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 Places Where DFC is Unable to Provide Support
 Certain U.S. laws and regulations currently prohibit DFC from supporting investments in the economies listed below. With certain exceptions, DFC is unable to work in high income countries or support investments in countries where the governments of those countries have not entered into agreements with the United States authorizing DFC to provide such support.

From time to time, DFC may suspend or otherwise limit support for new projects in other economies not listed below, pursuant to the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State and other considerations.

*The European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 authorizes DFC to support certain energy-related investments in eligible European and Eurasian high-income countries and areas, including certain countries listed below (designated by an asterisk (*)) where DFC would otherwise not be able to operate.

Places Where DFC Cannot Provide Support (List Last Updated August 2022)

Africa and the Middle East
    Bahrain
      Iran
      Israel
      Kuwait
      Libya
      Oman
      Qatar
      Saudi Arabia
      Seychelles
      Sudan
      Syria
      United Arab EmiratesAsia and the Pacific
    American Samoa
      Australia
      Bangladesh
      Bhutan
      Brunei
      Cook Islands
      French Polynesia
      Guam
      Hong Kong S.A.R.
      Japan
      Macau
      Nauru
      New Zealand
      North Korea
      Northern Mariana Islands
      People's Republic of China
      Singapore
      Solomon Islands
      South Korea
      Taiwan
      Thailand
      VanuatuEurope and Eurasia*
    Andorra
      Austria*
      Belarus
      Belgium*
      Croatia*
      Cyprus*
      Czech Republic*
      Denmark*
      Estonia*
      Finland*
      France*
      Germany*
      Greece*
      Greenland*
      Guernsey*
      Holy See
      Hungary*
      Iceland
      Ireland*
      Italy*
      Jersey*
      Latvia*
      Liechtenstein
      Lithuania*
      Luxembourg*
      Malta*
      Monaco
      The Netherlands*
      Northern Ireland*
      Norway*
      Poland*
      Portugal*
      Romania*
      Russia
      San Marino
      Slovakia*
      Slovenia*
      Spain*
      Sweden
      Switzerland
      United Kingdom*Western Hemisphere
    Anguilla
      Antigua and Barbuda
      Aruba
      The Bahamas
      Barbados
      Bermuda
      British Virgin Islands
      Canada
      Cayman Islands
      Chile
      Cuba
      Curaçao
      French Guiana
      Guadeloupe
      Martinique
      Montserrat
      Panama
      Puerto Rico
      Sint Maarten
      St. Barthelemy
      St. Kitts and Nevis
      St. Martin
      Trinidad and Tobago
      Turks and Caicos
      U.S. Virgin Islands
      United States of America
      Uruguay


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