UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the trading name of the Export Credits Guarantee Department, a UK ministerial department and the country's export credit agency, established in 1919. It supports the UK economy by helping exporters win international business and by facilitating overseas investment, providing guarantees, insurance and reinsurance against loss for UK exporters and their overseas customers; its maximum commitment capacity has grown from 26 million pounds in 1920 to 80 billion pounds in the present day.
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Founding Year Headquarters1 Horse Guards Road, Westminster, London 1 Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q4158541, property P17 (country). Classification
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1. UK Export Finance - Wikipedia
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The department was established in 1919 to promote UK exports, lost during the submarine blockade of World War I.
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1 Horse Guards Road, Westminster, London
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The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), branded as UK Export Finance (UKEF), is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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