 million rollover loan agreement to shore up the country’s foreign exchange reserves. The loan carried the following borrowing terms: a 2 year maturity and an interest rate between 3-month LIBOR plus a 2.65% margin. It fully disbursed in November 2022 and was reportedly used by the borrower to repay a $1 billion Sukuk bond in December 2022.

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1. AidData has estimated the all-in interest rate adding 2.65% to average, 6-month LIBOR rate in November 2019 (1.914%). 2. The borrowing terms of the loan are drawn from https://www.finance.gov.pk/survey/chapters_23/Economic_Survey_2022_23.pdf

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