Guidance

Guide to credit terms

UK Export Finance’s policy on the credit terms related to the export contracts it is asked to support.

• From: UK Export Finance
• Published: 9 March 2020
• Last updated: 21 May 2026
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  1. 21 May 2026

     HTML updated

  2. 14 December 2023

     Paragraph added at 4.1

  3. 29 November 2023

     Footnote removed.

  4. 9 March 2020

     First published.

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UK Export Finance: guide to credit terms

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Guide covers what is meant by credit terms, what terms can be agreed, the amount and length of credit that can be supported, the starting point of credit and how credit should be repaid.