Bonds for small to medium export businesses

Overview

If you need to provide bonds (or guarantees) as part of a contract and your bank is unable to provide a bond or requires security you are unable to provide, Export Finance Australia may be able to help you.

The types of bonds available include:

• advance payment bonds
• performance bonds
• warranty bonds
• US Surety bonds.

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To be eligible, you must:

• have an annual revenue of over $250,000 in the last financial year
• have been established for at least 2 years
• be unable to get financing from your bank
• be an Australian registered company with an Australian company number (ACN).

The bond facility must be used to:

• finance export purchase order(s) or contract(s) for the export of Australian goods and/or services from Australia
• finance an export-related purchase order or contract that is part of an export-related supply chain.