The Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Hungary, organized on 3 October 2016 in Sarajevo a Business Forum Hungary-Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the participation of companies from Hungary from food, metal-processing, ICT, and wood-processing sector.
On that occasion, Nina Pobrić, Head of
Investment Promotion Department of FIPA, had a presentation on the comparative
advantages and investment potentials of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She pointed out
that there are many facts indicating that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country interesting
for investment. These are: good geo-strategic position, national treatment of
foreign investors, high-quality natural resources, educated and
cost-competitive workforce, a developed banking sector and a stable currency,
low tax rates, a number of agreements on free and preferential trade, low operational
costs, attractive green-field and brown-field investment locations, and
attractive projects in the energy sector, metal processing, wood and textile
industry, very serious agricultural capacities for the production of healthy
food as well as great potential in the tourism sector.
Important information for businesspeople was
opening of a credit line of 61.5 million EUR by the Hungarian Eximbank to
support the development of export capacity among the Hungarian and BiH business
partners.
Attendees were addressed by the representative
of the BiH Foreign Trade Chamber, the Chamber of Commerce of Hungary, the
Hungarian Embassy in BiH, and after that business meetings were held between
businesspeople of the two countries.