This document summarizes key information about doing business in the Niš region of Serbia. It provides statistics on the region's size, population, districts, municipalities, and number of companies. It also includes charts showing trends in foreign exchange, exports, and imports from 2000-2009. Several tables list the region's top trading partners by country for exports and imports. The document outlines some of the region's major companies and economic clusters. It highlights incentives for foreign investment, including a skilled workforce, education system, and logistics infrastructure. In less than 3 sentences.

1. DOING BUSINESS IN
THE REGION OF NIŠ
Regional Chamber of Economy Niš
Monday, 23 May 2011

3. • 7861 km2
• 642.000 inhabitants
• 3 districts
• 14 municipalities + the City of Niš (5
municipalities)
• ~5800 companies
• ~10 000 entrepreneurs (sole traders)
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4. Foreign Exchange Export Import
1,000 mil USD
800 mil USD
600 mil USD
400 mil USD
200 mil USD
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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5. France 50,059,360.25
Montenegro 34,970,262.00
Germany 33,344,996.10
Italy 28,882,812.00
Great Britain 27,994,343.00
FYROM 26,327,006.19
Bosnia and Herzegovina 24,887,654.00
Spain 20,476,620.00
Bulgaria 16,517,342.00
Russia 13,736,146.00
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6. Germany 64,496,402.00
China 43,056,623.00
Turkey 33,740,097.00
Russia 32,530,553.00
Italy 24,260,860.00
France 16,278,200.00
Hungary 15,036,614.00
FYROM 14,395,833.00
Poland 13,534,112.00
Bulgaria 13,398,194.00
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7. TIGAR TYRES, Pirot 171,519,042.13
"DIN "FABRIKA DUVANA"AD NIS 26,181,747.00
"PRVI MAJ" PIROT 11,550,415.00
"MAKSI CO" ALEKSINAC 10,672,202.00
"NISSAL" AD NIS 10,383,214.00
"VULIC & VULIC" NIS 7,716,835.00
"LISCA" BABUSNICA 4,949,739.00
GRAMMER SYSTEM DOO 4,148,687.00
SAM SON COMPANY,NIS 4,403,340.00
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8. TIGAR TYRES, PIROT 94,785,326.00
"DIN "FABRIKA DUVANA"AD NIS 69,385,614.00
PAKOM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM NIS 28,403,013.00
SAM SON COMPANY,NIS 22,197,660.00
GRAMMER SYSTEM DOO 10,497,681.00
"VARVARIN VOCE"D.O.O. NIS 9,971,797.00
ECO TRADE BG DOO,NIS 7,587,663.00
"PRVI MAJ" PIROT 6,236,070.00
MIN DIV SVRLJIG A.D. SVRLJIG 5,403,222.00
"NISSAL" AD NIS 5,214,617.00
AGROHIM D.O.O. NIS 4,445,796.00
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9. Rubber,rubber products 174,054,366.13
Boilers,machines,reactors,etc. 24,381,883.10
Tobacco and tobacco replacement products 23,451,190.00
Clothes and accessories other than knitted
ones 21,982,395.00
Iron and steel 17,150,571.00
Edible fruit;citric fruit rind,melon skin 15,606,488.00
Iron and steel products 13,057,562.00
Aluminium and aluminium products 10,915,751.00
Electrical machines and
equipment,parts,etc. 9,987,914.00
Furniture,bedlinen,prefabricated houses 6,876,689.00
Meat and edible meat products 5,025,543.00
Rolling stock,mechanical signalling
equipment,etc. 4,347,324.00
Edible vegetables,roots and truffles 4,065,887.00

10. Boilers,machines,reactors,etc. 72,252,423.00
Rubber,rubber products 55,283,030.00
Electrical machines and equipment,parts,etc. 35,445,345.00
Tobacco and tobacco replacement products 32,953,075.00
Iron and steel products 22,093,437.00
Paper,cardboard,paper products 19,757,450.00
Water-proof textile fabrics,etc. 17,830,062.00
Plastic materials,products thereof 16,334,864.00
Inorganic chemical products 13,870,221.00
Road vehicles,parts and accessories 13,666,491.00
Iron and steel 11,861,435.00
Man-made or synthetic fibres,cut 11,384,937.00
Measuring,control,precise devices,etc. 9,863,147.00
Aluminium and aluminium products 7,910,755.00
Furniture,bedlinen,prefabricated houses 6,735,348.00
Mineral fuels,oils and waxes,bituminous materials 5,835,894.00
Fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other
invertebrates 5,149,732.00
Different chemical products 4,808,897.00
Chemical organic products 4,182,621.00

