Content : I. Brasov County Business information II. Reasons to invest in Brasov III. CCI Brasov Services Adrian ROGOZ Brasov Chamber of Commerce and Industry
tt Population 505.400 Persons Employees 155.200 Persons Employees in public sector: 22.000 Persons Unemployed (December 2012): 12.200 persons Unemployed rate (December 2012): 5.07 % rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
TURNOVER (bil. Euro) tt 10 8 6 4 2 0 8.74 8.21 7.68 7.32 6.53 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total number of companies ( 2012): rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 31.019 rrrrrrrrrr
tt TURNOVER STRUCTURE rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
million euros FOREIGN TRADE tt 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 1.589 1.589 1.372 1.307 1.151 1.225 1.161 1.005 1.657 1.563 1.836 1.841 Export Import 0.6 0.4 0.2 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS The foreign direct investments in Brasov county reached 710 million euros There acted 3900 joint-ventures In the country s top of the participation in capital subscribed in hard currency, Braşov county is on the 6th place after Bucharest, Ilfov, Timis, Bihor, and Mures.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES BY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS, 2011 tt In the top of FDI by countries, on the first place is Germany (with 50% of total investment), followed by Cyprus (9%), France and Holland (with 6% each), and Finland ( 5% ) rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
TOP 10 COUNTRIES Top10 counties BY by NUMBER number of companies OF COMPANIES tt 748 720 263 214 183 178 161 161 160 157 Italy Germany UK France Spain Israel Holland Hungary Austria U.S.A. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
Reasons to Invest in Braşov County Human resources potential Highly qualified workforce in technical field and services; lower costs of staff as compared to other Central-European countries. Important academic centre, registering a number of five universities with specialized departments in the technical, technological, IT, economic, law, philology, medicine, humanities fields, having more than 25,000 students. Population with high linguistic skills (English, French, German) A market of more than 500,000 inhabitants
Geographic location Reasons to Invest in Braşov County attractive position in the centre of Romania, at the junction of the main communication means History important commercial centre with long tradition (century XIII) Braşov, documentary recorded since 1235, has many historical attractions, being a significant cultural centre European Environment due to its powerful historical connections with central Europe An area of ethnical and cultural mixture, where different ethnics and religions coexist peacefully Tourism high tourist potential with many attraction points and services at European standards (hotels, restaurants) Braşov county holds the first position with respect in mountain tourism, Poiana Braşov and Predeal are the most famous and best equipped ski resorts in Romania
Business environment Reasons to Invest in Braşov County Support from county and local public authorities for foreign investors Low cost of investments, land, buildings, new constructions There are 3,900 companies with foreign capital Important business infrastructure: 8 industrial parks (5 brown field, 3 green field) and a business incubator, with a total surface of 230 ha Over 30 commercial banks, most of them international banks Braşov Chamber of Commerce and Industry provides prompt and high quality advice and consultancy for company set-up and activity development
M a i n A c t i v i t i e s» Representation» Information» Consultancy» International Relations» Education and Training
tt C O N S U L T A N C Y Business development Feasibility studies and business planning Financing EU programmes One stop office Industrial property rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
International Relations The Chamber provides assistance for the investors who want to set up a company and open a branch or a subsidiary through its One Stop Office Information regarding :business partners, market, products & services, prices, competitions, statistics, etc Organizing Romanian companies participation to international fairs and trade missions Organizing B2B matchmaking sessions, seminars, forums, etc
tt MEETING ROOMS multifunctional fully-equipped presentations events meetings workshops trainings rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr
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