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Date: 02/07/2007
Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility

RBI/2007-08/62
Ref. MPD. No. /07.01.279/2006-07

July 2, 2007
Aashadha 11, 1929 (S)

The Chairmen/Chief Executives of
all Scheduled Banks (excluding RRBs)

Dear Sir,

Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility

We enclose the revised Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility which consolidates and updates all instructions/guidelines issued on the subject upto June 30, 2007. This Master Circular has also been placed on the RBI's website (www.rbi.org.in). Instructions/Guidelines issued on the subject during the period from July 13, 2006 to June 30, 2007 are placed separately in the Appendix.

Yours faithfully

(M.D. Patra)
Adviser-in-Charge


Master Circular on

Export Credit Refinance Facility

Table of Contents

1.

Introduction

2.

Participants

3.

Limit

4.

Interest Rate

5.

Margin Requirement

6.

Duration

7.

Collateral

8.

Minimum Amount of Availment

9.

Place of Availment

10.

Repayment

11.

Penalties

12.

Documentation

13.

Reporting Requirement

14.

Condition

15.

Annexes
Reporting Formats
Definitions

16.

Appendix: List of Circulars

Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance (ECR) Facility 

1. Introduction

1.1 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provides export credit refinance facility to banks under Section 17(3A) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934, in order to encourage banks to extend more liberal export credit. This facility is given on the basis of banks' eligible outstanding rupee export credit both at the pre-shipment and post-shipment stages. The quantum of refinance is fixed from time to time based on the stance of monetary and credit policy of the RBI.

2. Participants

2.1 All scheduled banks (excluding RRBs), which are authorised dealers in foreign exchange and have extended export credit are eligible to avail of the export credit refinance facility.

3. Limit

3.1 At present, the scheduled banks are provided export credit refinance to the extent of 15.0 per cent of the outstanding export credit eligible for refinance as at the end of the second preceding fortnight. The definition of outstanding export credit eligible for refinance is given in Annex I.

4. Interest Rate

4.1 Export credit refinance facility is available at the Repo Rate (which is linked to Reverse Repo Rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), as announced from time to time.

4.2 Interest shall be payable with monthly rests and the amounts of such interest calculated on daily balances would be debited to the account of such advances at the end of respective month or earlier when the balance outstanding is wiped out. 

5. Margin Requirement

5.1 No margin is required to be maintained.

6. Duration

6.1 Repayable on demand or on the expiry of fixed periods not exceeding one hundred and eighty days.

7.  Collateral

7.1 RBI extends the export credit refinance against the Demand Promissory Note (DPN) of banks supported by a declaration that they have been extended export credit and the outstanding amount eligible for refinance is not less than the loan/advance from the RBI.

8. Minimum Amount of Availment

8.1 The minimum amount of availment under this facility is Rupees one lakh and multiples thereof.

9. Place of Availment

9.1 This facility can be availed of at centres wherever the Reserve Bank has a Banking Department.

10. Repayment

10.1 The refinance has to be repaid on demand or within 180 days.

11. Penalties

11.1 In the event of a scheduled bank having irregular availment of export credit refinance, a penal rate of interest as decided by the Reserve Bank from time to time will be charged on the outstanding loan or loans.

11.2 The instances on which penal rate would be applicable for irregular availment of export credit refinance are set out in Table 1.

 Table 1: Illustration of Irregular Availment of Export Credit Refinance

a)

Utilisation of ECR exceeds the total limit.

b)

Wrong calculation/ reporting of refinance limit by banks.

c)

Non-repayment of refinance within 180 days.

d)

Delay in reporting excess utilisation by banks.

12. Documentation

12.1 The banks have to execute the following documents for availing of export credit refinance facility (Annex II):

a) A stamped agreement in Form No. DAD 297.

b) A Demand Promissory Note (DPN) in Form No. DAD 295 A.

c) Board Resolution in Form No. DAD 298 authorising the borrowing under the scheme and also the officials who will execute loan documents on behalf of the bank.

d) For enhancement of limit, a letter in Form No. DAD 299 extending the agreement to enhance limit together with consolidated DPN for the fresh limit.

e) In terms of Para 7.30 of Banking Department Manual, Agreements and letters of extension need not be renewed so long as there is no change in the terms thereof. DPN should, however, be renewed every three years of their dates of execution not withstanding their validity for three years from the date of transaction.

12.2 The borrowing bank should submit to the Monetary Policy Department, Reserve Bank of India, a fortnightly declaration in form No. DAD.389 together with a statement of Export Refinance Entitlement in form No.DAD.390 to enable Reserve Bank of India to monitor the position of the outstanding borrowings under the scheme in relation to its outstanding export credit advances.

