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SERBIA Your Partner for Success
Presentation by Zlatan Milosevic SIEPA
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Why invest in Serbia?

• Strategic position
• Intellectual capital and skilled workforce
• Low tax burden
• Outstanding growth potential

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Serbia the only country in the region which was
a car producer Automotive industry

• The leader in the car industry in the region
  -prior to the UN imposed sanctions
• Production of automobiles in Serbia surpassed 230
  thousand units in 1989
• Many links of supply chain in place
• Widespread commitment to international quality
  accreditation
• The best potential in the region

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Clusters for Timber and Furniture make a
promising base for the future

• Excellent raw base (27 of the Serbian territory)
• Successful history - major partners US, Russia
  and EU
• Highly skilled workforce
• Active wood and furniture cluster
• Firms can jointly create superior standard and
  obtain joint ISO certification
• Reconnect with targeted buyers, partners
• Stronger RD, brand image, product design

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Serbian Textile Industry Tradition Capacity
QUALITY

• Export mainly to EU countries (75)
• Long tradition
• Production of quality yarns and fabrics missing
  
• CMT
• High domestic demand
• Well developed retail network

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One of the most prosperous Agriculture and Food
Production Industry

• Total area of agricultural land - 5 million ha
• Excellent resource base for agricultural products
  
• fertile soils
• restricted use of chemical fertilisers and
• perfect climatic conditions
• Favourable brand image
• One of the most attractive sectors to to foreign
  investors

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High domestic demand in Electronic industry

• History - extensive international partnerships
• Diversified production
• That the value of electronic imports, in 2001,
  was around seven times higher than exports

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Ready-to-start Leather and footwear industry

• Attractive locations of the retail outlets all
  over the country
• Mainly loan jobs with foreign companies
• Highly sophisticated domestic demand
• High current capacities

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FDI
Est.
million EUR
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We are here to help you!

• Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency
• Address Terazije 23, Belgrade
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Web page www.siepa.sr.gov.yu
• E-mail office_at_siepa.sr.gov.yu