OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2011. State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)’and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a credit agreement on extending credit resources worth 38.25 million dollars for a period of 10 years to Vnesheconombank.

The credit agreement provides for extending financing to Vnesheconombank from the JBIC and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, Japan, against the coverage of the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Japan.

Long-term funds to be provided by the financial institutions will be used by Vnesheconombank to finance a part of the project to construct a peeled veneer production facility with a capacity of 300 thousand cubic meters per year in the city of Amursk of the Khabarovsk region. The project is being implemented by OJSC Dallesprom. Earlier, as part of the project a foreign trade contract on supplying equipment and performing work was signed with Japan’s company Hashimoto Denki Co. Ltd.

The credit agreement concluded with the JBIC testifies to improved business ties between Russia’s and Japan’s financial institutions, a high level of trust in Vnesheconombank and foreign companies’ interest in operating on the Russian market.

The construction of a peeled veneer production facility with an annual capacity of 300 thousand cubic meters in the city of Amursk (the Khabarovsk region) is the first stage of the project to create a Far Eastern Timber Deep Processing Center.

The concept of creating a Far Eastern Timber Deep Processing Center in the Khabarovsk region worth 150.2 million US dollars provides for building complementary timber processing integrated production facilities that ensure the non-waste use of timber logged by OJSC Dallesprom.