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Applicable Interest Rates
Period Interest Rates for Commercial Customers Interest Rates for Communal Customers Interest Rates for Resettlement Farmers Short Term Loans Ekwatho Meatco Scheme 1-2 years 8.50% N/A N/AProduction inputs / Crop production / Seasonal Loans (revolving basis) 1-2 years 8.50% 4.00% 4.00%Medium Term Loans Loans for the purchase of male breeding stock and tollies 5 years 8.50% 4.00% 4.00%Loans for the purchasing of light delivery vans, veld vehicles and small trucks 5 years 8.50% 8.50% N/ALoans for the purchasing of used tractors and agricultural implements 5 years 8.50% 8.50% 4.00%Loans for the purchasing of Draught animals and implements 5 years N/A 4.00% N/ALoans for the purchasing of irrigation equipment, etc. 5 years 8.50% 4.00% N/ALoans for the purchasing of breeding birds (ostrich farming), Poultry 5 years 8.50% 4.00% 4.00%Bush encroachment: Labour 10 years 9.25% 9.25% N/AAerial spraying and other methods 10 years 9.25% 9.25% N/AInfrastructure and Improvement loans 10 years 9.25% 4.00% N/ALoans for the purchasing of large stock 10 years 9.25% 4.00% 4.00%Loans for the purchasing of small stock 8 years 9.25% 4.00% 4.00%Loans for the purchasing of new tractors and agricultural implements 10 years 9.25% 8.50% N/ALong Term Loans Loans for the purchase of Land for beginners 25 years 9.00% N/A N/ALoans for the purchase of additional land for expansion 20 years 9.00% N/A N/ALoans for the construction of dwellings and other permanent farm buildings 15 years 9.00% N/A N/ALoans for the construction of Labourers Housing 15 years 4.00% N/A N/ALoans for water provision, fencing and other improvements 15 years 9.00% 8.50% N/ALoans for Taking over of debts 15 years 9.00% N/A N/ALoans for loan consolidation 10-25 years Weighted Weighted N/ABush encroachment: Labour 15 years 9.25% 9.25% N/AAerial spraying and other methods 15 years 9.25% 9.25% N/A
*Applicable from November 2009.
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