Export Development Fund (EDF)

$600m loans from EDF turn sour

Loans amounting to nearly $600 million, or Tk 7,000 crore, disbursed from the Export Development Fund (EDF), which was formed based on the country’s foreign exchange reserves, have been defaulted, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) document.

$600 million taken in loans from Export Development Fund defaulted

Dhaka-based firms defaulted most of the amount at $558.7 million and Chattogram-based ones $29.7 million

Garment makers urged to buy yarn from local market

Textile millers made the demand today

BB resets loan ceilings of export development fund

Established in 1989, the EDF facilitates access to financing in foreign exchange for input procurements by manufacturer-exporters.

Banks to pay 4% penal interest for unpaid EDF loans

Currently, the volume of the EDF is $6 billion and the interest rate on EDF loans is 4.5%

Loans from export development fund made costlier

The Bangladesh Bank today raised the interest rate for loans from its export development fund (EDF) by 1 percentage point with a view to making borrowing costlier and thus saving foreign currencies.

Businesses can now repay EDF loans in three instalments

Businesses can now repay their loans taken from the Export Development Fund (EDF) in three instalments.

August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024

$600m loans from EDF turn sour

Loans amounting to nearly $600 million, or Tk 7,000 crore, disbursed from the Export Development Fund (EDF), which was formed based on the country’s foreign exchange reserves, have been defaulted, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) document.

August 13, 2024
August 13, 2024

$600 million taken in loans from Export Development Fund defaulted

Dhaka-based firms defaulted most of the amount at $558.7 million and Chattogram-based ones $29.7 million

May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023

Garment makers urged to buy yarn from local market

Textile millers made the demand today

April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023

BB resets loan ceilings of export development fund

Established in 1989, the EDF facilitates access to financing in foreign exchange for input procurements by manufacturer-exporters.

March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023

Banks to pay 4% penal interest for unpaid EDF loans

Currently, the volume of the EDF is $6 billion and the interest rate on EDF loans is 4.5%

November 8, 2022
November 8, 2022

Loans from export development fund made costlier

The Bangladesh Bank today raised the interest rate for loans from its export development fund (EDF) by 1 percentage point with a view to making borrowing costlier and thus saving foreign currencies.

September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022

Businesses can now repay EDF loans in three instalments

Businesses can now repay their loans taken from the Export Development Fund (EDF) in three instalments.