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Title: Investment Promotion Policy of the


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Investment Promotion Policy of the Hungarian
Government Deputy Minister Dr. Ábel
Garamhegyi September 4, 2007
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H U N G A R Y Land 93,030 km² Population
10,055,000 people GDP (2006) 84,3 million
3
WHY Choose Hungary?
  • Factors that make Hungary an ideal location
  • central location a real business centre in the
    heart of Europe
  • economic and political stability
  • availability of talented, creative, flexible and
    qualified labor pool
  • professional, technical and foreign language
    skills
  • reasonable and competitive labor costs combined
    with high efficiency outstanding business
    infrastructure in terms of telecom, power supply
    and office space
  • outstanding quality of life

a great place to live and work
4
Economic Policy New Equilibrium Programme
  • emphasis on consolidation
  • immediately and significantly improving the
    financial equilibrium and meet the Maastricht
    criteria in order to introduce the euro by
    2010-2011 (nominal convergence)
  • improving long-term competitiveness and creating
    the conditions for a rapid and sustainable
    catching up to the EU average (real convergence)
  • Measures of the Programme
  • cutting public expenditures (immediately)
  • increasing tax revenues by
  • broadening the tax base and simplifying the tax
    system at the same time
  • structural reforms (health care, education, state
    administration)

5
Factors of the Favourable Business Climate
  • dynamic macroeconomic growth,
  • favourable real exchange rate
  • highest FDI stock per capita in the region
  • Hungary a bridge between East and West, 4
    pan-European corridors
  • well-developed telecommunications and highway
    infrastructure
  • highest labor productivity in the region,
    motivated and qualified workforce is available

Economy
Capital attraction
Location
Infrastructure
Productive, qualified, available workforce
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FDI Inflow to Hungary
62 100
Stock of FDI in Hungary
Source National Bank of Hungary
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FDI Stock by Industry and Country of Origin
Source National Bank of Hungary
8
Competitive Advantages of Hungary Labour
Productivity GDP per person employed relative to
EU-25 (in purchasing power standards)
Source calculations of the Ministry of Economy
and Transport
9
  • Competitive Advantages of Hungary
  • Attracting FDI
  • FDI stock per capital

10
  • Labour Cost of Production of One Unit of GDP
    (2006)

approximate values source calculations of the
Ministry of Economy and Transport
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Presence of Korean Companies in Hungary
Samsung SDI Samsung Electronics Samsung
EM Hankook Tire KDB Bank Daewoo Mirae Industry
Hanwha MGM LG-csoport Daidong Hungaria Dongwoo Pr
ecision Young Star ELC Engineering
  • close to USD 1.2 billion in investment value
    (est.)
  • more than 7,000 worklplaces
  • about 40 enterprises

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Success Stories Examples
  • Hankook Tire Ltd.
  • USD 620 million in investment value
  • 1.500 new workplaces
  • Samsung SDI Ltd.
  • USD 260 million in investment value
  • 1.300 new workplaces

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Incentive System of the Government
  1. Individual, non-refundable grant
  2. Tax allowance
  3. Job-creation grant
  4. Training subsidy

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Possible Fields of Investment
  • Traditional Sectors

Additional Opportunities
Based on the number of Korean investors in
Hungary
  • RD
  • ICT sector
  • Biotechnology

Other 8,5
Electronics 32,6
Automotive 58,9
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Thank you for your kind attention!
Dr. Ábel Garamhegyi, Ph.D. Deputy Minister
H-1055 Budapest, Honvéd utca 13-15. Phone (36
1) 374-2746 Fax (36 1) 374-2726 E-mail
garamhegyi.abel_at_gkm.gov.hu Internet
www.gkm.gov.hu
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