13. Reporting Requirement

13.1 The availing banks are required to report their outstanding export credit eligible for refinance within five days from the relevant date in the format provided in Annex III.

14. Condition

14.1 It is essential that the outstanding borrowings at all times are fully covered by the borrowing bank’s holding of export bills/amount of eligible pre-shipment advances as reported in their latest declaration.  If at any time it is found that the total amount of bills held by banks/amount of eligible pre-shipment advances covered by the declaration falls below the amount borrowed, the bank should forthwith adjust or repay excess refinance from the RBI.

15. Annexes

15.1 Definitions, Forms of Agreement and Reporting Formats pertaining to Export Credit Refinance Facility are listed in Annex I, Annex II and Annex III, respectively.

16. Appendix

16.1 All the Circulars issued by the Reserve Bank of India related to Export Credit Refinance Facility are listed in the Appendix.


Annex I

Definitions

In these guidelines, unless the context otherwise requires:

i. "Fortnight" shall mean the period from Saturday to the second following Friday, both days inclusive;

ii.  "Bank” or “banking company" means a banking company as defined in clause (c) of Section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) or a "corresponding new bank", "State Bank of India" or "subsidiary bank" as defined in clause (da), clause (nc) and clause (nd) respectively thereof and includes a "co-operative bank" as defined in clause (cci) of Section 5 read with Section 56 of that Act.

iii.  “Scheduled bank” means a bank included in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

iv. "Export Bills" means all export bills having a usance not exceeding 180 days purchased/negotiated/discounted by the borrowing bank under letters of credit or otherwise which are drawn in India or any country outside India which is a member of the International Monetary Fund or any other country notified in this behalf by the Bank in the Gazette of India would be eligible for inclusion in the declaration to be furnished by it.

v. "Pre-shipment Credit" means the credit granted by banks to bonafide exporters on the strength of letters of credit established by banks of good standing abroad in favour of the local exporter or on the strength of firm export order and the borrowing bank should ensure that the relevant documents are lodged with it.

vi. "Export credit eligible for refinance" means the aggregate outstanding export credit as on the last Friday of the second preceding reporting fortnight minus Pre-shipment Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC), Export bills discounted/rediscounted under the scheme of 'Rediscounting of Export Bills Abroad' (EBR), overdue rupee export credit and other export credit not eligible for refinance, export bills rediscounted with other banks/Exim Bank/Financial Institutions and export credit against which refinance has been obtained from NABARD/EXIM Bank.


Annex II

Form of Agreement

DAD 297
Para 7.50

Form of agreement to be obtained from the Principal
Office of the scheduled bank for borrowings in respect
of bank finance for exports of goods (to be stamped as an
agreement in accordance with the law in force in each state)

The Reserve Bank of India

Dear Sirs,

In consideration of your agreeing to make from time to time, under section 17(3A) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, and on the terms and conditions contained in the Memorandum attached to the circular DBOD.No.BM.78/C.297(M)-69 dated the 20th January 1969 advance in your discretion but not in any event exceeding the sum (exclusive of interest) of Rs………….. for which amount we have delivered to you a demand promissory note in your favour carrying interest at the rate hereinafter mentioned, which advances shall be repayable on demand and shall be made upon declaration in such forms as may be prescribed by you.  We agree as follows:

(1)  The balance of the said advances at any time outstanding shall be repayable by us to you on demand.

(2) Each drawal of advances under this agreement shall have a maturity period not exceeding 180 days and shall be repayable by us within the said period.

(3) Interest shall be payable by us to you at such rate as may be notified by you from time to time, with monthly rests and the amounts of such interest calculated on the daily balances may be debited to the account of the said advances at the end of each respective month or earlier when the balance outstanding is wiped out.  It shall be open to you to reimburse yourself with the amount of interest so debited by charging the same to our current account with you.

(4)  We agree that in default of payment by us under the terms of clauses (1) and (2) hereof, you may, but without any obligation on your so to do, debit our current account with you for the amount due by us on account of the loan of advance granted in terms of Section 17(3A) of the said Act.

(5) We agree and undertake that the loan or advance granted by us to exporters or other persons eligible for refinance in order to enable them to export goods from India and drawn and outstanding at any time shall not be less than the outstanding amount of the loan or advance obtained by us from you.  We further agree to maintain in your favour such margin as you may from time to time prescribe so that the shortfall in the margin stipulated therein, we shall forthwith on demand by you reduce the balance due to you by a cash payment so as to make good the amount of margin required to be maintained.

