China Development Bank provides $2.5 billion loan to Sonangol to support its development efforts

📋 Staff Comments

1. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average grace period of all ‘private’ sector lending from all Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Angola was 0.295-years in 2013. AidData estimates the grace period of the China Development Bank loan that supported the Sonangol Finance Limited by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qi2hvg1s05nsak3n1n83u/Private-Chinese-Loans-to-Angola-November-2023-Data-Extraction.xlsx?rlkey=0aq7jdxm29ynbw4yh1bn07c7m&dl=0 2. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average interest rate of all ‘private’ sector lending from all Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Angola as 3.7689% in 2013. AidData estimates the interest rate of the China Development Bank loan that supported the Sonangol Finance Limited by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qi2hvg1s05nsak3n1n83u/Private-Chinese-Loans-to-Angola-November-2023-Data-Extraction.xlsx?rlkey=0aq7jdxm29ynbw4yh1bn07c7m&dl=0 3. The loan's maturity is identified in a 2014 financial report from Sonangol. See https://s3.amazonaws.com/rgi-documents/914df033bd5c850ceab55c1c4f8d5db1e17bd77c.pdf4. A pre-export finance (PXF) facility an arrangement in which a commodity (e.g. oil) producer gets up-front cash from a customer in return for a promise to repay the customer with that commodity (possibly at a discount) in the future. PXF funds may be advanced by a lender or syndicate of lenders to a commodity producer to assist the company in meeting either its working capital needs (for example, to cover the purchase of raw materials and costs associated with processing, storage and transport) or its capital investment needs (for example, investment in plant and machinery and other elements of infrastructure). PXF facilities are usually secured by (1) an assignment of rights by the producer under an ‘offtake contract’ (i.e., a sale and purchase contract between the producer and a buyer of that producer of goods or commodities), and (2) a collection account charge over a bank account into which proceeds due to the producer from the buyer of the goods or commodities under the offtake contract are credited. There are two key documents in prepayment finance transactions: a contract providing for the advance payment by the offtaker to the producer for the purchase of goods/commodities (the 'Prepayment Contract'), and a loan agreement between a lender and the offtaker (the 'Offtaker Loan Agreement') under which the advance payment is financed.

📚 Sources & References

• Chinese Loans to Africa Database
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• Relatório de Gestão e Contas Consolidadas 2014
• Private Chinese Loans to Angola November 2023 Data Extraction
• Sonangol MANAGEMENT REPORT AND CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS 2016
• RELATÓRIO DE GESTÃO & CONTAS CONSOLIDADAS 2017 Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.