Sadharan Bima Corporation introduced. Export credit guarantee scheme with effect from 01.01.78 through its Export Credit Guarantee Wing as per order of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in order to promote national exports. The primary objective of Export credit department is to boost up and strengthen the export promotion drive in Bangladesh by offering guarantees to banks and financial institutions to enable exporters to obtain easily better loan facilities from them both at the pre-shipment & post-shipment stage.

Direct risk covered under Export Credit Guarantee Scheme:

By providing a credit risk insurance covers to exporters against losses resulting from both commercial and non-commercial (political) risks in respect of goods sold to foreign buyers on credit. Broadly speaking, the objective of Export credit guarantee is to encourage exporters to export more, attract newcomers to export business, promote new export products, to open up new market.

At present the following finance guarantee and policy are issued by ECGW :-