Last Published: 8/29/2019
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution.  OPIC finance and political risk insurance programs assist U.S. companies with investing overseas.  Since 1993, OPIC has committed over USD600 million in financing and political risk insurance for more than 60 projects in Georgia.  OPIC investment in Georgia has focused on the following sectors: credit for small and medium-sized enterprises, and projects in the infrastructure, franchising, education, manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, and health care sectors.  Some recent examples of OPIC projects include a USD50 million loan commitment to finance the development, construction, and operation of a multifunctional general cargo, dry bulk, and container port terminal at the Port of Poti–Pace Terminal, a USD18 million loan commitment to finance a new Marriott hotel in Tbilisi, and a USD21 million loan commitment to an investment fund for investments in small and medium high-growth businesses in Georgia.
 

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