EIB 99-14 Trade Reference Form

EIB 99-14 Trade Reference Form provides essential credit information used by EXIM Bank credit officers when analyzing requests for export credit insurance/financing support, both short-term (360 days & less) & medium-term (longer than 360 days), for the export of their US goods and services. Additionally, this form is an integral part of the short-term Multi-Buyer export credit insurance policy for those policyholders granted foreign buyer discretionary credit limit authority (DCL). Multi-Buyer policy holders given DCL authority may use this form as the sole source or one piece among several sources of credit information for their internal foreign buyer credit decision in which, in turn, commits EXIM's guarantee. When developed in conjunction with the Bank's Short Term and Medium-Term Credit Standards (STCS/MTCS) the Trade Reference Form was meant to be a guideline for the type of information needed by either an EXIM loan officer or Multi-Buyer policyholder when making a foreign buyer credit decision. Ideally a supplier providing the trade reference would submit this information in a letter/memorandum on their company letter. Over time it has become common practice for Exporters to complete this form, thereby making it a regularly-used document in particular by Multi-Buyer policyholders. EXIM Bank and its Multi-Buyer policyholders use the Trade Reference Form approximately 6,500 times annually. Thus the Trade Reference Form is critical to EXIM Bank and in particular to over 2,300 Multi-Buyer policyholders during their foreign buyer credit review process.

The latest form for EIB 99-14 Trade Reference Form expires 2022-06-30 and can be found here.