Investment Interest of Korean Companies in Bulgaria

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Outline:

Investment Interest of Korean Companies in Bulgaria

1. KOTRA Sofia

2. Korean Investment Interest

3. Success story

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Investment Interest of Korean Companies in Bulgaria

1. KOTRA Sofia

Established in1962 111 offices in 76 countries

Trade promotion since 1962Attract investments to Korea since 1995 Promote investments from Korea since 2007

Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency

KOTRA Sofia Activities:

Individual Business Meetings

Bilateral Business Forums

Send delegations in Europe and Korea

Branch office Marketing and market research

Support big investment projects

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Activities in 201110 Business

delegations from Korea

80 Bulgarian companies sent to Korea and Europe

3 Green Energy Forums

About 15 Investment projects

support

The first Korean Medical Devices

Showroom

Branch office of about 15 Korean

companies

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2011 results

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2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011ImportExport

0

20,000,000

40,000,000

60,000,000

80,000,000

100,000,000

120,000,000

140,000,000

160,000,000

180,000,000

67,867,772

99,411,398

167,275,993

29,972,987

123,508,898134,642,066

Import & Export Volume from Korea 2009-2011(in USD)

Source: NSI

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2. Korean investment interest in Bulgaria

RES

Environmental projects

IT and ITS

Medical devices

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Renewable Energy Sources

Solar energy

Wind energy

Small HPP

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Environmental Projects

WWTP

Luda Yana Dam Construction and Supervision

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IT & ITS projects

E-ticketing HIS and PACS

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Medical Devices

4 consecutive Korean pavilions at BULMEDICA expo

Korean pavilion with 13 exhibitors at BULMEDICA 2012

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Medical DevicesDecember 2011 – opening

ceremony of the Korean Medical Devices Showroom

4 companies from Gangwon Technopark Medical cluster

exhibited their products

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Attractive points to Korean investors

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Growing market Gateway to EU EU funds Most competitive labor in EU

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4. Success story - SDN

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March 8, 2012 –

opening ceremony

2 PV parks near Veliko

Tarnovo

SDN Company ltd.

and KOSEP42 MW Investment of

EUR 150

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Thank you!Благодаря ви!

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