(6)  We further agree that we will from time to time, while these advances continue and whenever required by you to do so furnish you with such information regarding the outstanding in the advances made by us in respect of export of goods eligible for refinance and true reports in such as you may prescribe regarding the solvency of the borrowers and agree to advise you promptly of any change in the position of any such borrower which can be reasonably be considered to affect our security.

(7) We hereby agree to execute on demand such documents as may be required by you to create in your favour an overall charge on our book debts represented by the advances made by us in respect of export of goods eligible for refinance or to vest in you such security as are specified by you so as to render the same readily saleable or transferable by you at any time.

(8) We agree and undertake to pay interest at such higher rate as you may decide, in the following cases; where

    (a) Export Credit Refinance utilisation is in excess of the limit allowed,

    (b) Refinance limits are calculated or reported wrongly,

    (c) Drawals remain outstanding beyond 180 days on account of insufficient fund in our account

    (d) There is long delay in reporting about the excess or irregular utilisation by us for the period of delay.

(9)  We also agree that this agreement and said demand promissory note for Rs………… shall operate as a continuing security for the said advance notwithstanding the existence of a credit balance at any time or any partial payment or fluctuations of accounts or withdrawal of any part of the security.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of … … … … … …
(Name of the schedule Bank)
(Signature of authorized official)
(Designation).


DAD 295A

(On the letter head)

DEMAND PROMISSORY NOTE
(Export Credit Refinance Facility)

On demand, we, (Bank's Name), promise to pay to the Reserve Bank of India or order the sum of Rs……………..  (Rupees …………………………………………………………) with Interest at repo rates as announced by Reserve Bank of India for export credit refinance facility at the time of full repayment or at monthly rests whichever is earlier for value received.

For and on behalf of……

Place :

Date :

 (2 Signatories & revenue stamp)
Names & Designation of both signatories


DAD-298

Para 7.71

Specimen of Board Resolution

   A copy of the Board Resolution No.   … …  … …………………….. Passed at the meeting of the board held on ……………………………..

"Resolved -

(i) that the bank to borrow from the Reserve Bank of India in terms of Pre-shipment Credit Scheme and/or Export Bills Credit Scheme under Section 17(3A) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 upto the limit that may be approved and upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time;

(ii) that the following officers of the bank be and are hereby severally empowered to execute and furnish the necessary agreements, loan documents, declarations, statements and certificates on behalf of the bank for the purpose of availing of the above mentioned facilities from the Reserve Bank of India and such other instruments and documents as may be required by the Reserve Bank of India in this behalf.


FORM 'D'
DAD-299

Date:

The Reserve Bank of India
Deposit Accounts Department
Mumbai-400 001

Dear Sir

With reference to the Agreement dated …………………….. we agree that in consideration of your agreeing to increase the limit of Rs………………….(………………………………………………………………………………………………) specified therein to a fresh limit of Rs………….        (Rupees ………………………………………………………………………) for which amount we have delivered to you a consolidated demand promissory note, carrying interest at ……. p.a. with monthly rests, all the terms of the said agreement shall apply to and in relation to the fresh limit of and the consolidated demand promissory note for Rs…………….. (Rupees ……………………………………………………………….) and the advances thereunder, as they apply to and in relation to the limit of and demand promissory note for Rs………….. (Rupees …………………………………….  ) and the advances thereunder. 

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of
(Name of the scheduled Bank)


Annex III

Reporting Formats
Form DAD 389

Name of the Bank         _______________________________________________

Statement showing the Export Credit Refinance Limit for the fortnight ended_______

PART - A

(Rs. in lakh)

1.

Outstanding Export Credit as on the last
Friday of the second preceding reporting fortnight *

____________

2.

Export Credit Refinance Limit (15 percent of item no. 1)

____________

* Outstanding Export Credit for the purpose of working out refinance limits will be aggregate outstanding export credit minus Export bills rediscounted with other banks/Exim Bank/Financial Institutions, Export Credit against which refinance has been obtained from NABARD/Exim Bank, Pre-shipment Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC), Export bills discounted/rediscounted under the scheme of 'Rediscounting of Export Bills Abroad', Overdue Rupee Export Credit and other Export Credit not eligible for refinance.


PART - B

Aggregate Export Credit Outstanding as on @

(Rs. in lakh)

1.

