← Supply Chain Finance for Ethiopian Exports and Imports

Commodity and inventory finance

Module 03 / 5 · 65 min

Lend against goods you control: register the security, contract a collateral manager, monitor the warehouse, margin the loan and use ECX warehouse receipts.

In this module you will learn to

Describe how security over inventory and warehouse receipts is created, registered and enforced in Ethiopia
Set up a collateral management agreement and a warehouse monitoring routine
Value pledged commodities, set advance rates and calculate a margin call
Use ECX electronic warehouse receipts for finance, from pledge to foreclosure

Built on

Erudite Africa training module: Ethiopian Context, topic 1.k Supply Chain Finance for Ethiopian Exports/Imports, Level 2 Intermediate (October 2026)
Erudite Africa: Ethiopian regulatory framework register (October 2026)
A commercial bank's Revised Credit Procedure Manual (August 2025), unnamed
NBE directives as listed in the lessons: FXD/01/2024, FXD/04/2026, FXD/05/2026, SBB/87/2024, SBB/90/2024, NBE/INT/13/2026, MCR/01/2020, ONPS/09/2023; NBE MPC No. 7 press release (July 2026)
Movable Property Security Right Proclamation No. 1147/2019 and Warehouse Receipt System Proclamation No. 372/2003, as cited in the bank manual

Examples and companies are fictional. Bank practices are shown as typical Ethiopian practice, not as any one bank's policy. Always apply your own institution's approved policy and the current NBE directives.