The business line is active in three areas via energy (oil and by products, coal and biofuels), soft commodities and metals. It offers a wide range of financing solutions in the area of flows of commodities either under production or ready for export.

Such short term transactional finance is provided mainly in the form of letters of credit and guarantees, together with up and downstream cash facilities. Proposed financing also include crop/seasonal credits, tolling, refining and packaging before shipment.

• Documentary credits / guarantees and surety bonds 
• Treasury lines denominated in USD, euros and many other currencies 
• Interest rate and foreign exchange hedge lines 
• Structured operations for less than one year, such as crop/seasonal credits, export prefinancing and tolling
• Promotion and financing of hedging products through Crédit Agricole CIB Financial (futures) and Crédit Agricole CIB Derivatives (synthetic products)
• Confirmation of bank risks, discounting of bank signatures 
• Repurchase of risks on established counterparties and geographical risks (drawee risk, purchase undertaking)

Based in Geneve, the Crédit Agricole CIB group’s Transactional Commodity Finance international centre operates an extensive worldwide network with locations in Paris, New York, Moscow, São Paulo, Hong Kong and Shangaï. In 2008, the business line strengthened its presence in Asia, by basing its development from the skill center of Singapore.

It offers the expertise of International trade specialists backed by documentary credits professionals.