GABON LETTER OF CREDIT

GABON LC ISSUING BANK CONFIRMING BANK CHARGES 2024

GABON LETTER OF CREDIT CONFIRMATION FEE 2024

For Gabon, when an exporter has concluded a commercial export contract with a Gabonese importer and the two parties do not know each other, the irrevocable and confirmed letter of credit is the most appropriate instrument to mitigate the risks.

The Gabonese importer will ask the Gabonese bank to issue a letter of credit for the benefit of the exporter who will have previously named the name of the notifying and confirming bank to be accepted by the exporter.

For Gabon, the exporter must choose a confirming bank that has in its network of correspondents the Gabonese bank that is proposed by the importer but also the one that has an acceptable credit rating so that there is no default of payment from the confirming bank.

A letter of credit issued in Gabon is usually confirmed by a big number of banks which are prepared to take the risks of Gabonese banks and make sure the beneficiary of the LC or exporter obtain his payment.

LIST OF GABONESE BANKS ISSUING LETTERS OF CREDIT AND WHICH ARE ACCEPTED BY THE BANKS OF EXPORTERS

  • BGFI Bank

  • Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie au Gabon (BICIG)

  • Union Gabonaise de Banque (UGB)

  • Banque Populaire du Gabon

  • Banque de l’Habitat du Gabon

CONFIRMING BANKS FOR LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUED THROUGH GABONESE BANKS

Banks which are confirm the letters of credit issued in Gabon by Gabonese banks are: (please contact us to obtain the list or to be listed as confirming bank).

GABON: CONFIRMATION FEE FOR LETTER OF CREDIT FROM A GABONESE BANK

Confirmation charges and fees for letters of credit issued through Gabonese banks can be obtained on demand by emailing: info@tradefinance.africa.

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