Second Reading Speeches

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Direct Lending and Other Measures) Bill 2014

Type
Government
Portfolio
Trade and Investment
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
to: expand the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s (EFIC) powers to enable direct lending for export transactions involving all goods (not just capital goods); and require EFIC to pay a debt neutrality charge or guarantee fee, and a tax equivalent payment, in relation to all its operations.

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