Poles are price sensitive but open to online sales channels

Our active cooperation with commercial banks is particularly important in the case of higher-volume export transactions.

Can you explain what structured finance is at the beginning of the interview? It is basically the financing of foreign investments of Slovak exporters in such a structure that the investment credit provided by us is both a helpful instrument for financing the investment plans of exporters in the host country of export and at the same time feasible in terms of financing parameters, perhaps with a less conventional approach.

Three hundred billion euros. This is the amount the European Union has decided to mobilise between 2021 and 2027 to invest in sustainable strategic projects around the world as part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy. It was the subject of a conference of the same name organised in Bratislava yesterday by EXIMBANKA SR together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission.

Based on negotiations with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of the Slovak Republic, Eximbanka proposes to strengthen its capital in two steps.

For the first time this year, imports also recorded a year-on-year increase. Slovakia’s trade balance ended in a significant plus for the fourth consecutive month in April 2024. Thus, the foreign trade surplus in the first four months of 2024 was more than twice as high as in the same period last year.

You took up the post of CEO of Eximbank in December last year. With what goals did you take it over?

According to Eximbanka, the phenomenon of country of origin also influences the success of Slovak companies exporting abroad.

Why was it important for Eximbank to strengthen the insurance division this year?

France and Serbia have signed a landmark deal to buy three billion euros worth of Ra-fale fighter jets from Dassault. For the Balkan country, this is the largest purchase of military equipment in its history.