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Export credit · 14 Mar 2025

UKEF defence direct lending capacity raised by £2bn

Issuer or borrower
UK Export Finance
Date
14 Mar 2025
Amount
£2bn
US$ equivalent
US$2.6bn
Type
Export credit
Structure
UKEF direct lending capacity raised from £8bn to £10bn to back defence exports
Country
United Kingdom

This is a programme-level or conditional commitment. It is listed for reference and left out of funded totals.

Sources

  1. GTR: UK Export Finance to grow defence lending to £10bn gtreview.com · Mar 2025
  2. Defence Online: £2bn boost for UK defence defenceonline.co.uk · 26 Mar 2025

Checked against the documents above. Record DEF-2025-0004.

Other financings by UK Export Finance

DateFinancingTypeAmount
19 Sep 2018UK Export Finance support for Typhoon export to QatarExport credit£5bn
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