Year-end Report 2017: Growing need for export Financing
The positive trend for Swedish exports continues and was also reflected in SEK’s new lending. New lending during the fourth quarter of 2017 amounted to approximately Skr 11.5 billion (4Q16: Skr 9.6 billion). In total, SEK lent Skr 89.3 billion (2016: Skr 54.8 billion) to the Swedish export industry and its customers during 2017. “My image is of Swedish companies having various sources of financing, of which SEK is one. The fact that Swedish companies also foresee a need for financing moving forward, points to their belief in continued favorable growth for Swedish exports”, says SEK’s