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INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURED COMMODITY TRADE FINANCE TRAINING

Introduction

As Africa makes steady progress towards agricultural transformation, significant and innovative financing is required. Africa lacks the financial services required to spur the agricultural sector into making the necessary shift to commercial agriculture (IFC, 2013). The availability of finance is essential for a structured trading system.

Today, up to 80 per cent of global trade is largely supported by some form of financing. Nevertheless, there are significant gaps that riddle the trade finance and many trading companies cannot access the finance that they need; missing opportunities for growth and expansion. While non-traditional financing mechanisms that include factoring, supply chain finance, inventory financing among others do exist, they don’t respond to the needs of a variety of actors and their risk profiles.

Most of the grain traders and processors are mainly SMEs who typically find trade finance availability pretty elusive owing to their lower collateral, guarantees and credit history than larger companies, and the high estimated value of unmet demand for trade finance being US$ 120 billion. While Africa’s production patterns are evolving, this means increasing trade opportunities and widening gaps in financing provisions.

The design and development of a suitable trade finance product is important for stimulating the business growth and increasing the frequency to trade. This Course is designed to provide a comprehensive view of the interplay between trade finance instruments and supply chains as they apply to the grain commodities business. In order to increase the uptake of structured trade finance, potential actors require knowledge about the grain structured trading system, appreciate the risks and their mitigation measures, learn from case studies where the system is successfully being employed in the region and gain the confidence to engage.

Who should attend?

Topics to be covered

Your Investment

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Guest Speakers

Overview of Grain Sector in the EA region: Status of structured trade systems, Trade policies and regulatory frameworks, regional grain trade outlook and trends and grain commodity profiles (demand and supply, financing opportunities, risks and risk mitigation)

Understanding the National, Regional and International Grain trade practices: Overview of national, regional and international trading systems, requirements for grain trading- documentation, logistics, banking procedures, payment modes, credit terms and implications, financing procedures and incoterms

Structured Commodity Trade Finance: What structured commodity trade finance is, financing techniques and types (pre-export, shipment/transportation, inventory and receivables) for structured commodities, risk ad risk mitigation measures

Experiences in Structured Commodity Trade Financing: Experience sharing from industry practitioners and selected service providers

Experential field visit: Visit to an International Commodity Handling Facility or a Grain Importing and Procesing Company

SPS Regulatory Agency (KEPHIS) - to share about the SPS requirements and documentation for International trade before financing

Import-Export companies - to share their experiences in commodity trade finance and the opportunities in structured trade finance in international trade

International Shipping Company - to share the experience in customs, logistics handling and shipment in relation to trade finance

Collateral Management Company - to share their role in structured trade finance in international trade

Gerald MasilaStructured Trading System Expert

Samwel RutoStructured Trading System Expert

Kefa NyakundiRisk Management Expert

Isaac TaalamInternational Trade Expert

Members Non-Members

Kshs. 100,000 Kshs. 80,000

Kshs. 100,000 Kshs. 120,000

The fees will cover tuition, training materials, teas, lunches and fieldvisit. Participants will cater for their transport costs to/from venue

Organizations registering at least 5 participants will get the 6th for free...

Without Accomodation

Accomodation Inclusive

NB:

Commodity Traders

Credit and Risk Managers

Trade Finance Specialists

Marketing Managers

Import and Export Traders

Finance Managers and Directors

Bankers

Agribusiness Managers

To Register: Write us an email: gbi@eagc.org or call: 254 733 444035 | +254 710 607313 | +254 712 651 820

Date: 3rd - 5th April, 2019 Venue: Mombasa, Kenya