11. • Textile cluster
• Construction cluster Dunđer
• Construction cluster Opeka-Brick
• Organic food cluster Agro-Bio
• Start up cluster association
• Cluster initiative Cheese cluster
• IT cluster initiative
• Recycle cluster Jug
• Nis – www.bicnis.org.rs
– Founded in 2005
– 14 production tenants
– 14 new BIC production members + 10 new
BIC IT members
• Prokuplje
– Founded in 2007
– Active participation
in LED
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12. • 1935 A workshop for production of rubber products and all sorts
of rubber footwear was founded and named Tigar
• 1959 The Tire Plant is finished and put in operation
• 2001 Tigar and Michelin Europe decide to create Joint Company
• 2003 Tigar MH, Joint Venture Company is established by three
partners (Tigar - Michelin - IFC)
• 2007 Tigar MH change the name in Tigar Tyres
• Michelin became sole owner of TigarTyres
• 2,500 employees
Tigar Production Entities Tigar Sales Entities
• Rubber footwear (protective, sport..) • Tigar Trade
– since 1935 • Tigar Europe
• Technical rubber • Tigar Americas
– 300 employees • Tigar Trade, Tigar Partner,
• Chemical products Tigar Montenegro
– Since 1937 Tigar Services Entities
– 100 employees
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13. • Since 1998
• 17 hectares, with the extention possibility up to 50
• Industrial park
• Logistic centre
• Business incubator
• Total capacities: 650.000 m2
• Capacities for rent: 170.000 m2
• Outside arranged capacities: 103.181 m2
• Inside capacities: 2.597 m2
• Business capacities: 300 m2
• Warehouse capacities: outside 3.000 m2, inside 14.516 m2
• 800+ Mil $US Investments in technology, products and people
• 11+ Mil $US Investments in local community
• 50% market share
• 950 employees in Serbia
• 26,000 sales points
• 1 Billion $US for Serbian Budget
• 142 Mil $US for local suppliers
• Scholarships, student grants, entrepreneur support, cultural
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14. • Six companies: Pakom Computers, Pakom Distribution System,
Pakom Solution Center, Pakom Internet, Pakom Montenegro, Pakom
BH
• Total business solutions: hardware, network, software, Internet
• Highly educated Human Resources, customer driven outsourcing
opportunities, multiple language choices
• Leading edge technologies in: City-wide parking billing systems
(SMS4Parking), Hotel business solutions (Hi-MS), Enterprise Resource
Planning solutions (MS DYNAMICS NAV)
• Cables for automotive industry
• No.1 in Europe (24% market share)
• No. 4 in World (9% market share)
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15. • Part of GRAMMER Group
• Over 500 employees
• Car seats materials and car seats
for BMW, Mercedes, VW, Opel..
• Part of the Messer group
• Industrial, medical and special gases
• Oxygen, nitrogen, argon, helium inert welding gases etc
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16. • 60 years of tradition
• Since 2006 part of Pionir group
• Chocolate, candies, candy fruit, fruit jam…
• Frequent presence on
food fair exibitions
• 300 employees
• Founded in 1990
• Production of natural, low-mineral water
• Export to Germany, Swiss, Austria, USA..
• Spa tourism potentials
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17. • Road building, (re)constructions
• Sport courts constructions
• Founded in 1957
• 250 employees
• Partners network: PZP Niš,
PZP Kragujevac, PZP Vranje,
NIBENS group
• Half a century tradition
• Largest aluminum manufacturer
• 800 employees
• Processing bars, tubes, profiles
• Constructions such as doors, windows, portals, facades
• Accessories - products for public places, kiosks,
billboards, fences, solar collectors, irrigation
tubes
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18. • Founded 1923
• Privatized 2005
• Wood and metal protection and preservation
agents
• House internal and external coloring with
protection
• 120 years of tradition
• 6,000 production workers
• Potential capacity growth
• PRVI MAJ PIROT
Male suits, 50,000 unit per month
• NITEX NIŠ
Home textile, Wear products, Protective Clothing
program
• MANIFATTURA EUROPEA
Wear products female costumes, 15,000 units per month
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19. 10 years tax-free
Attractive subsidies and taxes
duty-free export to Russian
market
Attractive free trade agreements, subsidies and taxes
5 days to open a company
Improved official procedures and contacts with local
administration
highly skilled workforce
University, secondary school network, industrial
tradition and competitive labor costs
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20. University, secondary school network, industrial tradition
and competitive labor costs
Based on educational system generating well-educated,
fast learning, multilingual and IT literate people
Technical education is particularly strong
Well developed secondary school network providing
qualified labor
Thirteen faculties at the University of Niš,
• founded in 1965
• employ 1.502 teachers and lecturers
• the number of graduates from the University of
Niš since its foundation exceeds 41.000 students
• 1.085 doctoral theses
Industrial tradition – former Yugoslavia Industrial center
(electronics and mechanical engineering industry, textile,
construction, tobacco)
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21. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
The contract on the European Common Aviation Area
(ECAA) came into effect in Serbia in 2009.
Inflow of passengers from neighboring areas owing to
the quick and efficient road and railway access to
the Airport.
Airport Constantine the Great generates enormous
investment potential (Cargo Center...).
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22. General Government support to investments in
production, services and R&D
Attractive free trade agreements, subsidies and taxes
Tax deduction of local Governments, tax-free
greenfield and brownfield locations
Logistics, excellent market accessibility, Corridors X and
VII and International Airport Constantine the Great
Highly educated and motivated workforce
University, secondary school network, industrial
tradition and competitive labor costs
Crossroad between Westearn
Europe, Middle East and Russia
Duty-free agreements with CEFTA, Russia, USA
Numerous investment locations and projects
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23. The City of Niš Regional Chamber of Economy Niš
7. Juli 2 Dobrička 2
18000 Niš 18000 Niš
t: +381 18 504 411 t: +381 18 510 999
f: +381 18 504 545 f: +381 18 255 472
e: info@ni.rs e: rpknis@rpknis.rs
w: http://www.ni.rs/ w: http://www.rpknis.rs/
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