A contribution granted to the Italian exporter as a partial or total reduction of the cost of disinvestment of payment instruments (including credits in the form of stand-by letters of credit and autonomous and irrevocable letters of guarantee) issued by the foreign buyer against contracts for the export of investment goods and services.

New: commercial invoice disposals are also eligible for supplier credit contributions. There is also a dedicated ceiling of €300 million and favourable conditions to support the competitiveness of all Italian companies that export goods and/or services to India*.

With the eligibility of commercial invoices, companies strengthen the competitiveness of investment goods exports, thanks to contributions on discounts, including invoices with medium to long-term deferred payments, for more effective and flexible support for exports, especially for small and medium-sized Italian companies.

There are also dedicated credit limits with favourable terms on supplier credit for contracts in Latin America, India and Ukraine: an export contribution of up to 5%, within the maximum total amount per geographical area of €300 million, to be paid directly to the Italian company, minimising the cost required by the discounting institution for the monetisation of payment instruments, including invoices, issued by the counterparty to the Italian company and discounted at banks or factors for contracts for the export of intermediate and durable goods (e.g. plant, machinery and means of transport) and related services, entered into by Italian companies:

with counterparts in India, as part of the broader “India Measure”*
with counterparts in Central or South America (see also Latin America Measure)
with foreign counterparts as part of the reconstruction process in Ukraine, i.e. contracts for the construction of infrastructure (e.g. energy, buildings, schools, bridges, hospitals). With this initiative, SIMEST, in close coordination with the MAECI, confirms the concrete commitment of the Italian System to supporting the growth of Italian SMEs on international markets, while contributing to the reconstruction process of a strategic country such as Ukraine.
Among the new features is the extension of the subsidy to so-called “framework” export contracts, i.e. contracts for the supply of various types of capital goods, including those belonging to different industrial sectors.

*Measure pursuant to to Decree Law 95/2025

It is now possible to access the Supplier Credit product entirely digitally, via the SIMEST Portal, with access to the latest features of the tool (invoice eligibility and India Measure).

Log in/Register to:

• independently carry out simulations on the Export Contribution and obtain an estimate of the contribution in monetary terms, keeping track of all simulations
• submit, monitor and manage all Contribution requests online: from application to disbursement, by filling in the guided digital forms