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Dealogic: Trade Finance Review 2011

09 January 2012

Trade finance volume has reached its second highest level on record, with the volume of ECA guarantees at a record level, and Citi topping the ECA-backed trade finance rankings.

Read more: Dealogic Trade Finance 2011 Dealogic trade finance league tables 2011

Global Trade Finance

Global trade finance volume reached $168.6billion via 1085 deals in 2011, the second highest level on record behind 2010 ($171.1billion via 1254 deals). Activity in 4Q 2011 fell to 137 deals, the lowest since 1Q 2004 (113 deals), resulting in the average deal size increasing to a record $266 million.

Excluding sole-bank loans volume reached a record $128.8 billion in 2011, up slightly on the previous...


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