Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI)
Function: I.R. of Iran’s official Export Credit Agency (ECA)
Legal nature: 100% Government-owned Company
Date of Establishment: 1973 – 1994 (re-establishment)
Capital: USD 500 million
Vision: Turning to the best, most professional and effective ECA in
South West Asia
Major Services: Insurance Policies & Guarantees
Number of Employees: 124
Chairman and CEO: Seyed Amir Borhani Naeini
Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI), was
established in 1973, as the first “Export Credit Agency” (ECA) of “Middle East
and North Africa” (MENA) region. Then after a period of inactivity, it was
re-established in 1994 as a legally and financially independent entity, 100%
state-owned, and affiliated to Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade of Iran,
with the purpose of supporting, developing and promoting Iran’s Non-oil exports
through providing Iranian exporters with a) export credit policies to cover the major political &
commercial risks involved in their export operations; b) Credit guarantees to
help them meet their financial requirements.