Export Development Canada
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EDC is a Crown Corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors in up to 200 markets worldwide. Our mandate is to support and develop Canada’s export trade and Canadian capacity to engage in that trade and to respond to international business opportunities. To fulfill this mandate, we provide trade finance and risk mitigation services to Canadian companies involved in export trade and investment. EDC assists Canadian companies of all sizes by providing political risk insurance, financing, performance security insurance and guarantees, contract frustration insurance and accounts receivable insurance. EDC provides the support exporters and investors need to succeed in their chosen markets, complementing the programs and services of commercial banks. EDC is financially self-sufficient and operates on commercial principles. Our ExpertiseEDC’s Political Risk Insurance is available to Canadian companies investing in facilities and projects in foreign markets, as well as to financial institutions providing financing in support of such investments. Political Risk Insurance can cover losses arising from currency non-transferability and inconvertibility, expropriation, and political violence. Arbitration award default cover is also available. Canadian companies with mobile assets overseas can be covered against risks of expropriation and political violence.EDC also provides Non-Honouring Sovereign cover to financial institutions against the risk on non-payment of a loan made to a sovereign government in support of a Canadian export transaction. Our Services |
Export Development Canada CONTACTS Christine Karlsen
Jean-Francois Lamoureux |