RES investment opportunities in Croatia

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Invest in Croatia
Budapest, June 11th 2008.
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Todays topics

• About CROinvest
• Who
• Why
• Opportunities

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Todays topics

• About CROinvest
• Who
• Why
• Opportunities

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About CROinvest

• 100 owned by Croatian Government
• Project managers at your disposal 24/7
• Our professional service is free of charge
• Propose measures to enhance the business
  environment

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CROinvest services
OUR SERVICES

• WE PROVIDE!
• information about economic and legal investment
  environment
• guidance through free zones and industrial parks
• database of available land and property
• organized site visits tailored to meet
  investors needs

• WE ASSIST!
• prior, during and after realization of
  investment projects
• in getting promptly all needed administrative
  licenses
• with gaining access to state and local
  incentives
• in creating added value for projects

• WE NETWORK!
• government bodies
• local and regional institutions
• TAX, financial, and legal advisors
• utility companies

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Todays topics

• About CROinvest
• Who
• Why
• Opportunities

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Top investing countries 1993 2007 Q3
(EUR)
1. AUSTRIA 4.62 bln
2. NETHERLANDS 2.80 bln
3. GERMANY 2.30 bln
4. FRANCE 1.30 bln
5. HUNGARY 1.00 bln

• FDI in the period 1993 - 2007 (Q3) EUR 16.7
  billion
• FDI in 2007 (end of Q3 ) EUR 2.71 billion

CROATIA \ FDI IN CROATIA
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FDI in Croatia

• FDI in the period between 1993 and 2007 Q3
  reached
• In 2007 (end of Q3 ) FDI in Croatia amounted to

16,7 bilion EUR
2,71 bilion EUR
CROATIA \ FDI IN CROATIA
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Companies operating in Croatia
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Success stories

• Applied Ceramics, USA, will soon start with
  production of machinery parts for semiconductors
  industry in Sisak
• Investment value 12,5 mil.
• Number of employees 97
• Exports 100

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Todays topics

• About CROinvest
• Who
• Why
• Opportunities

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Think profit Think Croatia!
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Think profit Think Croatia!

• Political and macroeconomic stability
• NATO membership expected in 2008.
• Innovative and multilingual workforce
• Low operational expenses
• Quick and easy start up
• Most modern infrastructure in the region
• State and local incentives

Free profit repatriation Free transfer of
invested capital
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Think profit Think Croatia!
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Think profit Think Croatia!
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Think profit Think Croatia!
Cover the region from your base in Croatia
CEFTA 2006 countries

• CEFTA market 30 Million people

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Think profit Think Croatia!

• Doing business like at home!

• (regulatory
  guillotine)
• program designed to reduce and simplify
  bureaucratic processes in Croatia by 30-50

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Todays topics

• About CROinvest
• Who
• Why
• Opportunities

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TOP BUSINESS ZONES
PODI SIBENIK Business Zone

• 350 ha available

• 5 per square meter

• Investment Incentives

• Complete utilities network
• Road network
• Sea port
• International airport

CROATIA \ TOP BUSINESS ZONES
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TOP BUSINESS ZONES
KLAKAR Business Zone

• Complete utilities network
• Area of special state concern - Corporate Profit
  Tax 15
• Next to the river Port of Slavonski Brod
• 2 major European highway corridors

• 200 ha available possible expansions

• Favorable price of land

• Investment Incentives

CROATIA \ TOP BUSINESS ZONES
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CROinvest
Nino Prstec Senior Adviser Phone 385 (0)1
4866 001 385 (0)1 4866 078 Fax
385 (0)1 4866 009 E-mail nino.prstec_at_croinvest.o
rg Andrije Hebranga 34 HR-10000 Zagreb,
Croatia www.croinvest.org