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S L O V E N I A

S L O V E N I A. A Business Partner. Fact Sheet. Area 20,273 km 2 Population 2 million Language Slovenian, Italian, Hungarian (in ethnically mixed regions) Capital Ljubljana Member EU, OECD, UN, NATO Currency EUR. Selected Indicators. Competitive Indicators. INNOVATIONS

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S L O V E N I A

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  1. S L O V E N I A A Business Partner

  2. Fact Sheet • Area20,273 km2 • Population2 million • LanguageSlovenian, Italian, Hungarian(in ethnically mixed regions) • CapitalLjubljana • MemberEU, OECD, UN, NATO • CurrencyEUR

  3. Selected Indicators

  4. Competitive Indicators INNOVATIONS • Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011 Slovenia:InnovationFollowersGroup (with Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and theUK) • Relative strengths: human resources and output • Relative weaknesses: firm investments and intellectual assets • Slovenia allocated 2.47 % of GDP to R&D in 2011 (17,6 % growth compared to 2010); EU average 1,9 %; EU 2020 target 3 %;

  5. Quality of life • High standard • of living • Cultural and geographical diversity • At the intersection of Roman, German and Slavic culture • Nestled between Alps and Adriatic Sea • Mixture of Alpine, continental and Mediterranean climates • Huge continuous forest ecosystem – 3rd in Europe after Finland and Sweden

  6. Quality of workforce • Technologically-minded (long industrial tradition), innovative spirit • Highly educated: 16% university degree, 62% secondary school • Excellent IT & foreign language skills (English, German, Italian, Serbo-Croatian …) • Not cheap but • cost-effective • Minimum gross wage • €783.66 • Est. monthly gross labour costs: • low skilled € 700 • skilled € 1,000 • engineer € 1,700 • computer engineer: • € 2,200 Full-time working hours may not exceed 40 hours a week

  7. Quality link to regional markets • Strong export orientation • Well established links with neighbouring countries and countries of former Yugoslavia • Hub for foreign companies to serve the EU and CentralEuropean markets • Advantages: • Economic and political stability • Knowledge of circumstances, language, culture, people • Geographical location with a strategic edge • Slovenia is an important investor in the SE Europe

  8. Quality infrastructure • Well-developed general infrastructure at the intersection of 5th and 10th European transportation corridor Well-developed ICT infrastructure • Port of Koper • ideal as a logistics and distribution centre • the fastest developing port in the Adriatic basin • the shortest sea connection between Central Europe andAsia

  9. INTERNATIONAL TRADE Exports, 1-10 2012: EUR 17,556 m Imports, 1-10 2012: EUR 18,459 m Exports in GDP: 51.5% Imports in GDP: 55.4%

  10. Trade Products Leading export products: passenger cars, medicines, electrical and non-electrical household equipment, household equipment, electrical machinery and devices, furniture, aluminium, pulp & paper; Most important import products: petroleum-derived oil, passenger cars, parts and accessories for motor vehicles, medicines, aluminium, telecommunications equipment.

  11. Bilateral Trade Slovenia - Hungary Slovenian export and import from Hungary(in EUR million) Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2013

  12. Trade Data 2012 • V4 COUNTRIES: • Hungary 1.549 mio EUR • Czech Republic 1.140 mio EUR • Poland 1.098 mio EUR • Slovakia 715 mio EUR • ----------------------------------- • Amount: 4.502 mio EUR Russian Federation 1.260 mio EUR • China 732 mio EUR • USA 623 mio EUR • India 289 mio EUR • ------------------------------------------------ • Amount: 2.904 mio EUR • NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES: • Italy 6.430 mio EUR • Austria 4.310 mio EUR • Croatia 2.285 mio EUR • Hungary 1.549 mio EUR • ------------------------------------ • Amount: 14.564 mio EUR • Germany 8.494 mio EUR • Bilateral Trade of Slovenia 42.935 mio EUR, Neighbouring Countries + V4 (8 Countries) was 27.560 mio EUR – represents 64,2%

  13. Foreign Investors in Slovenia Source: Bank of Slovenia Some foreign companies in Slovenia: Bosch Siemens, Danfoss, Deloitte, Goodyear, GKN Driveline, Grammer Automotive,Grieshaber Logistik, Gruppo Bonazzi, Henkel, IBM, Intesa Sanpaolo, Johnsons Controls, Microsoft, Mobilkom, Sandoz Group, Oracle, Palfinger, Renault, S&T,Schefenacker, Sun Roller, Société Générale, Wolford.

  14. Inward FDI by Economic Sector Source: Bank of Slovenia

  15. Slovenian FDI abroad Source: Bank of Slovenia

  16. Investment OpportunitiesENERGY • Pumped-Storage Plant Kozjak • Unit 6 Thermal Power Plant Šoštanj • Trbovlje Thermal Power Plant Reconstruction • Middle-Sava River Cascade • TE-TOL Thermal Power-Plant Ljubljana • Concentrated Solar Power Cooling Technology (CSP) www.investslovenia.org

  17. Investment OpportunitiesLOGISTICS • Land transport (motorway network) • Railway Divača - Koper • Sea shipping (Port of Koper) • Air transport (Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport, Portorož Airport) • Multilogistic Business Centre of Slovenia - Arnovski Gozd (near Celje) www.investslovenia.org

  18. Investment OpportunitiesHEALTH CARE National Development Projects new University Medical Centre in Ljubljana, new University Medical Centre in Maribor, an upgrade to the existing network of emergency medical centres, etc. www.investslovenia.org

  19. Thank you!

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