Exim Bank Lines of Credit for East Africa to Boost Indias Exports
Satyapal Menon | @TheDollarBiz Mombasa Port in Kenya. Kenya accounts for over 63% of India’s total exports to the EAC. The Export Import Bank of India says that Lines of Credit (LOCs) for the East African Community (EAC) is likely to strengthen India’s position as the top exporter to a region considered a virgin territory for investments and infrastructure development, and as a gateway to rest of Africa. The EAC is a regional group comprising the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is considered as a single market with around 125 million consumers, and is among the world’s rapidly growing economic regions. During 2002-2012, global trade of EAC surged more than five-fold from $8.9 billion to $49.3 billion, ...
