Improving the Role of Eximbanks/ECAs in the OIC Member States
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Malaysia
Exim Bank of Malaysia (MEXIM)
Name of Entity: Exim Bank of Malaysia (MEXIM)
Status: Full Government Ownership (100%
Ministry of Finance)
Corporate Form: Public limited liability company
Year of Establishment:
1995
Capital: RM 2.7 billion
(USD 822.79 million)
Size of staff: 288
Financial outturn: Net profit
RM 144.7 million (USD 40.47 mn)
Assets: RM 8.1 billion (USD 2.27 bn)
Product Offerings
Financing
 Overseas Project/Contract Financing: Provides financing to Malaysian owned and controlled
companies and supports Malaysian investors/contractors undertaking projects overseas
such as infrastructure, manufacturing and other development projects.
 Export of Services Financing: Provided to Malaysian owned and controlled companies and
entails provision of working capital, guarantee or asset financing of foreign services
contracts or acquisition of technology for services (including Information Technology
services and Engineering Architecture) for the global market.
 Malaysia Kitchen Financing Facility: Financing to Malaysian entrepreneurs for establishing
or expanding restaurants overseas.
 Buyer Credit: Financing to foreign buyers/importers to buy Malaysian goods and services
produced in Malaysia or rendered in Malaysia or overseas respectively.
 Supplier Credit Facility: Pre and post-shipment financing provided to Malaysian
manufactures and traders to finance working capital for production of goods and the export
bill after shipment has been made, respectively.
 Import financing: Financing to Malaysian owned or controlled companies for specialized
finished or intermediary goods (high-tech instruments, calibration instruments or
specialized medical equipment) which are unavailable in Malaysia to be exported or sold in
domestic markets.
 Export Credit Refinancing: Pre- and post-shipment financing to direct or indirect exporters
(manufacturer or trading company) to promote export of manufactured products,
agriculture products and primary commodities via production of eligible goods prior to
shipment or financing the gap from shipment to receipt of payment of the export bill.
 ADB-EXIM Trade Finance Program: MEXIM receives a guarantee from ADB to confirm LCs
issued by 78 ADB Participating Issuing Banks from 16 Asian countries.
Guarantee
 Bank Guarantee: Enables Malaysian investors to raise funds abroad and facilitates Malaysian
contractors’ issuance of bonds for overseas contracts.
 LC: Enables importation of goods.
 EXIM Bank Forward Forex facility: Benefits existing customers who are exposed to foreign
exchange risks.
 Buyer Credit Guarantee: Provides a guarantee to facilitate access to long term financing
through a lender to a buyer. This addresses the problems of buyers who rarely want to pay
in cash for major transactions involving high value capital goods and services, for example,
infrastructure projects or Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contracts or that of
exporters who are unable to cope with cash flow consequences or the risks of extending
long-term credit for these contracts.
Insurance
Short Term
 Exporters Trade Credit Insurance (ETCI): Covers exports to overseas importers on credit up