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2007年04月04日 09時42分37秒 | 新聞記事から
海外貸付保険料 3割下げ 日本貿易保険 夏に140か国・地域 企業の新興国進出支援
Independent administrative institute Japan Trade Insurance has decided to reduce its premiums for insurances for financial institutions' loans to Japanese companies which operate their businesses overseas by about 30 percent around this summer.The insurance is paid to financial institutions when they can not get the refund due to the misfortunes caused by natural disasters or terrorism attacks.This decision is aimed at encouraging domestic companies to advance into the so-called developing countries.The number of the targeted countries and territories likely will come to be some 140.