These are facilities to assist customers to finance special contracts and commercial deals that they have entered into. The value and term of the financing is decided by studying the ratio of the working capital to the value and period of the contract and its likely requirement of working capital. Due to the importance of commercial activities within the industrial sector, for raw material imports and for marketing, ElB provides support by providing special contract financing, which enables local investors to strengthen their position in commercial dealings in general, and exporting in particular.