DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,

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ROMANIA A Strategic Choice
DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
FOREIGN INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
AND EXPORT PROMOTION
Bucharest, October 15th, 2014

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Romania at a glance

• Economic political stability
• EU membership gateway to a 500 million consumers
  market
• Second largest country in CEE and the largest in
  SEE offering significant market potential in
  terms of size (the 9th in EU28) and population
  (the 7th in EU28),
• Geo-strategic location, at the crossroads of
  three great markets the European Union, the CIS
  states and the Middle East

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Potential For Growth
2013
GDP 2013 3.5 - the highest in EU
GDP Growth Rate

Source Eurostat National Institute of
Statistics
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Investors' top two demands safety for
theirinvestments and a large domestic market.
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Inward FDI Flows
2013
Czech Republic 3760
Romania 2712
Hungary 1768
Bulgaria 1092
Serbia 779
Slovakia 445
Croatia 437
Poland¹ 900
Annual Inward FDI
Source National Bank of Romania
Source Vienna Institute for International
Economic Studies PAIIZ Poland,

• First 8 months of 2014 EUR 1,4 mill.
• Stock EUR 60 bill. (1990 2013)

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FDI by Field of Activity
Source National Bank of Romania
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FDI in Manufacturing
Source National Bank of Romania
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Top 10 Investing Countries (mill. euro)
1.Netherlands 24.4 14,624
2. Austria 19.1 11,438
3.Germany 11.2 6,744
4.France 7.6 4,568
5.Italy 4.7 2,816
Source National Bank of Romania
6.Cyprus 4.5 2,677
7.Switzerland 3.2 1,942
8.Greece 3.2 1,935
9.Luxemburg 2.8 1,694
10.Belgium 2.5 1,493
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Investment OpportunitiesKey sectors

• Automotive car components production
• Aerospace
• Wood industry
• Energy and renewable energy
• Tourism
• IT C

• Infrastructure
• Agriculture
• Food industry
• Pharmaceuticals
• Chemicals
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)
• Natural resources

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Investment Support

• Total investment amount over 3 billion Euro
• Approved state aid over 800 million Euro
  (automotive sector almost 400 million Euro
  (around 45)
• 1. G.D. 332/2014
• Scheme budget RON 2,700 mill. (the equivalent of
  EUR 600 mill.)
• Project eligibility Investment that would
  generate within maximum 3 years from the
  completion of the investment the creation of
  minimum 10 new jobs
• 2. G.D. 807/2014
• Scheme budget RON 2,700 mill. (the equivalent of
  EUR 600 mill.)
• Project eligibility Investment in tangible and
  intangible assets of minimum 10 mill. EUR

STATE AID 2007-2014 STATE AID
2014-2020
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