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ROMANIA A Strategic Choice. DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND EXPORT PROMOTION. Bucharest, October 15th, 2014. Romania at a glance. Economic & political stability EU membership: gateway to a 500 million consumers market
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ROMANIA A Strategic Choice DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND EXPORT PROMOTION Bucharest, October 15th, 2014
Romania at a glance • Economic & political stability • EU membership: gateway to a 500 million consumersmarket • 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
Potential For Growth 2013 GDP 2013: 3.5% - the highest in EU GDP Growth Rate Source: Eurostat; National Institute of Statistics
Investors' top two demands: safety for theirinvestments and a large domestic market.
Inward FDI Flows 2013 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)
FDI by Field of Activity Source: National Bank of Romania
FDI in Manufacturing Source: National Bank of Romania
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
Investment OpportunitiesKey sectors • Infrastructure • Agriculture • Food industry • Pharmaceuticals • Chemicals • Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) • Natural resources • Automotive & car components production • Aerospace • Wood industry • Energy and renewable energy • Tourism • IT & C
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
Department for Infrastructure Projects, Foreign Investment, Public Private Partnership and Export Promotion Phone: +40 21 318.50.52 Fax: +40 21 316.31.58 Web: www.dpiis.gov.ro E-mail: office@dpiis.gov.ro