EXPORTRÅDET - SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL Presentation Belgium 2007 .

EXPORTRÅDET - SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL

Presentation Belgium

2007

www.swedishtrade.com

In Sweden:

Head office in Stockholm

22 regional export consultants40 trade commissioners regular visits to Sweden

Abroad:

60 offices in more than 50 countries

Via partners and networks we cover over 100 countries

508 employees of whom 371 abroad – Turnover 538 MSEK (2006) – Owned by Swedish government and industry

SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL

ONE YEAR SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL- In 2006…

… and the result was that…

Swedish companies in morethan 2 000 cases were able to enter a new foreign market or expanded on an existing

We make things happen!

65 000 questions on exports were answered10 000 visits to our websites per day 5 000 meetings with customers 2 500 business development assignments

Trade CommissionerMaria Hilding

EconomyCecilia Hörberg

Export InformationGunilla Andersson

EUMadeleine Koskull

Rickard Eksten+ trainee

BeLuxMathilde Wehlén

Pär Skånberg+ trainee

Project Leader Hosuk Lee-Makiyama

SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL IN BELGIUM

Madeleine KoskullRickard Eksten

Export Program:EU Advice Brussels

ExportConsulting

BELGIUM – ON THE CROSSROAD OF THREE CULTURES

Source: Eurostat, Belgique Portail Fédéral, The Economist

Anglo-saxon

Romanic

Germanic

Capital: Brussels Population: 10,3 million inhabitants

(Sweden: 9 million) Surface: 30 528 km2

(approx. same as Småland) Prime minister: (Guy Verhofstadt, VLD party)

(liberals) Constitution: Monarchy - King Albert II head

of state Official languages: Flemish (60%)

French (40%) German (approx.1%)

GDP 2006: 296 billion Euros Imports 2006: 257 billion Euros, of which 5,2

billion from Sweden Exports 2006: 268 billion Euros, of which 3,7

billion to Sweden

Fact Pack

BELGIUM IS A FEDERAL STATE WITH THREE REGIONS

1. Flanders Inhabitants: 6 million Main industry: Chemicals and plastics,

automotive, life sciences, logistics and food The region provides 60% of the national

GDP

2. Brussels Inhabitants: 1 million Main industry: Financial and diplomatic

center

3. Wallonia Inhabitants: 3,3 million Main industry: Logistics, biotechnology,

aeronautic and automotive components

Source: www.flanders.be, www.wallonie.be, www.brussels.be

Fact Pack

1

2

3

BELGIUM HAS A STRONG INTERNATIONAL PROFILE

Belgium is the world’s fifth Open Trade Economy Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg and Ireland are

ranked before Belgium. The export and import value represents

approximately 80% of BNP 60% of EU purchasing power within 500 km of

Belgium

1,700 European headquarters of MNC

International profile EU institutions NATO 120 international government organizations Approximately 1,400 non-governmental organizations 159 embassies and 2,500 diplomats

Source: Banque National de la Belgique, The Economist, Invest in Brussels, Economic Freedom of the World 2005 annual report

500 KM

Fact Pack

SWEDEN’S MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNERS 2006

Imports (%)

1. Germany

2. Denmark

3. Norway

4. Netherlands

5. United Kingdom

6. Finland

7. France

8. Belgium

9. Russia

10. Italy

Exports (%)

1. USA

2. Germany

3. Norway

4. United Kingdom

5. Denmark

6. Finland

7. France

8. Netherlands

9. Belgium

10. Italy

10,6

10,3

8,5

7,0

6,9

6,4

5,1

4,6

4,6

3,4

17,9

10,5

8,3

6,6

5,9

5,9

4,9

3,9

3,5

3,3

Source: SCB

Fact Pack

A positive business climate; attractive fiscal system and investment incentives

Excellence in infrastructure and accessibility

A qualified workforce, flexible and multilingual

Real Estate: available and affordable

FOUR GOOD REASONS TO DO BUSINESS IN BELGIUM

Business Environment

The most important incentive is Belgium’s long-standing tradition of welcoming foreign investments. The general principle is one of ”global equity”: no discrimination is made between domestic and foreign companies.

