Finance your buyers
Finance your buyers to facilitate your exports to developing countries.
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Advantages
Do you want to export to developing countries, but your customers don’t have financing solutions? Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) can help you overcome this commercial obstacle.
With our support, you can:
- Facilitate the sale of your products or services by offering financing solutions to your buyers
- Mitigate the financial risks associated with exporting
- Speed up the signing of international contracts
- Bring export projects to fruition that would otherwise be difficult to finance
Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) guides you towards the best financial instruments, in Wallonia, Belgium or internationally, and supports you in structuring your financing.
We put you in direct contact with:
- National and international lenders
- Development banks (World Bank, IFC, AfDB, IDB, etc.)
- International cooperation agencies (Enabel, etc.)
- Funding schemes tailored to Walloon businesses
Related support
Grants for emerging markets
Support your export projects to emerging countries with a grant covering up to 35% of your quote, to boost your competitiveness in strategic markets.
Grants for SMEs
Substantial financial support for SMEs to export innovative capital goods to developing countries, with a grant covering up to 100% of the contract value to help secure initial international references.
Your key contacts
Our advisors are available to assist you with your projects and answer your questions.
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Credendo
Credendo offers Walloon companies credit insurance and public guarantees covering the risks associated with their international operations, including non-payment, breach of contract, and political risks. Credendo also provides financing solutions and insurance for investments abroad. These instruments enable you to export and invest internationally with greater security.
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Finexpo
Finexpo provides Belgian companies with financial support specifically designed for exports of capital goods and related services. Its products include financing on competitive terms through interest-rate subsidies, government-to-government loans, mixed credits combining a loan and commercial financing, and outright grants. Finexpo particularly supports projects in developing countries, helping exporters remain competitive in international markets. Specific instruments are also available for SMEs active in innovative products, renewable energy, and the circular economy.
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Wallonie Entreprendre International
Wallonie Entreprendre International (formerly SOFINEX) offers companies a comprehensive range of financial instruments to support the development of their activities abroad. These solutions are designed to support your international growth projects, whether they involve investment, market prospecting, or business development.