Aggregate Export Credit Outstanding   ____________

 

of which -

 

 

(i) Export bills rediscounted with other banks/Exim Bank / Financial Institutions

___________

 

(ii) Export Credit against which refinance has been obtained from NABARD/Exim Bank

___________

 

(iii) Pre-shipment Credit in Foreign Currency (PCFC)

___________

 

(iv) Export bills discounted/rediscounted under the scheme of 'Rediscounting of Export Bills Abroad'

___________

 

(v) Overdue Rupee Export Credit

___________

 

(vi) Export Credit not accounted for above ( i to v) and not eligible for refinance*

___________

2.

Outstanding export credit eligible for refinance
Item 1  minus {(i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv) + (v) + (vi)}

___________



PART - C

Export Credit Outstanding as on @

(Rs. in lakh)

1.

Pre-shipment Rupee Export Credit **

 

  1. Upto 180 days
  2. Beyond 180 days and upto 270 days                                      

Total ( i + ii)

____________

2.

Post-shipment Rupee Export Credit **

  1. Upto 180 days
  2. Beyond 180 days and upto 270 days

Total ( i + ii)

____________

3.

Total Rupee Export Credit (1 + 2)

____________

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@  Aggregate Export Credit outstanding as on the last Friday of the second preceding reporting fortnight.
* e.g., in case packing credit is sanctioned for more than 180 days, for the period upto 180 days, the outstandings should be shown against item 2 for the periods beyond 180 days, the outstandings should be shown against item 1(vi).
** Including overdues.




Appendix

List of Circulars

Sr.
No.

Circular Number

Subject

1.

DBOD.No.BM.2732/C.297/K-63 dated March 13, 1963

Export Bills Credit Scheme

2.

DBOD.No.BM.78/C.297(M)-69 dated January 20, 1969

Refinancing of Pre-shipment Credit

3.

DBOD.No.B.M.931/C.297P-69 dated June 9, 1969

Refinancing under section 17(3A) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 - Pre-shipment Credit Scheme

4.

CPC.No.BC.45/279A-81 dated March 18, 1981

Export Refinance.

5.

CPC.No.BC.46/279A-81 dated May 27, 1981

Interest Rate on Export Credit Refinance

6.

CPC.No.BC.60/279A-82 dated October 25, 1982

Changes in Interest Rate on Export Credit Refinance

7.

CPC.No.BC.64/279A-83 dated October, 1983

Export Credit Refinance

8.

CPC.No.BC.77/279A-85 dated October  25, 1985

Export Credit Refinance

9.

CPC.No.BC.79/279A-86 dated August 1, 1986

Export Credit Refinance- Change in Interest Rate

10.

CPC.No.BC.91/279A-88 dated April 2, 1988

Export Credit Refinance

11.

CPC.No.BC.98/279A-89 dated March 27, 1989

Export Credit Refinance

12.

CPC.No.BC.103/279A-90 dated April 12, 1990

Export Credit Refinance

13.

CPC.No.BC.111/279A-91 dated April 12, 1991

Export Credit Refinance

14.

CPC.No.BC.115/279A-91 dated September 3, 1991

Export Credit Refinance

15.

CPC.No.BC.116/279A-91 dated October 8, 1991

Export Credit Refinance

16.

CPC.No.BC.122/279A-92 dated April 21, 1992

Rates of Interest on Export Credit Refinance ((Rupee) and
Refinance for Post-Shipment Credit denominated in US Dollars

17.

CPC.No.BC.123/279A-92 dated April 23, 1992

Export Credit Refinance ((Rupee) and Refinance
Against Post-Shipment Export Credit Denominated in US Dollars

18.

CPC.No.BC.129/07.01.279/92-93 dated April 7, 1993

Export Credit (Rupee) Refinance and Refinance
Against Post-Shipment Export Credit Denominated in US Dollars

19.

CPC.No.BC.132/07.01.279/93-94 dated October 11, 1993

Export Credit (Rupee) Refinance and Refinance
against Post-Shipment Export Credit Denominated in US Dollars



Sr.
No.

Circular Number

Subject

20.

CPC.No.BC.136/07.01.279/93-94 dated May 14, 1994

Export Credit (Rupee) Refinance and Refinance against Post-Shipment Export Credit Denominated in US Dollars

21.

CPC.No.BC.144/07.01.279/94-95 dated April 17, 1995

Interest Rates on Term Deposits

22.

CPC.No.3559/03.02.15/94-95 dated April 20, 1995

Export Credit Refinance

23.

UBD.DS.SUB.CIR.3/13.04.00/95-96 dated February 7, 1996

Interest Rates on Advances

24.

CPC.No.2101/03.02.01/95-96 dated January 15, 1996

Refinance against Post-shipment Export Credit denominated in US Dollars (PSCFC)

25.

