EXPORT FINANCE: A TOOL FOR PROMOTING EXPORT IN INDIA

Export Finance play a crucial role in growth and development of export sector in any economy, which face a tough competition from rest of world. It is an essential and prime element for successful operation of various internal and external activities to grow the export business sector. In view of many scholars and economists, export is considered as the engine of growth and development of any country. Presently, India’s total export is contributing approx. 2% in the world’s trade. In export trading the 6 Ps concepts of export marketing are depending on the availability of export finance assistance in terms of share, cost and period of time. This study attempts to analyze and review the impact of export finance used by various exporters on their export profitability, performance on varied interest rate, cost of finance and special schemes related to pre and post shipment stage in export trading. To analyze the role and importance of various financial institutions in providing the financial assistance to the exporters in India helps and supports to export sector to grow in the right direction and also to achieve the specific goals. This research paper provides meaningful information to policy maker who want to reform their export structure, promotion schemes and increase the nation’s competitiveness in present era. KEYWORDS: Export Finance, Financial Institutions, Export Credits, Export Insurance

The main trends in the development of export credit agencies in the world

Subject. This article discusses the features and trends in the development of export credit agencies (ECA) in the world in the context of increasing competition of manufacturers for market share. Objectives. The article aims to show the peculiarities of the ECA's activities, reveal new aspects of their operation in modern conditions, and substantiate the need to change the international agreement in the field of export crediting and insurance. Methods. For the study, I used the comparative, statistical, and formal and logical methods. Results. The article shows the key role of ECA as an institution of State support for exports and a guarantor of the stability of the international trading system. It also finds that increased competition from Chinese and other ECAs that are not subject to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits – OECD rules, as well as the expanded role of ECA during the pandemic, necessitate uniform approaches to State support for exports of domestic producers at the WTO level. Conclusions. ECAs’ support remains one of the effective tools in implementing the State foreign economic policy and increasing the international competitiveness of certain sectors of the economy. The need to improve international rules on export credit and insurance to ensure the stability and sustainable development of international trade is becoming increasingly apparent.

Infrastructure finance, late development, and China’s reshaping of international credit governance

How is the rise of China affecting international governance? This paper examines the domain of infrastructure finance by focusing on China’s two policy banks, which are the main creditors of China’s overseas infrastructure projects. While the incumbent international credit regimes led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) distinguish development-oriented aid from commercially oriented export credits, emerging late-developed economies blur this dichotomy by largely funding development projects with state-backed export credits. The way China alters the OECD’s credit governance, this paper argues, demonstrates both the generality of late development and the peculiarity of “Chinese” development. Rather than directly subsidizing firms’ international business with the state’s fiscal revenue, policy banks financialized host country’s state-owned and state-coordinated assets using various market instruments. By doing so, they gave Chinese firms a comparative advantage in the markets of less developed regions, allowing them to undertake projects that firms from advanced industrial countries cannot. This financing mechanism has reshaped the international development regime by transforming the dominant means of credit allocation from state-led aid-giving to market-based exchange, and rewritten the liberal rules of the international export credit regime by financing the developing world in a both statist and liberalist manner. As a result, China has built a paralleled regime in regions insufficiently covered by the existing financial schemes of incumbent credit regimes.

THE ROLE OF EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES IN THE STATE`S TRADE POLICY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS SYSTEM

In the current context export crediting, insurance and guarantee of export credits as state stimulation financial methods of export production have become an organic part of the states` foreign trade policy realization mechanism. Providing state guarantees for an export credit is in many cases a primary condition for obtaining it. Therefore, the importance of state insurance in foreign trade is constantly growing, which, in turn, increases the reliability and efficiency of export operations. Export credit agencies are a highly effective institutional mechanism of state promoting policy. The main advantages and disadvantages of export credit agencies are analyzed. Models of export financing are offered and the cost with the involvement of the export credit agency is indicated. Taking into account foreign experience, the main factors hindering the process of forming an effective system of state financial support for exports are identified and the feasibility of creating a specialized institution to support export activities in Ukraine is justified. After all, with the development of market relations and integration into the European economic space, characterized by the intensity of foreign trade, which is manifested in increasing the number and volume of export and import operations, there is a need to identify and study new economic mechanisms of financial support.

