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China Construction Bank contributes $42.484 million to $84.9 million syndicated buyer’s credit loan for Supply of Passenger Cars for Line A of Subway of the City of Buenos Aires (First and Second Complementary Contracts) (Linked to Record ID#91149, #54754, #88199, and #91148)

$42.48M USD

Funder	China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB)
Recipient Organization	Argentina Ministry of Economy
Country	Argentina
Start Date	Jan 27, 2010
End Date	Oct 16, 2033
Duration	8,663 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`41096`

Grant Description

China Construction Bank and China CITIC Bank contributions to 2010 USD 84.9 million syndicated buyer’s credit loan for Supply of 279 Passenger Cars for Line A of Subway of the City of Buenos Aires On November 5, 2008, Argentina's Secretary of Transport of the Federal Planning Ministry, Public Investment Services, and China CITIC International Cooperation Corporation Limited (CITICICC) signed a framework agreement for the supply of 279 passenger cars for the subway (underground) network of Buenos Aires.

On the same day, Argentina’s Secretary of Transport of the Federal Planning Ministry, Public Investment and Services, and CITICICC signed the First Complementary Contract for the supply of 45 Passenger Cars for Line “A” of the Subway (Underground) Network of Buenos Aires and the Second Complementary Contract for the supply of 40 cars of passengers for Line “A” of the Subway (Underground) Network of Buenos Aires.

On July 13, 2010, the Third Complementary Contract for Line “A” of the Subway (Underground) Network of Buenos Aires was signed for the supply of 65 passenger cars.

On January 27, 2010, CITIC Bank and China Construction Bank (CCB) signed a $84,968,550 syndicated buyer’s credit loan with Argentina’s Ministry of Economy and Public Finance to supply cars to Line A of the Subway Network of Buenos Aires.

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountcarried the following borrowing terms: an interest rate of LIBOR plus a 3

📅 Maturity10 years

Sinosure provided export buyer’s credit insurance for the loan. The proceeds of the loan were to be used by the borrower to finance the First and Second Complementary Contracts. CITIC Bank and CCB each contributed $42,484,275 to the syndicated buyer’s credit loan. CITIC Bank's contribution is captured via Record ID#91149, while CCB's contribution is captured via Record ID#41096.

The loan's (principal) amount outstanding was $25,490,565 as of December 31, 2010, $37,763,800 as of December 31, 2011, $73,639,410 as of December 31, 2012, $78,899,367.86 as of December 31, 2013, $66,761,003.58 as of December 31, 2014, $46,429,243.40 as of December 31, 2015, $30,345,910.74 as of December 31, 2017, $18,207,546.46 as of December 31, 2018, $6,069,182.18 as of December 31, 2019, and $0 as of December 31, 2020.

The proceeds from another ($200,687,550) syndicated loan (from CITIC Bank, ICBC Asia, CMB Wing Lung Bank) were to be used by Argentina’s Ministry of Economy and Public Finance to finance the Second Complementary Contract and the Third Complementary Contract (as captured via Record ID#54754).

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountcarried the following borrowing terms: an interest rate of LIBOR plus a 3

Sinosure provided buyer’s credit insurance. CITIC Bank, ICBC Asia and Wing Lung Bank each contributed $66,895,850 to that loan.

CITIC Bank's contribution is captured via Record ID#54754, while ICBC Asia's contribution is captured via Record ID#88199 and CMB Wing Lung Bank's contribution is captured via Record ID#91148. On January 12, 2013, the passenger cars were put into operation on the Bueno Aires subway network.

📋 Staff Comments

The loan contract can be accessed in its entirety via https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb1bl45eahfh713/China%20CITIC%20Bank%20and%20China%20Construction%20Bank%20loan%20to%20Argentina%202010.pdf? and https://docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/how_china_lends/ARG_2010_474.pdf2. The China-Latin America Commercial Loans Tracker, which is produced by the Inter-American Dialogue, does not capture the syndicated loan that supported this project.
The Chinese project title is 中信建设出口布宜诺斯艾利斯市地铁A线车辆项目. The Spanish project title is La adquisición de material rodante para las líneas de subterráneos de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
For loan and debt rescheduling records with variable interest rates, AidData calculates the all-in interest rate at T0 based on the reference rate (such as LIBOR or EURIBOR) on the loan start date, plus any known margin. Please see the methodology for additional details.
The Government of Argentina’s Sistema de Análisis y Control de la Deuda (SIGADE) loan identification number is 27641000.

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