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AUSTRIAN TRADE Austria’s Internationalisation Agency Walter KOREN AUSTRIAN TRADE Russian Economic and Financial Forum 1 st of December 2008,Vienna. Development of Foreign Trade. Austrian Exports by regions 1 st term 2008 EUR 60.1 bn. Top Export Markets 2007.
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AUSTRIAN TRADE Austria’s Internationalisation Agency Walter KOREN AUSTRIAN TRADE Russian Economic and Financial Forum 1st of December 2008,Vienna
Export of goods and services Promoting outward investment International technology transfer Assisting with procurement processes & procedures Promoting Austria as a competent and reliable business partner Transfer of business and marketing concepts AUSTRIAN TRADE
Advantageaustria.org • 194 country sites • 28 languages (special focus on East European languages) • 10 Content Partners: BMWA (Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour), Austrian National Tourist Office, Austrian Standards +, Austrian Business Agency … • Market place with profiles of 15,000 Austrian businesses • Business opportunities with more detailed company information • Listings of all events abroad with exhibitor details • Overview of 26 industry sectors
Austrian – Russian Trade Relations Total Russian Exports 2007 260bn. Euro Total Russian Imports 2007 163bn. Euro Austrian Exports to Russia 2007 2.6bn. Euro +15% Austrian Imports from Russia 2007 1.8bn. Euro -22.5% No. of Austrian subsidiaries in Russia approx. 350 (Source: EIU, Statistik Austria)
Austrian FDI in Russia Estimated stock: EUR 3 bn. Important investments: UniCredit Bank Austria, Raiffeisenbank, Mondi Packaging, Kronospan, Fritz Egger Many on going medium-sized projects
Austrian Business Opportunities in Russia (1) • Investment in infrastructure: transport, communication and energy • Environmental protection, public health system • Machinery and equipment for the modernisation of Russian Industry • plastics • wood • metalurgy • building materials • Parts and supplies for the car industry
Austrian Business Opportunities in Russia (2) • Consumer goods • Luxury goods • Goods for every day use for the growing middle class • Special opportunities in infrastructure in the Krasnodar Region (Sochi) due to the Olympic Winter Games 2014 • Increasing importance as investment destination to supply the domestic market
Events in Austria organized by AUSTRIAN TRADE 3.12.2008 Presentation of TJUMEN Region First half 2009 Presentation of SAMARA Region March 2009 Presentation of PERM Region 3.3.2009 Presentation of TOMSK Region etc.
Events in Russia organized by AUSTRIAN TRADE 15.-21.3.2009 Austrian Trade Mission to Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Izhevsk, Ufa 7.-13.6.2009 Austrian Trade Mission to Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov, Samara 27.9.-6.10.2009 Austrian Trade Mission to Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Austrian group exhibitions at fairs in Moscow: Interplastica, Prodexpo, CPM, Buildex, Wire&Tube, Metallurgy, Waste Tech etc.
AUSTRIAN TRADE Presence in Russia Austrian Embassy, Commercial Section Dietmar Fellner Starokonyushenny per. 1 119034 Moscow +7-495-725 63 66 moskau@austriantrade.org www.advantageaustria.org/ru Marketing Offices in Ekaterinburg, Sochi and St. Peterburg