Invest In Belgium

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Invest In Belgium
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Australia
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A top destination for FDIs
Belgium is among the top 10 destinations for
foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide
Source UN World Investment Report 2007
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AISIN Anesa ASE RD Aiphone Aisan Amano
Electronics Asahi AW BTM Finance Belchim
Bridgestone CCS CMK Camaflex Canon Certis China
Shipping Cosco Daihatsu Daikin Denso
Koito Kolto Komatsu Krehalon Kuwayama Kyocera MEC
MOL Marubeni Materialise Matrix Mazda Melko
Minolta Mitsui Mutho NV Brother Int. NV Durez NV
Iseki NV Mycom NV Sankyo
Dentsu Eval Eurex FNP Full Hunt Full
oil GC Glaverbel Gunze Plastics Hainan Hino
Motors Hitachi Power Honda Huawei ICI JST JSR
Micro JVC K Lime Aire Service Kankeka Kanesho
NV Sojitz NV Tohnichi NV Tokchama NEL NGK NSK NDF
NSG NYK Nipro Nissin Nitto Omron OSG PI of
Europe PHJ Panasonic Pentax Pioneer Planesa
Plextro Progenus Roland Rotary Nozzle SA
Ajinomoto SA Makita SATO SEIKO Samourai
Saraya Shimano Shizuoka Bank Sokkia Sony Strapack
Subaru Sumitomo Summit Sun Chemicals Suzlong
Energy
Sysmex TMC TG Takenaka Tanabe Tesaki Terumo Tokai
Toshiba Tosoh Toyo Ink Toyota Vendo YKK Yakult Yam
ato International Yamatake Yamazaki
Mazak Yokoqawa Zexel
Belgium A top destination for investors

Over 2000 multinationals have their headquarters
in Belgium, amongst which gt 300 top Asian
companies

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The secret of this success

• Central
• Competent innovative
• Top infrastructure
• Easy and inexpensive
• Fiscally attractive

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Central
Denmark
United Kingdom
Ireland
The Netherlands
Dublin
Amsterdam
London
Germany
Belgium
Belgium
Brussels
Frankfurt
Paris
Bern
The economic powerbase of Europe 60 of PP
France
Switzerland
Milan
Italy
Rome
Spain
Barcelona
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Central
Geographically
Source www.diplomatie.be/beijing
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Central

• Politically

• Home to EU institutions, Brussels is
• a true decision making centre.
• Brussels is the 1st city in the world in
  terms of foreign diplomatic representations and
  lobbyists.

European Commission
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A Tradition of Foreign Trade
Ghent, trade centre
since the 11th century
Bruges, almost 2000 years of trade
Brussels, Town Hall
(1712, with sections
dating back to 1402)
Antwerp, financial and trade
centre since the 14th century
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Competent and Innovative

• Belgian workforce
• Highly qualified
• Multilingual
• Flexible
• Low absenteism
• High productivity

Source World competitiveness yearbook 2005 - IMD
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Competent and Innovative

• Quality of RD
• Highest proportion of scientists and engineers in
  EU27 (7,9 of all jobs in knowledge intensive
  services)
• Best country in the world for academic research
  (The Scientist, November 2007)
• Major RD centres, also for Australian companies
  (eg Prodata)

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Competent and Innovative

• Australian investments present in Belgium
• Macquarie Airports owns 70 of the Brussels
  Airport Company
• Both Argyle Diamonds and Kimberley Diamonds have
  major offices in Antwerp
• Ansell Healthcare Europe has its HQ in Brussels
• Brambles, Amcor, Berrivale Orchards/Taura,
  Prodata, Babcock and Brown, etc.

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Top Infrastructure

• Logistical Hub
• Highest density of road network in the world and
  4th densest rail network

Eurostar
Liège Guillemins
Antwerp Central Station
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Top Infrastructure

• Logistical Hub
• Antwerp 2nd largest sea port in Europe

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Top Infrastructure

• Logistical Hub
• Brussels airport 5th largest cargo airport in
  Europe excellent regional airports

Brussels South (Charleroi)
Brussels International Airport
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Top Infrastructure

• Excellent telecom network
• Very dense and high quality
• Fast and secure information transfer
• Advanced broadband connections
• Low cost distance traffic

Belgium scores world wide
World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2005/ Global
Competitiveness Yearbook 2006-2007
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Top Infrastructure

• Financial center
• More than 100 financial institutions and
  countless venture capital companies
• Brussels Centre for bank transfers and clearing
  (Swift and Euroclear)
• Euronext and Easdaq/Nasdaq Europe
• 5th place on a global financial scale

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Easy and inexpensive

• Real estate numbers

Source Jones Lang Lasalle, 2005
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Fiscally Attractive

• Notional interest deduction
• Research and development stimuli
• Subsidies granted by the regions
• Exemption on 95 of dividents received
• Expat tax regime

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Excellent quality of life

• Ranked 11th on the 2007 quality of life
  index(InternationalLiving.com)
• Education and health among the best in the world
• High standard of accommodation
• Multicultural
• World famous gastronomy

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Excellent quality of life
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Belgium Australia

• Double Taxation Convention
• (1977)

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Whom to contact?

• Belgian Diplomatic Network in Australia
• Embassy of Belgium in Canberra
• Honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane,
  Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
• Trade representations in Sydney (FIT AWEX)
• www.diplomatie.be/canberra
• www.invest.belgium.be