Eyes focused on equipment boom

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01 November 2004

There is no doubt that trade in capital equipment and machinery has picked up markedly through this year on a global basis. And this growth is providing a steady stream of business for those banks, other finance institutions, insurers and legal teams involved in this sphere of activity. Three years ago some casual observers were predicting doom and gloom for export finance. How wrong they were. Export/import finance is back ? and with a bang.

Evidence of the increased business and interest in this line of business was clear to see at Trade Finance/Euromoney Seminars' joint Global Export Finance Conference in Rome in late October. Business was being done, new contacts were being made and over 200 delegates discussed the major issues relating to this line.

But perhaps what is not so clear is what is driving this upsurge, and in which industrial sectors is there the most activity? In addition, which financial institutions are capitalizing on the increased pipeline of business, and is there a good share all round, or are some banks losing out?

Then of course there are the fascinating questions relating to global industrialization to be answered ? what is happening to production in the OECD countries, how much is going to subsidiaries in the emerging markets and what value is remaining? And with the increased production in...

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