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Facilitating Bison Group Limited's Market Expansion to the USA

Success story
Exporter:
Bison Group Limited
Bison Group Limited (Bison), a proud Kiwi exporter, is a trailblazer in container weighing and lifting technology and sought to expand its footprint to the competitive market of the USA.

Sustaining Q-West Boat Builders’ Growth in Australia

Success story
Exporter:
Q-West Boat Builders
 

Q-West Boat Builders, a Whanganui-based firm with an established presence in Australia, recently secured another crucial contract with the Victoria Police.

NZEC Newsletter - September 2024

Newsletter
In this newsletter we feature the resiliency of a Hawke’s Bay based orchard and their post Cyclone Gabrielle redevelopments to continue meeting international demand for their apples. We also provide an insight into our FY24 numbers, including a summary on the claims we paid during the period.

Pre-Credit Guarantee : Application form

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This application helps the New Zealand Export Credit  (NZEC) to assess your export deal’s eligibility for a Pre-Credit Insurance. 

Export Credit Guarantee

Product

Our Export Credit Guarantee covers credits or loans greater than one year, provided to your foreign buyer. We cover the risk of your buyer or a foreign bank failing to make its repayments as they fall due.

Pre-Credit Insurance

Product

If your exports have a long production period or you produce custom-made products then you may be exposed to losses in the event your buyer cancels or is unable to honour your contract prior to delivery.

Surety Bond Guarantee: Application form

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This application helps  New Zealand Export Credit to assess the Exporter's eligibility for a Surety Bond Guarantee.

Contract Bond Guarantee: Application form

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This application helps the New Zealand Export Credit Agency (NZEC) to assess the Exporter’s eligibility for a NZEC Contract Bond Guarantee. 

General Contract Bond Guarantee

Product

A contract bond is a financial guarantee which protects your buyer from losses in the event you fail to properly perform your contractual obligations. 

Export Credit Guarantee: Application form

Form

This application helps New Zealand Export Credit to assess the Exporter’s eligibility for a New Zealand Export Credit Guarantee.

Short-term Trade Credit Insurance: Application form

Form

Please complete this application if you are a New Zealand Exporter seeking New Zealand Export Credit’s commercial and political risk cover in relation to short-term, open account sales with a foreign buyer.

Short-term Financing Guarantee: Application form

Form

This application is for a New Zealand bank (the Applicant) seeking New Zealand Export Credit’s commercial and political risk coverage in respect to letters of credit and avalised bill of exchange in collection transactions. 

NZEC Newsletter – April 2024

Newsletter
In this newsletter we provide real life examples of how our solutions can be used in securing additional finance from your lender, bidding for international contracts, and mitigating the risk of non-payment from a foreign buyer. We also have a look at a summary of the claims we paid during the 2022/23 financial year.

NZEC Newsletter – February 2024

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We are excited to be back and issuing our first newsletter of 2024! We hope that this finds you well and you are rested after some time off over the holidays. A new year brings new opportunity, and we are energised to continue our work enabling New Zealand businesses of all sizes to showcase their products globally.

Something has been brewing at Ozone

Success story
Exporter:
OCR International Limited (Ozone)
 

 

NZEC Newsletter – December 2023

Newsletter
In this newsletter we are excited to share with you our latest case study that highlights how a company delivering services into the UAE were able to secure a significant multiyear contract with the support of NZEC’s General Contract Bond Guarantee solution. We will dive into the detail about how we helped them secure the work below. 

NZEC support to secure offshore contract

Success story
Exporter:
OnlyFromNZ

 

New Zealand Export Credit Annual Overview 2022/23

Annual report

New Zealand Export Credit Annual Overview provides insights into the results over the 2022/23 year.

NZEC Newsletter – September 2023

Newsletter
In this newsletter we are excited to share with you our latest case study that highlights how a company producing next generation x-ray imaging technology utilised our Export Credit Guarantee product to open the door providing a beachhead into an overseas market. Export Credit collaborated with the company’s working capital provider to underwrite a structure to ensure payment would be received. Below we will dive into more detail about this case study.

NZEC supports 3D x-ray business secure sale by offering extended payment terms

Success story
Exporter:
MARS Bioimaging

The challenge: The University of Wollongong was keen to buy an x-ray imaging camera from Christchurch’s MARS Bioimaging. But the university’s requested payment terms spanned almost two years, to agree to the sale.

NZEC Newsletter – May 2023

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We’re delighted to share with you a case study that tells the story of an exporter that was presented with a fantastic opportunity to expand its cryogenic technology into new markets. After securing a contract to supply a liquid nitrogen solution to aid in the increased production of the Ethiopian and Indian agriculture industries, NZEC was able to provide Fabrum with assurance that their buyer would pay using Short-Term Trade Credit. Read how we were able to support them during the delivery of these contracts.

Cryogenic technology helping the world achieve better outcomes

Success story
Exporter:
Fabrum

The challenge: Fabrum had beachhead opportunities in Ethiopia and India, but the deals were payment-on-delivery.

NZEC Newsletter – December 2022

Newsletter
There have been a lot of developments internationally. You may be aware of COP26 and curious about what impact that may have on New Zealand and specifically on NZ Export Credit. Read below to understand how NZEC intends to comply with New Zealand’s commitments from COP 26.

New Zealand Export Credit Annual Overview 2021/22

Annual report

New Zealand Export Credit Annual Overview provides insights into the results over the 2021/22 year.

NZEC Newsletter – October 2022

Newsletter
We mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, this is a significant moment in New Zealand history as her reign was a constant in all our lives. We hope that our recent public holiday on Monday 26th September was a moment for you all to reflect on this. Please read the note below in relation to the impact of this on NZEC.

NZEC Newsletter – June 2022

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Please note below an important announcement from us in relation to our Trade Credit Insurance. This will be a significant enhancement to our current offering and is part of a more ambitious strategy from us that allows us to support a wider range of New Zealand businesses as we also seek to align with the Government’s economic priorities.

Homegrown automation company surging ahead with NZEC support

Success story

 

The challenge: MHM Automation’s buyer requested a large Advanced Payment Bond in return for an up-front payment in the contract. This required additional support from MHM’s long-standing banker.

PPE exporter growing sustainably through pandemic

Success story
Exporter:
Eagle Protect

 

 

NZEC Newsletter – March 2022

Newsletter
We are proud to share with you news of a major milestone for us. New Zealand Export Credit (NZEC) is proud to have supported more than $4 billion of New Zealand exports since its establishment in 2001. This represents direct support to over 220 New Zealand businesses to establish and grow their exports into over 110 international markets.