ICC BANKING COMMISSION MIAMI MEETING 2018: Day 1 - Global Survey on Trade Finance 2018
1. ICC GLOBAL SURVEY ON TRADE
FINANCE 2018
Selected Highlights
April 2018 | Miami, USA
2. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
251 UNIQUE RESPONDENT BANKS
8%
8%
12%
12%
14%
22%
25%
North America
Middle East
Latin America
Africa
Central and Eastern Europe, the…
Asia Pacific
Western Europe
Region
9
4
4
8
23
52
0 20 40 60 80 100
>501
401-500
301-400
151-300
51-150
<50
Number of employees involved delivery of Trade Finance
products and solutions, %
28
29
26
17
0 20 40 60 80 100
< 1,000
1,000-9,999
10,000-99,999
>100,000
Number of trade finance transactions processed, %
8
14
26
32
14
8
0 20 40 60 80 100
<10 million
10-100 million
100 million-1 billion
1-10 billion
10 billion to 100 billion
Over 100 billion
3. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
Canada
United States
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Cape Verde
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
Tunisia
Uganda
United Republic of
Tanzania
Zambia
Western
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United
Kingdom
Eastern
Albania
Armenia
Belarus
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Georgia
Hungary
Republic of
Macedonia
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Turkey
Ukraine
Bahrain
Iran
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Afghanistan
Australia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mongolia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
EuropeAfricaLatin AmericaNorth America Middle East Asia-Pacific
91 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
4. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
OUTLOOK ON GLOBAL TRADE FINANCE GROWTH
Next 12 months
73%
Improve
22%
Stay the same
5%
Decline
5. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
OUTLOOK ON THE TRADE FINANCE GAP
1%
20%
57%
22%
Close
Reduce
Remain consistent
Widen
6%
41%
25%
28%
12
months
3
years
In the next 3 yearsIn the next 12 months
6. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
APPROVED AND REJECTED TRADE FINANCE TRANSACTIONS IN 2017
61
68
71
39
32
29
0 20 40 60 80 100
Micro and SME
Middle Market/mid-Cap
Multinational and large
corporate
93
89
89
83
83
82
79
7
11
11
17
17
18
21
0 20 40 60 80 100
North America
Latin America
Western Europe
Cent. & EE
Africa
Middle East
Asia Pacific
By region
% %Approved Rejected
By client type
7. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
MAIN REASONS FOR REJECTIONS
10%
27%
23%
16%
10%
8%
6% Poor application or proposal
Inability to complete KYC
Failed KYC or due diligence
Insufficient collateral
Unacceptable risk profile
Insufficient credit lines (country, bank or
company)
8. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
TRADE FINANCE TRANSACTIONS PROCESSED IN 2017
Traditional Trade finance Percentage distribution
Commercial letters of credit 49%
Collections 24%
Guarantees 16%
Standby letters of credit 11%
Supply Chain Finance Percentage distribution
Payables finance 28%
Receivables discounting 25%
Factoring and its variations 17%
Loan or advance against receivables 16%
Pre shipment finance 6%
Forfaiting 4%
Loan or advance against inventory 3%
Distributor finance 2%
9. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
TRADE FINANCE TRANSACTIONS ACROSS REGIONS
North America
63% 37%
Latin America
77% 23%
Western Europe
89% 11%
Cent. & EE
87% 13%
Middle East
90% 10%
Africa
88% 12%
Asia-Pacific
88% 12%
Traditional
Trade
Finance
Supply
Chain
Finance
10. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
DIGITAL PROGRESS
3%
9%
13%
36%
30%
7%
3%
We have
successfully
implemented
solutions but
benefits not yet
evidenced
We have
successfully
implemented
resulting in a
reduction of time
and costs
We are currently
struggling to
implement
technology solutions
We have
implemented
technology solutions
but there is room for
improvement
Technology
solutions
implementation is
on our agenda for
the next 1-2 years
Technology
solutions
implementation is
not on our agenda
at this time
Don’t know
DevelopingMature Not currently on agenda
Implementation of a technology solution to achieve benefits such as reduced time and costs as well as
improved precision associated with trade-related due diligence
11. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
REMOVAL OF PHYSICAL PAPER FOR DOCUMENTARY TRANSACTIONS
14%
7%
14%
51%
41%
51%
35%
52%
35%
Issuance/Advising Document Verification Settlement/Financing
To a great extent; fully implemented for all transactions
To some extent; implemented for some transactions
To no extent; not implemented at this time
12. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
OBSTACLES TO GROWTH AND LEVELS OF CONCERN
6%
13%
32%
33%
34%
34%
34%
38%
48%
93%
87%
66%
65%
64%
64%
63%
54%
48%
Regulation and compliance
Counter-terrorism and international
sanctions regulation and compliance
Competition and disruption from FinTechs
and Non-Banks
Increasing protectionist and trade-
restrictive measures
Volatile commodity markets
Capital constraints
Reduction in pool of senior technical
specialists
Legacy technologies
Shifting trade flows and corridors
Not at all concerned / Not very concerned Somewhat concerned / Extremely concerned
Not applicable
1%
0%
2%
2%
2%
2%
3%
8%
4%
13. POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
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