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Aspect of macro location

DISTANCE = VICINITY OF NEW MARKET DISTANCE = VICINITY OF NEW CONSUMERS DISTANCE = VICINITY OF NEW LOCATIONS

About City of Prijedor

South-east Europe, North-western part of BiH

110.000 inhabitants 834 sq/km

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Developed sectors: - mining - wood and forestry - textile - metal - food

Promissing sectors: - agriculture - tourism - IT - renewable energy sources - ecology

Developed infrastructure: - roads - railway - electricity - utility - sport and recreation

Location Area Population

Local Government Support

About City of Prijedor

Investment Possibilities

Disposable Resources MINERAL RESOURCES - Metal genetic territory occupies area of 1.200 km2

- Numerous deposits of metallic, nonmetallic and energy mineral resources - Total of 23 investigated mineral resources locations

FOREST RESOURCES - About 40% of municipal land is under forest

- In the structure of production predominates beech wood - Oak, maple, fir and spruce are also present in significant quantities

LAND RESOURCES - Coverage of agricultural land is 48.752 ha - The fertile soil covers 44.483 ha - Plowed fields and gardens, as the most fertile soil, take up 33.970 ha

Disposable Resources

About City of Prijedor

Local Government Support

Investment Possibilities Greenfield locations

Cement factory

Brick factory

Greenfield locations

INCENTIVES AND SUPPORT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT: ● completed and partialy completed infrastructure on locations ● accelerated procedures of registration and licencing at the local level ● fees and rents 50% reduced for production companies (in the process of issuing construction permits) ● active local Working group for support to investors

Greenfield locations for processing industry • Industrial zone “Celpak”; area cca 10 ha; land price 5 EUR/m2; complete infrastructure; city property...

• Industrial zone “Svale”; area cca 22 ha; partialy completed infrastructure; mixed property...

• Industrial zone “Paljuge”; area cca 77 ha; without infrastructure; reserved for cement factory...

Investment Possibilities

Location of Industrial zone “Svale” - in preparation

area cca 22 ha

Exploitation of raw materials and construction of a cement factory in Prijedor • All the sites of limestone, quartz sand and clay are located in the radius of 20 km near Prijedor

• Land provided for construction of the cement factory is state - owned property and property of City of Prijedor

• Wide range of market opportunities and large number of potential buyers

• Possibility of taking over the concession in agreement with the Government of Republic of Srpska

Investment Possibilities

Cement factory

ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF RAW MATERIALS: ● Limestone – cca. 28.000.000 m

● Quartz sand – cca. 18.500.000 t ● Clay – cca. 3.900.000 t

ESTIMATED ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF CEMENT: ● Current market demand is around 1.000.000 tons per year

ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS: 150 – 200 million EUR

Locations of raw material deposits and cement factory

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Clay deposite “Rosulje” and construction of brick factory in Prijedor • Prijedor has a very long tradition in using of the brick clay, confirmed with existence of a several

factories for brick clay processing in the past

• Two locations of clay deposits are in the vicinity of the city....brick clay deposit “ROSULJE” is our offer

• In the case of interest of exploitation it would be possible to provide the concession in accordance with existing laws (for a period of 30 to 50 years)

Brick factory

Investment Possibilities

● Research has confirmed presence of very high-quality reserves of brick clay on location “ROSULJE”, which could be used for intensive exploitation and production in the long period ● The composition of brick clay is suitable for the production of clinker - bricks

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Location of brick clay deposit near Prijedor

Investment Possibilities

About City of Prijedor

Local Government Support

Disposable Resources

Aftercare services

Info centre for investors

Low fees and high incentives

Accelerated resolving of

construction permits

Our Best Refereces

Existing foreign investors....

mining

footwear

cement

food

textile

metal

machinery

footwear

wood

Conclusion: Why to invest in Prijedor !?

● existing foreign investors ● lower costs of doing business: income tax rate 10%, value aded tax (VAT) 17% ● geostrategic position ● natural resources: land, forest, minerals, water, etc. ● closeness to promising markets ● consumer market of more than 30 million people through the CEFTA agreement (BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Moldova) ● signed free trade agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey - (consumer market of more than 70 million people) ● signed Stabilization and Association agreement between BiH and EU ● favorable legislative treatment for FDI on the state and entity level ● local government support and developed infrastructure ● industrial heritage and quality of life

Summary:

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