Corporation Real estate and equipment depreciation system Special tax agreements: fiscal rulings Low marginal corporate tax rate Notional Interest Deduction (unique system)

Shareholder No taxation on capital gain

Management Attractive fiscal system for expats

A POSITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE; ATTRACTIVE FISCAL SYSTEM & INVESTMENT INCENTIVES

Source: The Economist Country Forecast Belgium 2005, Invest in Belgium, Invest in Flanders, Invest in Wallonia


EXCELLENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESSIBILITY - Airports

Brussels Airport – Zaventem: Worldwide passenger and cargo services

Ostend – Bruges Airport: Mainly cargo services

Deurne Airport: European passenger services (e.g. London, Berlin, Dublin, Geneva)

Liege Airport: Top ten European air freight hub

Charleroi Airport: Passenger terminal; hub a.o. to Ryanair

Brussels National Airport has the fastest air-cargo handling and distribution centre in the European Union with a turnover of 700, 000 tons (2006)

Source: Invest in Flanders, Invest in Wallonia, Invest in Belgium


EXCELLENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESSIBILITY - Ports

Antwerp: Second largest port in Europe, fourth largest worldwide.

Largest petrochemical complex in Europe, second largest worldwide

Zeebruges: Leading port in the car sector (1 577 618 cars)

Ghent: 23,9 mln. tonnes seaborne cargo traffic (wide variety of cargo)

Ostend: Handling goods and passenger services

Liège: Second largest European River Port

Strepy-Thieu: Most advanced boat lift - 1.1350 t

All the ports in Belgium are fully integrated with the road and rail networks and, as such, are a prime example of multimodality



EXCELLENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESSIBILITY - Railroads

0.1136

0.1010

0.0696

0.0677

0.0530

0.0489

0.0274

0.0238

Belgium

Germany

UK

Netherlands

France

Japan

Ireland

USA

Density of network, km / km² 2006

Source: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005

Belgium

Germany

United Kingdom

Netherlands

France

Japan

Ireland

USA

Belgium’s railway network is one of the most concentrated in the world, providing easy transport to every commercial and industrial centre from Scandinavia to Turkey


EXCELLENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESSIBILITY - Motorways

FrankfurtWarsaw

MoscowHelsinkiOslo

Lisbon

Madrid

London

Stockholm

PragueFrankfurtWarsaw

MoscowHelsinkiOslo

Lisbon

Madrid

London

Stockholm

Prague

CityBerlinWarsawLondonMadridLisbonFrankfurtOsloStockholmHelsinkiMoscowPrague

Road distance774132830916042231398948150616712582918

Drive time (h)715515204171629329

Moscow

The Belgian motorway system is modern and well developed. Seven international expressways connect the country to the French, German and Dutch motorways



A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE, FLEXIBLE AND MULTILINGUAL

5101214

55

1020

44

7080

20

38

73

9090

0102030405060708090

100

IrelandFranceNetherlandsDenmarkBelgium

3 foreign languages 2 foreign languages 1 foreign language

Percentage of population fluent in foreign languages

Belgium’s workforce is multilingual and more than half of the population speaks three foreign languages



REAL ESTATE: AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE

447

459

471

531

568

584

663

1.009

1.170

1.636

391Belgium (Brussels)

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Spain (Madrid)

Germany (Frankfurt)

Ireland (Dublin)

Sweden (Stockholm)

USA (New York)

Italy (Milan)

France (Paris)

Japan (Tokyo)

UK (London)

€/sq.m/Year - 2006

Source: Cushman & Wakefield 2005

Office space across the world - Location cost in each country

Germany (Frankfurt)

Ireland (Dublin)

Sweden (Stockholm)

USA (New York)

Italy (Milan)

France (Paris)

Japan (Tokyo)

United Kingdom (London)

Belgium (Brussels)

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Spain (Madrid)


THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

General Information: The automotive industry is Belgium’s fourth

largest industry with 11% of the total manufacturing industry *

Ca 1 million cars and commercial vehicles where produced in Belgium 2006

The great majority are exported, mainly to Germany, UK, France and Spain

Major companies: Four important international companies have

production in Belgium. The Belgian company Van Hool produces commercial vehicles.

