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China Meheco Corporation provides supplier’s credit to Municipality of Rio de Janeiro for Medical Equipment Acquisition Project

$62.81M USD

Funder China Meheco Group Co., Ltd.
Recipient Organization Municipality of Rio de Janeiro
Country Brazil
Start Date Jan 01, 2020
End Date Jul 25, 2033
Duration 4,954 days
Number of Grantees 1
Roles Recipient
Data Source AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID 96297
Grant Description

China Meheco Corporation provides supplier’s credit to Municipality of Rio de Janeiro for Medical Equipment Acquisition Project In 2020, China Meheco Corporation — a Chinese state-owned enterprise — issued a supplier’s credit to Municipality of Rio de Janeiro for a Medical Equipment Acquisition Project.

The proceeds of the loan were to be used by the borrower to partially finance a commercial contract between China Meheco Corporation and Municipality of Rio de Janeiro worth approximately $73,890,665 (BRL 370,000,000).

📋 Loan / Grant Terms
💰 Loan Amountcarried a 5-year maturity and an unknown interest rate
📅 Maturity5 years

The borrower also purchased a credit insurance policy from Sinosure.

The purpose of the project was to purchase 18,000 pieces of medical equipment, including x-ray machines and CT scanners.

The first batch of CT scanners from China Meheco Corporation (中国医药保健品有限公司 or 中国医药公司) arrived on March 12, 2020. The 6th and last shipment of medical equipment arrived on July 1, 2020. A government audit later revealed that a substantial amount of the purchased equipment was never used.

📋 Staff Comments
  1. This project is also known as the Renovation of Medical Equipment of the Technological Park of the Municipal Health Secretariat of the City of Rio de Janeiro Project. The Chinese project title is 出口巴西里约市医疗设备项目 or 6台CT机 or 公立医疗系统设备更新项目. The Portuguese project title is renovação do parque tecnológico das unidades de saúde.
  2. Established in the year 1984, China Meheco Co., Ltd., which is also known as China Meheco Corporation, is a state-owned enterprise listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and its controlling shareholder is China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd.
  3. This was ‘Sinosure’s first medium and long-term export credit insurance project underwritten based on the creditworthiness of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro.’ 4. The precise monetary value of the supplier’s credit is unknown. For the time being, AidData assumed that it is worth 85% $62,807,065.25) of the total cost of the $73,890,665 (BRL 370,000,000) commercial contract between the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro and China Meheco Corporation.
  4. Sinosure provided insurance cover worth $50.73 million.
📚 Sources & References
  • 中国企业向巴西里约市政府提供医疗设备
  • SBM Offshore garante financiamento para FPSO Sepetiba
  • 巴西里约市购入中国医疗设备诊疗新冠肺炎
  • Prefeitura do Rio recebe equipamentos médicos importados da China
  • Saúde recebe seis novos tomógrafos como parte de investimento de R$ 370 milhões
  • 中国企业向里约市政府提供医疗设备
  • Chega ao Rio sexto e último voo com equipamentos comprados pela Prefeitura na China
  • Coronavirus: more than 400 tons of equipment purchased from China will be a legacy for the city
  • CIP INSUMOS
  • Prefeitura recebe no Galeão nova leva de respiradores comprados na China antes mesmo da pandemia
  • Rio de Janiero
  • Prefeitura do Rio inicia auditoria em equipamentos hospitalares parados comprados na China
  • Equipamentos que vão atender pacientes com Covid-19 começam a chegar ao hospital de campanha no Riocentro
  • Gao Yuwen
  • Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Meheco Group, met with Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
  • Brazil
  • Rio Transparente 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.
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Municipality of Rio de Janeiro

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