Foreign economic activity and its impact on the balance of payments of Ukraine

Introduction. The payment balance is an indicator of the state and development of the national economy, systematically reflects the transactions between economic systems around the world, which allows us to assess the country’s participation in the international division of labor. It also plays an important role in the mechanism of currency regulation. Control of the payment balance in the context of implementing measures to eliminate imbalances in the economy, implementing a balanced foreign economic, monetary, exchange rate policy, establishing economically sound amounts of gold and foreign exchange reserves, developing adaptive mechanisms to attract external financing are extremely important. The problem and its solution should become the main direction of state policy of Ukraine. Purpose. The aim of this article is to study the impact of the real state of foreign economic activity on the payment balance of Ukraine and analysis of the reviewed impact indicators. Results. The article considers the concepts and individual indicators of the payment balance of Ukraine and shows the components of the payments balance. The main indicators of foreign trade, including the volumes of imports and exports and their dynamics, have been reviewed in detail. The current state of Ukrainian foreign economic activity in general has been analyzed. The concept of the payment balance has been indicated and the connection between the change in the payment balance depending on the change of certain indicators of Ukraine’s foreign economic activity, which are closely interrelated, has been determined. Conclusions. The main factor that negatively affects Ukraine’s payment balance is the large balance of goods deficit. The strategy to reduce the payment balance deficit should include the following elements: taking the necessary measures to eliminate internal economic imbalances; to guarantee the provision of export credits to producers, insurance against economic and political risks, the introduction of a preferential depreciation regime for fixed assets and the provision of financial benefits and other loans in exchange for the fulfillment of specific obligations of the export program; use international legal standards to regulate the payments balance; regulation of expenditures and revenues of the state budget, the use of risk insurance instruments in the financial system; increase revenue and revenue rates to increase trademark patents, licenses, and references to scientists and technicians.

The trends of producing agro-food products and export innovative marketing strategy in Georgia

Introduction. Historically, agriculture has been a traditional sector for Georgia and the country has favorable natural and resource potential for its development. However, the rate of development of this sector has been below the corresponding indicators of the other sectors of the economy for many years, the level of self-sufficiency for local agricultural products is low, the import of food products exceeds export by four times on average and therefore, the country faces serious challenges in this regard. So in the paper discusses about the agro-food products in Georgia and its export potential in order to reveal the relevant export stimulation economic policy as the country has the rich natural resources to develop and export. Aim and tasks. The purpose of the research is to develop the recommendations for the export stimulating economic policy based on the assessment of the agro-food products and export potential in Georgia. Results. The economic influence of stimulating export and importing the economy is assessed by the justification of the positive influence of international trade on the development of the agro-food sector. The article studies the determinants of innovative marketing in agribusiness. It is proved the role of innovative marketing in elaborating export strategy of agro-food products in the international markets. Based on bibliographic research and empirical materials, the possibility of diversification of production and export of agro-food products is revealed. Conclusions. In the agricultural sector of Georgia in recent years there has been a tendency to increase production; however, the volume of import still significantly exceeds export. It is believed that export diversification will enable Georgia to overcome the limited market capabilities and promote productivity. To achieve these goals, the use of relevant stimulating economic policy tools is offered: subsidizing export; export credits; optimization of trade barriers; effective management of exchange courses; export insurance; offering the special financial services and more.

Government Support of Export Crediting: Implementation of the OECD Recommendations

Despite the ongoing sanction regimes, the Russian Federation is seeking to enhance the competitiveness of tradable goods and, hence, expand the international trade, increase exports and provide legal support for export crediting as a guarantee for maintaining the active trade balance of the country. until now the regulatory framework for export crediting in the Russian Federation is not complete: certain provisions of the Russian and international law related to the area under study need harmonization. In this paper, the author examines the compliance of the terms of the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits with the regulatory framework governing export crediting in the Russian federation. The paper analyzes the Russian legislation, strategic planning documents and in-house documents of organizations that form the national export support system. The analysis revealed the lack of legislative consolidation of export development in the Russian Federation, with regulatory issues reflected in non-core documents. The problem solution lies in improving the regulatory framework for support of export crediting so as to reduce the country risk and enhance the national competitiveness.

Sovereign Debt and Human Rights

The first book to address the links between sovereign debt and human rights. Authors are renowned jurists, economics, historians and social scientists, all of which examine the links between debt and human rights from a variety of angles. The book is structured around five basic parts. The first sets out the historical, political and economic context of sovereign debt. Indeed, without understanding how debt accumulates, why it is necessary and to whom it is owed, it is impossible to fully comprehend the full range of arguments about its impact on human rights. The second part effectively addresses the human rights dimension of the three types of sovereign lenders, namely inter-governmental financial institutions (IFIs) (chiefly those from the World Bank group and those within the EU framework), sovereigns and private lenders. Part II examines also debt-influencing mechanisms, and with the exception of vulture funds that will be analysed in Part V, here we examine the role of export credits, credit rating agencies and bilateral investment treaties. Part III goes on to make the link between debt and the manner in which the accumulation of sovereign debt violates human rights. From there, Part IV examines some of the conditions imposed by structural adjustment programs on debtor states with a view to servicing their debt. All of these conditionalities have been shown to exacerbate the debt itself at the expense also of economic sovereignty. It is thus explained in Part IV that such measures are not only injurious to the entrenched rights of peoples, but that moreover they exacerbate the borrower’s economic situation. Finally, Part V addresses the range of practical responses to sovereign debt, such as odious debt claims, unilateral repudiation, establishment of debt audit committees and others.