CBL Issues Circulation on Opening Letters of Credit for Companies to Import Industrial Raw Materials.
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Tripoli, 24 June 2015(Lana) The Central Bank of Libya has
instructed commercial banks to facilitate the work of industrial
companies which outsource their raw material from abroad.
In a circulation to the banks, a copy of which was obtained by
the Libyan news agency, CBL said priority should be given to opening
letters of credit to companies to import materials they needed to
pursue their activities, and to forward their applications to the
Central Bank of Libya to provide the foreign currency.
The CBL banks will be held responsible for the delay if any.
The Bank was reacting to complaints by some companies of delays
at the commercial banks in processing their applications for opening
letters of credit.
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