The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA), Marko Kubatlija, received the Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) based in Vienna, Mr. Tatsuo Kamino.

Mr. Kamino briefly presented activities of his
organization, emphasizing that they are based on three areas: exports from
Japan, investments in Japan, and providing information to Japanese companies
planning to invest abroad. They have 16 offices across Europe, of which four
are in Central and Eastern Europe: in Warsaw, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.
He emphasized that Japanese companies have expressed
interest in investing in the Western Balkans in the auto parts and green energy
sectors.
They discussed the cooperation between the two
countries so far with a focus on Japanese investments in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, highlighting the Tsubaki Nakashima company in Konjic as a
successful Japanese investment in our country.
Mr. Kubatlija introduced Mr. Kamino with the FIPA activities,
the previous cooperation between the two institutions with a focus on
organizing visits by Japanese businesspeople in the past few years, citing the
fact that significant foreign direct investments from Japan in BiH have not
been recorded, and Japanese companies that are present at the BiH market, are
registered through their European companies. It is important to note that Japan
is among the largest donors in BiH.
It was agreed to organize a webinar by JETRO with the
aim to present investment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Japanese
businesspeople, as well as other forms of cooperation that will be defined
during this year.