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Trade Service

Comprehensive trade and financing solutions to support businesses and individuals, including export facilities, guarantees, and specialized mortgage and automobile financing.

Import Services

Core services focused on facilitating payments and mitigating operational risks for imports, aligned with international standards.

Import under Documentary Credit (LC)

Used to import goods and services through a letter of credit. Requires thorough document verification before opening to avoid cancellation or amendment issues.

Import under Advance Payment (TT)

Facilitates imports through advance payment, requiring an import permit and fund transfer with necessary documentation.

Import under Documentary Collection (CAD)

A non-payment guarantee method where banks act as intermediaries to facilitate document and payment collection between buyer and seller.

Import under Franco Valuta

Allows importing without foreign currency payment, requiring completed applications, shipping documents, and customs value estimation for personal/family imports.

Export Services

Essential services for exporting goods and services, requiring an export permit from CBE to comply with Ethiopian customs regulations.

Export under Documentary Credit (LC)

A secure method for exporting goods, providing protection for both parties based on the terms of the letter of credit.

Export under Documentary Collection (CAD)

Exporter ships goods before payment, relying on the importer’s creditworthiness, with banks facilitating document transfer.

Export under Advance Payment (TT)

Exporter receives payment before shipping goods, with advance credit advice valid for one year.

Export under Consignment

Supplier retains ownership while shipping goods to the consignee, who pays only after selling the goods, allowed for perishable items with NBE approval.

Small Items Export

Permits for exporting non-trade items like souvenirs or items imported for repair, subject to NBE directives and payment in foreign exchange.

Guarantee Services

Bank undertakings to compensate beneficiaries if obligations are not met, supporting secure international transactions.

Incoming Guarantee Services

Guarantees received from foreign banks to facilitate transactions, issued by the beneficiary’s bank with full responsibility.

Outgoing Guarantee Services

Guarantees issued by foreign banks in favor of a foreign beneficiary, requiring NBE approval and issued against local bank instructions.

Remittance Channels

CBE offers various channels and services for receiving foreign remittances, ensuring secure and convenient transactions.

SWIFT Transfers

CBE is part of the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) network, which allows secure and reliable international money transfers from correspondent banks worldwide.

Money Transfer Operators (MTOs)

Our bank partners with numerous international money transfer companies such as Western Union, Bole Atlantic, MoneyGram, Dahabshiil, and others. This enables beneficiaries to receive cash payments or have funds directly credited to their CBE accounts.

Digital Remittance Services

CBE has introduced its own digital foreign currency remittance application called EthioDirect and has also partnered with platforms such as CashGo and FastPay, with plans to continue expanding partnerships to provide convenient remittance services. These digital solutions allow customers to directly credit funds to the beneficiary’s account or CBE Birr wallet anywhere using international payment cards (MasterCard and VISA).

Invisible Transactions

These services facilitate the movement of money for purposes other than the import or export of physical products, such as educational payments, medical and travel expenses, consultancy services, freight payments, port clearing charges, subscription fees, licensing, and many other non-goods-related transactions.

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