The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide 5 trillion won to support Doosan Group's artificial intelligence (AI) transition and strengthen competitiveness in strategic industries.

The Export-Import Bank said on the 15th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Doosan Group on the 14th to strengthen export competitiveness and stabilize supply chains in national strategic industries.

Hwang Gi-yeon (left), president of The Export-Import Bank of Korea, and Kim Min-cheol, CEO of Doosan, pose for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement at the bank's headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 14th. /Courtesy of The Export-Import Bank of Korea

This MOU aims to expand global market share in national strategic industries in line with the AI transformation and to build Korean corporations' supply chains on a stable footing, with the focus on ▲ copper-clad laminate (CCL), a key semiconductor material ▲ small modular reactors (SMR) ▲ gas turbines ▲ Robotics.

CCL is a core base material for semiconductor substrates and serves as the foundation that enables signal transmission between chips.

The Export-Import Bank will provide a total of 5 trillion won in financial support to Doosan Group through the end of 2028. In particular, it will apply an interest rate discount of up to 1.2 percentage points to Doosan's AI Transformation (AX·AI Transformation) special program.

Based on this agreement, the two sides will begin working-level consultations for specific financial execution.

Hwang Ki-yeon, head of the Export-Import Bank, said, "Semiconductors and the future energy industry are core infrastructure that determine national competitiveness and economic security," adding, "We will strengthen our role as a financial partner so that Doosan can secure overwhelming competitive advantages in the global market."

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