About Croatia

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About Croatia
Source Croatian Bureau of Statistics
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Foreign Direct Investments

• FDI 25.2 billion (1993-3Q2010)

 Country of FDI
1 Austria 25.7 (6,2 bn )
2 Netherlands 17.9
3 Germany 11.4 (2,9 bn )
4 Hungary 9.5
7 Italy 4,3 (1,1 bn )
11 Switzerland 1,8 (0,451 bn )
Source Croatian National Bank
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Success Stories
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Average Net Salary
Area Average net salary, 2009 ()
Croatia 739
Bjelovar-Bilogora County 484
Source Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Source Trade and Investment Promotion Agency
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Reasons to Invest in Croatia (1)

• Quality of Life
• A pleasant, exciting, safe and motivating living
  environment
• Excellent health care institutions (public and
  private)
• Excellent foreign language schools (including
  Croatian courses for foreigners)
• Numerous housing offers
• High quality child care and educational
  institutions.

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Reasons to Invest in Croatia (2)
Most modern transport infrastructure in the
region
Three Pan-European corridors cross the territory
of Croatia thus enabling rapid market approach
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Reasons to Invest in Croatia (3)
Destination days
Rotterdam 30
Hamburg 32
Giola Tauro 26
RIJEKA / ŠIBENIK 25

• Number of quality sea ports Port of Šibenik,
  Port of Rijeka
• Proximity of most of major European capitals and
  economic hubs

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Incentives (1)
Regional Aid Map

• Investment Promotion Act
• Sectors
• the manufacturing sector activities
• technology centers
• strategic business support services.
• Eligible investment costs
• Equipment and machinery
• Intangible assets patent rights, licences,
  know-how
• 2 years gross salaries
• Up to 70 of investment back!

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Incentives (2)
CROATIA \ WHY INVEST IN CROATIA
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Bjelovar-Bilogora County (1)

• Located in the eastern part of Central Croatia
• Key intersection of European and regional
  transportation routes
• Population 133.084, 3 of the Croatian
  population (Source Croatian Bureau of
  Statistics, 2001.)
• Bjelovar Capital of the County (80 km from
  Zagreb)
• Workforce 63.963 (Source Croatian Bureau of
  Statistics, 2001.)
• GDP 1037 mln. EUR per capita 8.255 EUR
  (Source Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2008.)

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Bjelovar-Bilogora County (2)
Number of entrepreneurs by size-2003.-I-IX 2009.
Employed

• Agriculture 7
• Trade and Logistics 22
• Manufacturing industry 38
• Public Administration, Education and Helth Care
  33

Small
Medium
Large
(Source Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2009.)
Source Croatian Chamber of Economy
Established One Stop Service Centre
Signed agreement on mandatory cooperation of all
relevant institutions to support OSSC operations
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Metalprocessing Sector

• Long tradition in Metal processing industry (Tomo
  Vinkovic, Tehnika, TAD )
• Supported by the faculty of Mechatronics and high
  school education system
• Number of entrepreneurs (2009.) 80
• Number of employed (2009.) 1483

ACTIVITIES IN METAL INDUSTRY NUMBER OF COMPANIES
PROCESSING INDUSTRY 279
PRODUCTION OF METALS 5
PRODUCTION OF FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 60
PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY EQUIPMENT 3
PRUDUCTION OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 12
TOTAL METAL INDUSTRY IN MANUFACTORING 80
OF PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN BBC 29
Source Croatian Chamber of Economy
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Educational Institutions
Faculty of mechatronics Enrollment 100 students
per year A total of 240 students enrolled in the
Mechatronics Program
Highschool for Craftsmen in Bjelovar educates
yearly 81 students for the professions electrical
and mechanical engineering professions
Secondary technical school in Bjelovar educates
84 technicians and electrical engineering
professions

• Lifelong education and retraining Centers
• Algebra
• Ivora
• Open University

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Metalprocessing Sector Companies
HITTNER Ltd. - RELIABLE AND QUALITY
TRACTORS With quality organization and
management, the company HITTNER d.o.o. has
become well known in this region, and for several
years in a row they have been awarded among the
best entrepreneur companies in Croatia and
awarded with Golden Croatian Mink Award for
excellent business activity. www.hittner.hr
ESCO Ltd. - SPRING FACTORY According to
the production programme and size they represent
the most important producer of springs in
Croatia. The qualification structure,
high-quality personnel choice, systematic
education and high technology give an advantage
to their company www.esco.hr
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Business Zone Laminska - Štefanje

• Communal infrastructure
• Water supply network (18 l/s)
• The gas pipeline (4 MW)
• Electric system (1 MW)
• Public lightening
• Sanitary sewer
• Waste water treatment within the zone (600
  persons 60 m3/day)
• Telecommunication network
• Excellent coverage of all mobile operators
• Road Infrastructure

Total zone area 302 058 m2 Free zone area
252 256 m 2 Price 25 HRK/m 2 (3,43 /m 2)

• Incentives
• exemption from paying connections to communal
  infrastructure which is part of the revenue
  municipality Štefanje
• exemption from municipal contributions, the
  regular price is 12 kn/m3 before the start of
  construction amount of municipal contributions to
  the object size of 1200 m2 6000 m2 is 72.000
  HRK 10.000
• 100 1st year
• 75 2nd year
• 50 3rd year
• 25 4th year

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Thank you
Ministry of Economy, Labour and
Entrepreneurship www.mingorp.hr Phone 385 (0)1
6106 111 Fax[phone] Address
Vukovarska 78/10000 Zagreb/Croatia
Bjelovar-Bilogora County Regional Development
Agency E-mail info_at_rerabbz.hr www.rerabbz.hr Ph
one 385 (0) 43 225 999 Fax [phone]
998 Address Ante Starcevica 8 /43000Bjelovar/Croa
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