CroatIa – your relIable busIness Partner:

Stimulating investment climate Highly educated, Stability & safety of multilingual & competent business activity workforce

Unique geostrategic Modern transport location in Europe infrastructure

Possibility of using Long tradition in industrial EU funds production

EU member – access to a market of over 500 million people stIMulatIng InvestMent envIronMent: Tax incentives: reduction of profit tax to 9-0%; regular profit tax: 12% and 18% Employment grants: up to 9,000 EUR for newly employed Incentives for capital expenses and labour intensive investment projects – increase Croatian Metal of support for opening new workplaces up to 100% Additional incentives for development-innovation activities, business support activities and high added value services Education grants: coverage of up to 70% of education costs Processing Industry

Tradition. Quality. Excellence.

Croatian Chamber of Economy International Affairs and EU Sector Investment Promotion Division Tel: +385 1 4828 382, Fax: +385 1 4828 379 Rooseveltov trg 2, 10000 , [email protected] www.investincroatia.hr, www.hgk.hr METAL IndUsTRy In nUMbERs: MosT IMpoRTAnT METAL Highly skilled and educated High-quality products - competitive pRodUCTs: workforce prices Long tradition in metal manufacturing Reliable and quality supply chain on € 5.5 billion Ships, floating structures the spot Continuous investment in new income (10.38% of GDP) technologies and production Metal constructions improvement 68.3% of total income from export Screws and bolts

Energy processing equipment 5,100 pRodUCTIon bAsIns active companies

73,254 Special purpose equipment employees Railway vehicles and equipment

€ 1,180 Automotive parts gross month salary

Environment protection equipment

Agriculture mechanization

MosT IMpoRTAnT ExpoRT MARkETs:

Regions: City of Zagreb Austria County split County Bosnia and Herzegovina Varaždin County – Zagorje County France Međimurje County Germany County Italy brod – posavina County Russian Federation primorje – County USA Data sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Eurostat, Financial Agency (FINA) METAL IndUsTRy In nUMbERs: MosT IMpoRTAnT METAL Highly skilled and educated High-quality products - competitive pRodUCTs: workforce prices Long tradition in metal manufacturing Reliable and quality supply chain on € 5.5 billion Ships, floating structures the spot Continuous investment in new income (10.38% of GDP) technologies and production Metal constructions improvement 68.3% of total income from export Screws and bolts

Energy processing equipment 5,100 pRodUCTIon bAsIns active companies Tools

73,254 Special purpose equipment employees Railway vehicles and equipment

€ 1,180 Automotive parts gross month salary

Environment protection equipment

Agriculture mechanization

MosT IMpoRTAnT ExpoRT MARkETs:

Regions: Zagreb County City of Zagreb Austria split County Bosnia and Herzegovina Varaždin County krapina – Zagorje County France Međimurje County Germany Italy brod – posavina County Russian Federation primorje – Gorski kotar County USA Data sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Eurostat, Financial Agency (FINA) CroatIa – your relIable busIness Partner: CroatIa – your relIable busIness Partner:

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Unique geostrategic Modern transport Uniquelocation geostrategic in Europe Moderninfrastructure transport location in Europe infrastructure

Possibility of using Long tradition in industrial PossibilityEU funds of using Long traditionproduction in industrial EU funds production

EU member – access to a marketEU member of over – access500 million to a market of peopleover 500 million people stIMulatIng InvestMent envIronMent: stIMulatIng InvestMent envIronMent: Tax incentives: reduction of profit tax to 9-0%; regular profit tax: 12% and 18% Tax incentives: reduction of profit tax to 9-0%; regular profit tax: 12% and 18% Employment grants: up to 9,000 EUR for newly employed Employment grants: up to 9,000 EUR for newly employed Incentives for capital expenses and labour intensive investment projects – increase Croatian Metal ofIncentives support forfor capitalopening expenses new workplaces and labour up intensive to 100% investment projects – increase Croatian Metal of support for opening new workplaces up to 100% Additional incentives for development-innovation activities, business support activitiesAdditional and incentives high added for development-innovationvalue services activities, business support activities and high added value services Education grants: coverage of up to 70% of education costs Processing Industry Education grants: coverage of up to 70% of education costs Processing Industry Tradition. Quality. Excellence. Tradition. Quality. Excellence.

Croatian Chamber of Economy InternationalCroatian Chamber Affairs of and Economy EU Sector InvestmentInternational Promotion Affairs and Division EU Sector Tel:Investment +385 1 4828Promotion 382, Fax:Division +385 1 4828 379 RooseveltovTel: +385 1 4828 trg 2, 382, 10000 Fax: Zagreb, +385 1 Croatia 4828 379 [email protected] trg 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia www.investincroatia.hr,[email protected] www.hgk.hr www.investincroatia.hr, www.hgk.hr