IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL
NFIAFFECTED FLOW
Outflow (subsidised)ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY
NoNON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE
NoELIGIBLE FIRMS
firm-specificJUMBO
NoTARIFF PEAK
NoFinancial assistance in foreign market
On 2 September 2015 the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a USD 485.1 million project finance and overseas investment loan agreement with Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited. The company is jointly established by the Japanese companies Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. as well as the Trinidad and Tobago companies National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and Massy Holdings Limited.
The loan finances the company's methanol and dimethyl ether production project in Trinidad and Tobago.
Project Financing
Project financing loans include preferential terms such as repayments being solely made from the project's cash flow generation and secured on the basis of the project's assets alone. As such the loan agreement is tied to the project's finances and not the company in question.
Overseas Investment loans
JBIC provides direct loans named overseas investment loans to Japanese companies, overseas affiliates or joint ventures where Japanese companies hold equity interests and governments or financial institutions partying with such overseas affiliates. Loans support projects in specific sectors or with a specific purpose of interest to Japan. Further information can be found on the Bank's website under overseas investment loans.
The GTA includes state guarantees and other financial incentives that are likely to affect the restructuring and performance of firms facing international competition, whether from imports, in export markets, and from foreign subsidiaries.
According to UN Comtrade, no trading partner exceeded the GTA threshold of USD 1 million on the affected tariff lines in the year prior to the intervention. Thus, no affected trading partners have been identified.
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