Export-Import Bank of Korea to Provide 5 Trillion Won Support for Doosan's AI and Energy Businesses

The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide a total of 5 trillion won in financial support to Doosan Group by 2028 to aid the group’s transition to artificial intelligence (AI) and to strengthen its competitiveness in strategic industries. The plan aims to bolster Doosan’s global market share in national strategic sectors such as semiconductor materials, next-generation energy, and robotics.

Hwang Ki-yeon, President of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (left), and Kim Mincheol, CEO of Doosan, are taking a commemorative photo at the 'Business Agreement for Strengthening Export Competitiveness and Stabilizing Supply Chains in National Strategic Industries' event held at the Export-Import Bank of Korea headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 14th. Export-Import Bank of Korea

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On April 15, the Export-Import Bank of Korea announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Doosan Group for “Strengthening Export Competitiveness and Supply Chain Stabilization in the National Strategic Industry Sector.” This agreement was established to proactively secure competitiveness in key strategic areas in response to industrial structure changes driven by the AI transformation. The support targets include: ▲ copper-clad laminate (CCL), a core semiconductor material; ▲ small modular reactors (SMR); ▲ gas turbines; and ▲ robotics. CCL serves as a fundamental material for semiconductor substrates, acting as the base that enables signal transmission between chips.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea plans to provide financial support to Doosan Group’s related businesses in stages to ensure timely project execution. The strategy is to support practical investment implementation-such as expanding production facilities and securing raw materials-in order to pursue both global market expansion and supply chain stabilization.

Preferential measures will also be implemented to enhance the effectiveness of the support. The Export-Import Bank of Korea intends to mobilize all available financial support tools, including offering up to a 1.2 percentage point interest rate reduction through its “AX (AI Transformation) Special Program.” Based on this agreement, the two parties plan to begin working-level discussions for concrete financial execution. The goal is not to stop at a simple agreement, but to ensure that it leads to actual investment and facility expansion.

Hwang Kiyeon, President of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, stated, “The semiconductor and future energy industries are core infrastructure that determine national competitiveness and economic security. We will strengthen our role as a financial partner so that Doosan can secure unrivaled competitiveness in the global market.”

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