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Republic of Macedonia : BUSINESS CLIMATE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MACEDONIA. March, 2013. Why Macedonia?. Competitive Location. Investor - friendly Government. Excellent Infrastructure. Competitive & Educated Workforce. Investment Incentives.

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March, 2013

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  1. Republic of Macedonia: BUSINESS CLIMATE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MACEDONIA March, 2013

  2. Why Macedonia? CompetitiveLocation Investor - friendly Government Excellent Infrastructure Competitive & EducatedWorkforce Investment Incentives Higher Profits & Increased Competitiveness

  3. Location and Transport Infrastructure • Two Pan-European corridors: • East-West Corridor 8 • North-South Corridor 10 • Road network:4,370 km • Railway network:925 km • Two international airports: • Skopje • Ohrid • International ports*: • Thessalonica (Greece): 80 km • Durres (Albania): 150 km • * Distance from Border

  4. Foreign Investment Regime • Macedonian Constitution guarantees fair treatment of foreign investors • Free trade agreements with a market of 650 million customers (EU + EFTA + CEFTA + Turkey + Ukraine) • Complete protection of the ownership rights of foreign investors • Republic of Macedonia is member of MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) • Investment protection treaties with numerous countries • 100% foreign ownership of a company allowed • No restrictions for repatriation of profits

  5. Economic Indicators INFLATION Low inflation: avg < 2% annually over the last 10 years 2007: 2.3%; 2008: 8.3%; 2009: -0.8%; 2010: 1.6%; 2011: 3.9% CURRENCY EXPORT BY YEAR (US$ bn) Macedonian Denar pegged to the DM/€ for the last 15 years (€1= MKD61.3) FDI as a percentage of GDP BUDGET DEFICIT & STATE DEBT AVERAGE GROSS SALARY IN 2011 CREDIT RATINGS 2011 Standard & Poor’s: BB Fitch: BB+ € 499 per month Budget Deficit: 2.5 % of GDP State Debt: 26.8 % of GDP Source: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

  6. Unbeatable Fiscal Benefits • 10% Corporate & Personal income tax (among the lowest in Europe) • 0% Tax on retained earnings • Double taxation treaties with many European countries • 0% tax for operation in a Technological Industrial Development Zone • Real estate taxes at 2% - 4% • VAT at 18%, with 5% on specific items (agriculture, food, IT equipment) • FTAs with EU, EFTA, CEFTA countries; Turkey and the Ukraine; providing access to over 650m customers General VAT Rates Corporate Income Tax Personal Income Tax (highest rate) Macedonia Macedonia* Macedonia* Czech R.* Turkey Romania Romania Slovakia Czech Republic* Czech Republic Slovakia Slovakia Poland Ukraine Ukraine Poland Hungary Poland Hungary Croatia Turkey Romania Turkey Croatia Hungary Croatia Ukraine * Flat rate Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Taxes at a glance 2011), National Investment Promotion Agencies

  7. Skopje in the Top 5 Small Cities in Europe FDI Magazine 2010/11 Rankings • Judging criteria • Unemployment rate • Total ‘world top-500’ universities • Number of universities • Number of university students • European business school rankings • Graduates, tertiary • Gross enrolment rate, tertiary • Gross enrolment rate, secondary • Gross enrolment rate, primary • Labour force with tertiary education • Public education expenditure • Human resources in sciences and high-tech industries • Economically active population Top 5 Small Cities in Europe: Human resources FDI Benchmark across 223 European cities and 142 European regions

  8. Sustainable Work Force Supply • 41.5% of population under 30 • High intellectual capital • 65% increase in total number of undergraduate degrees in 2009 compared to 2006 • 85+% of high school graduates enrolled in universities in 2008 • Multiple vocational high schools in each city • Tailor-made training programsthrough Vocational Schools or Universities • 6% of GDP spent on education Number of enrolled students in Colleges and Universities Number of graduates in Colleges and Universities

  9. Excellent Language Skills • Every child in Macedonia begins to learn English in the first grade of primary school • Two foreign languages are mandatory in high school: English, and either German, French, or Russian • English is also taught for two years at University level • Regional languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Albanian and Greek) are widely spoken Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia (Education 2009/2010) and Ministry of Education and Science

  10. Investment OpportunitiesTechnological Industrial Development Zones - TIDZs Fiscal Benefits • Management of existing (established) Free Zone • Development of planned Free Zone • Subsidy of up to €500,000 towards building costs • Incentives in line with EU regulation • Green Customs Channel available at border for rapid export from Zone to EU countries • Land in a TIDZ in Macedonia is available under long-term lease for a period of up to 99 years

  11. Investment OpportunitiesFree Zones Free Zone Rankovce Area Size: 40 ha; Corridor 8 Free Zones Skopje 1 & 2 Area Size: 145 + 95 ha; E-75 Highway; Next to the Int’l Airport Free Zone Tetovo Area Size: 95 ha; Distance from Skopje - 35 km Free Zone Stip Area Size: 208 ha; The largest Free Zone; Excellent logistic support Free Zone Radovis Area Size: 10 ha; Main Road M6 Free Zone Strumica Area Size: 23 ha; Free Zone Kicevo Area Size: 30 ha Free Zone Gevgelija Area Size: 50 ha; 85 km from the port of Thessaloniki Free Zone Struga Area Size: 30 ha; Next to the Int’l Airport; 170 km from Durres port Free Zone Prilep Area Size: 68 ha; Between Prilep and Bitola (4th and 2nd largest city)

  12. Thank You! Darko Angelov Ambassador of Macedonia to Hungary Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia Andrássy út 130-1, 1062 Budapest Tel: +36 1 33 60 510 e-mail: budapest@mfa.gov.mk web: www.investinmacedonia.com

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