KfW lends EUR 100 million to Serbia

German development bank Kreditanstalt Fuer Wiederaufbau, or KfW, lent Serbia 100 million euros ($130.4 million) to finance its agriculture, energy efficiency, municipal infrastructure and renewable energy, Bloomberg reports.

The funds will be channeled through three Serbian banks, with clients benefiting from seven-year loans, including a two-year grace period, central bank governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic told reporters in Belgrade on Wednesday, adding that the National Bank of Serbia would control the cost of borrowing of ultimate clients.

Komercijalna Banka will distribute 30 million euros worth of loans to farmers and food makers and 25 million euros to municipalities to repair local water-supply and sewerage systems and upgrade roads, power grids or heating at schools and hospitals.

ProCredit Bank will on-lend 40 million euros to food makers and farmers for new machinery, cattle, and investment in organic foods, while Cacanska Banka will have 5 million euros for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Intermediary banks will deliver funds from the loan line to final beneficiaries up to the maximum sum of EUR 1 million for agriculture, energy efficiency and renewable energy, and up to EUR 1.2 million for local infrastructure.