Czech Export Bank

Czech Export Bank (Česká exportní banka, a.s.) is a specialised banking institution for the state support of exports, wholly owned by Národní rozvojová banka, a.s. (National Development Bank), the Czech state development bank.

It was set up in 1995 and is one of the pillars of the government’s pro-export policy system. CEB's mission is to support Czech exports; therefore, its principal goal is not to generate maximum profits, but a maximum volume of state-supported export. During its existence, Czech Export Bank has supported export to 99 countries with an aggregate value of over CZK 390 billion. In 2014, CEB generated a gross profit of CZK 549 million. The Bank was for most of its history controlled directly and indirectly by the Czech state; its 2022 annual report recorded the state, through the Ministry of Finance, holding 84% of the share capital and 4,200 votes, and the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP) holding 16% and 800 votes. CEB subsequently bought back and cancelled the EGAP shareholding, leaving the Ministry of Finance as sole shareholder; on September 30, 2025 the Czech government approved the transfer of those shares to Národní rozvojová banka, a.s., which was entered in the commercial register as sole shareholder on February 19, 2026 and dates the change to January 2026. CEB continues as a separate legal entity and remains registered as active. As of September 30, 2015, CEB had total assets of CZK 93.845 billion (US$3.9 billion) and loans and receivables of CZK 84.3 billion (US$3.5 billion). The balance sheet contracted sharply thereafter: the Bank’s total assets stood at CZK 32.473 billion at December 31, 2022, a decrease of 9.7% on the previous year.

Credit Ratings
The two leading rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's have given Czech Export Bank a long-term rating of AA- and A1, respectively.

Czech Export Bank shareholders:
Národní rozvojová banka, a.s. owns 100% of the shares, having been entered in the commercial register as sole shareholder on February 19, 2026.
Until 2025 the state owned 84% of the shares directly and the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP) owned 16%.
The ministries which formerly voted and adopted the shareholders’ decisions (by 2022 the state was exercising its shareholder rights through the Ministry of Finance alone):
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture

Head office address:
Vodičkova 701/34
111 21 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 222 841 100
Fax: +420 224 226 162
SWIFT: CZEE CZ PP
Website: www.ceb.cz

Former Representative Office in Russia
7, Masha Poryvaeva Street
107078 Moscow
Russian Federation
The Bank no longer lists a representative office outside the Czech Republic; as of September 2026 its contacts page gives only the Prague head office.