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Chinese funding will help pay for Macedonia road project

In Macedonia a new 50km section of highway will be constructed, with €574 million of financing coming from China's Export-Import Bank. The Exim Bank credit line to Macedonia will be used to build a the highway connecting Skopje and Stip. The new route will also link Stip with pan-European transport corridor 10. The loan will carry an interest rate of 2% and will have a 20 year term with a five year grace period. Macedonia is close to completing work on the corridor 10 road project, which is worth €300 milli
October 4, 2013 Read time: 1 min
In Macedonia a new 50km section of highway will be constructed, with €574 million of financing coming from China's 1290 Export-Import Bank. The Exim Bank credit line to Macedonia will be used to build a the highway connecting Skopje and Stip. The new route will also link Stip with pan-European transport corridor 10. The loan will carry an interest rate of 2% and will have a 20 year term with a five year grace period. Macedonia is close to completing work on the corridor 10 road project, which is worth €300 million and has had its funding provided jointly by the 1054 European Investment Bank and the 1166 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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