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ANNOUNCEMENT 30 Sep 2015
In September 2015, the British government announced a change in the required local inputs to serve domestic customers and a change in its trade finance instruments.NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
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SOURCE
Secondary Sources
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/industrials/article4571267.ece
http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/newswire/roman-abramovich-gets-45m-loan-from-uk-taxpayer/
UAE National Bureau of Statistics
http://opendata.nbs.gov.ae/UAEFT2015/uae-nbs-foreign-trade
On 30 September 2015, according to media reports, the UK Export Finance agency provided a loan worth 100 million GBP in order to enable British company Kier Construction to develop houses and infrastructure in the Bluewaters Island development in the United Arab Emirates. The loan was part of the Direct Lending Facility announced in the 2014 budget (cf. Related Measures).
According to media reports, UKEF provides loans only if at least 25% of the loan is targeted at protecting or creating UK jobs.
The list of affected trading partners is based on the bilateral import flows into UAE classified under the HS code 98 in 2012, as based on the data provided by UAE National Bureau of Statistics (cf. Sources).
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
On 30 September 2015, according to media reports, the UK Export Finance agency provided a loan worth 100 million GBP in order to enable British company Kier Construction to develop houses and infrastructure in the Bluewaters Island development in the United Arab Emirates. The loan was part of the Direct Lending Facility announced in the 2014 budget (cf. Related Measures).
According to media reports, UKEF provides loans only if at least 25% of the loan is targeted at protecting or creating UK jobs.
The list of affected trading partners is based on the bilateral import flows into UAE classified under the HS code 98 in 2012, as based on the data provided by UAE National Bureau of Statistics (cf. Sources).