Ford in Genk General Motors in Antwerp Volvo Cars & Volvo Trucks in Gent Volkswagen in Brussels Van Hool in Bree and Koningshooikt

Market Opportunities

Source: Federation of Belgian Enterprises, Agoria, Febiac

Antwerp (General Motors)

Genk (Ford)

Gent (Volvo)

Brussels (Volkswagen)

* The manufacturing industry in Belgium has a production value (turnover) of 1749 billion SEK (2006)

Koningshooikt (Van Hool) Bree (Van Hool)

Bold = Head office

THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

General Information: There are more than 400 European

Logistics Centers in Belgium

Major companies: Caterpillar Logistics, Frans Maas, Schenker Logistics, Vos Logistics, TNT, DHL, Fedex

The main multimodal logistic parks: Antwerp, Ghent, Zeebrugge, Oostende, Liège, Central Ardenne, Athus, Charleroi, Mons, Dry-Port

Strengths: Central position in Europe Neighbors easily reachable by air, road,

rail or waterways 60 % of the European market reachable

within 500 km of Belgium


Source: Cluster Transport & Logistics Wallonia, Flanders Institute for Logistics

THE (PETRO-) CHEMICAL INDUSTRY


General information: The chemical industry is the second largest manufacturing sector in

Belgium. The chemical industry represents 1/5 of the total turnover in Belgium and 20% of the total export in Belgium

Flanders has: 500 chemical companies, 65.000 direct employees, 30 billion

€ turnover

Major companies: BASF, AGFA, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline

Strengths: Antwerp: second largest chemical cluster in the world

3.6 million m³ independent tank storage capacity 150.000 m² storage capacity for hazardous cargo 6 LSP’s specialised in storage, handling and repackaging of

plastic granulates 8 tank storage companies 1474 storage tanks

Source: Invest in Flanders, www.fedichem.be, www.trends.be

LARGE BELGIAN COMPANIES & INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES WITH HEAD QUARTERS IN BELGIUM

Källa: Swedish Trade Council


Belgian companies International companies

Belgacom ShurgardProximus PioneerBASE HondaInbev Coca ColaDuvel Moorgat CaterpillarSolvay FedexDelhaize Group PfizerZetes Johnson & JohnsonGodiva ToyotaVan Hool Nippon Shokubai

A LONG TRADITION OF SWEDISH SUBSIDARIES IN BELGIUM- Totally more than 200 Swedish related companies in Belgium!

Company Employees City

1. Volvo Cars Gent NV 4500 Gent2. Securitas NV 4100 Brussels3. Securitas Systems 4000 Brussels4. Atlas Copco Coordination Center2250 Wilrik5. Atlas Copco Airpower 2220 Wilrik6. Hennes & Mauritz 1600 Brussels7. Volvo Europe Trucks 1557 Gent8. IKEA Belgium 1500 Zaventem9. Schenker 600 Antwerpen10. Volvo Parts Gent 591 Gent

Källa: Swedish Trade Council


… which contributed to…

the fact that more than 200 Swedish subsidiaries andseveral international companies have decided to settle in Belgium as starting point for the EU market

Situated in the heart of EuropeStrong international profileA positive business climateExcellence in infrastructure & accessibilityA qualified workforce, flexible and multilingualReal estate is available and affordable

BELGIUM PROVIDES CONSIDERABLE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

STC Belgium is the natural partner for all Swedish companies who wants to establish or develop their business in Belgium

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