Trade Finance Syndication

Effective use of trade finance is integral to managing your trade / FX exposures and cash flows. We arrange import finance / credit roll-over to help clients save interest costs, avoid adverse rate of exchange and benefit from interest rate arbitrage.

Buyer’s Credit Facility:
  • Finance in foreign currency (in all major currencies)
  • Import finance at LIBOR related rates
  • Security: LC / letter of comfort from domestic bank
  • Credit period: ranging from 3 months to 1 year
Supplier’s Credit Facility
  • Can be arranged on similar terms under ECA facility from foreign bank
Structured Trade Finance
  • Alternate means of finance can be explored, say, without needing issue of LC or withy fixed exchange rate
Benefits
  • RBI approved instruments for import financing.
  • Interest Rate Arbitrage: Libor rates are much lower than domestic interest rates.
    • Cost of Funds: LIBOR + Bank Spread + Forward premium (hedging cost)
    • No with holding tax
    • The bank spread depends upon the fund availability and is negotiable.
  • Mecklai can negotiate the best rates given the higher volume generated by large number of client base.
  • We provide hassle free solution for clients and do end-to-end follow up from getting the quote till the financing is done.
  • We can suggest alternate structures to minimize hedging cost / optimize benefits from the market
Our relationships with domestic and global banks makes the facility accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), who generally don’t get competitive rates.