CPC. /03.02.01/95-96 dated February 7, 1996

Export Credit Refinance

26.

CPC.No.3466/03.02.01/95-96 dated April 4, 1996

Export Credit Refinance

27.

IECD.No.10/04.02.01/96-97 dated October 19, 1996

Interest rates on advances - Post-shipment Rupee Credit

28.

CPC.No.1067/03.02.01/96-97 dated October 23, 1996

Export Credit Refinance

29.

CPC.No.2652/03.02.01/96-97 dated April 21, 1997

Export Credit Refinance

30.

MPD.No.2035/03.02.01/97-98 dated January 16, 1998

Reserve Bank Refinance

31.

CPC.No.2662/03.02.01/97-98 dated March 18, 1998

Interest Rates on Refinance Facilities from the reserve Bank of India

32.

MPD.No.2932/03.02.01/97-98 dated April 2, 1998

Interest Rates on Refinance Facilities from the reserve Bank of India

33.

MPD.No.3121/03.02.01/97-98 dated April 29, 1998

Refinance Facilities from the Reserve Bank of India

34.

MPD.BC.No.177/07.01.279/97-98 dated June 11, 1998

Interest Rate on Export Credit

35.

MPD.49/03.02.01/98-99 dated July 8, 1998

Export Credit Refinance

36.

MPD.BC.No.179/07.01.279/98-99 dated August 6, 1998

Interest Rate on Export Credit and Export Credit Refinance

37.

MPD.No.1018/03.02.01/98-99 dated October 15, 1998

Fortnightly Statement showing Export Credit Refinance Limits

38.

MPD.BC.No.182/07.01.279/98-99 dated March 1, 1999

Bank Rate and Export Credit Refinance Rate

39.

MPD.BC.No.184/07.01.279/98-99 dated March 1, 1999

Interest Rate on Export Credit and Export Credit Refinance

40.

MPD.3278/03.02.01/99-2000 dated April 1, 2000

Interest Rates on Export Credit Refinance and Collateralised Lending Facilities

41.

MPD.3538/03.02.01/99-2000 dated April 27, 2000

Liberalised Export Credit Refinance Facility

42.

MPD.BC.No.198/07.01.279/2000-01 dated July 21, 2000

Bank Rate

Sr.
No.

Circular Number

Subject

43.

MPD.BC.No.200/07.01.279/2000-01 dated July 21, 2000

Export Credit Refinance and Collateralised Lending Facility

44.

MPD.2992/03.02.01/2000-01 dated April 21, 2000

Standing Liquidity Facilities Scheme

45.

MPD.3115/03.02.01/2000-01 dated April 30, 2001

Standing Liquidity Facilities Scheme

46.

MPD.BC.No.213/02.01.279/2001-02 dated March 18, 2002

Export Credit Refinance Scheme

47.

MPD.BC.No.223/07.01.279/2002-03 dated October 29, 2002

Export Credit Refinance Facility

48.

MPD.BC.No.232/07.01.279/2002-03 dated April 29, 2003

Export Credit Refinance Facility

49.

MPD.BC.No.243/07.01.279/2003-04 dated November 5, 2003

Rationalisation of Standing Facilities

50.

MPD.BC.No.246/07.01.279/2003-04 dated March 25, 2004

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks for Export Credit and Primary dealers (PDs): Rationalisation

51.

MPD.BC.No.247/07.01.279/2003-04 dated April 07, 2004

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks for Export Credit : Rationalisation

52.

MPD.BC.No.252/07.01.279/2004-05 dated July 03, 2004

Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility

53.

MPD.BC.No.270/07.01.279/2005-06 dated July 01, 2005

Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility

54.

MPD.BC.No.275/07.01.279/2005-06 dated October 25, 2005

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers (PDs)

55.

MPD.BC.No.278/07.01.279/2005-06 dated January 24, 2006

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers (PDs)

56.

MPD.BC.No.281/07.01.279/2005-06 dated June 9, 2006

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers (PDs)

57.

MPD.No.282/07.01.279/2006-07 dated July 12, 2006

Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility

58.

MPD.BC.No.284/07.01.279/2006-07 dated July 25, 2006

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers

59.

MPD.BC.No.287/07.01.279/2006-07 dated October 31, 2006

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers

60.

MPD.BC.No.289/07.01.279/2006-07 dated January 31, 2007

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers

61.

MPD.BC.No.290/07.01.279/2006-07 dated March 30, 2007

Standing Liquidity Facilities for Banks and Primary Dealers

 
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