Estonia’s Development Promoter
HARJU COUNTY
ISLAND
LOCATION
of Harju County
FINLAND
Area: 4,333 km² 9.6% of the area of Estonia
NORWAY
RUSSIA
ESTONIA
Administrative division: six urban and 17 rural municipalities
LATVIA
Helsinki 85 km
LITHUANIA
DENMARK
St Petersburg 350 km
Seven towns incl. Tallinn – the capital of Estonia
BELARUS
IRELAND
Population density: 133 people/km² (2 614 people/km² in Tallinn) (2015)
POLAND
GREAT BRITAIN
Stockholm 375 km Population: 575 600 (incl. Tallinn 435 839) 43% of the Estonian population
Kärdla
SWEDEN
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY UKRAINE
BELGIUM CZECH REP. SLOVAKIA
Moscow 900 km TALLINN
FRANCE
Jõhvi
Rakvere
AUSTRIA
Narva
SWITZERLAND 212 km ITALY
Rapla
Haapsalu
MOLDOVA
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA CROATIA SERBIA BULGARIA
Paide PORTUGAL
SPAIN
Jõgeva
TURKEY GREECE
Pärnu
Kuressaare
219 km
Viljandi
Tartu
128 km
185 km Põlva
Riga 310 km
Official language Estonian. English, Russian, Finnish and German are widely spoken and understood. Climate: humid-temperate Daytime temperature 0°C to -30°C in winter and +15°C to +30°C in summer.
Valga
Võru
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
of Harju County
Key sectors Agriculture
Services
machinery and metalworking 30% wood and paper processing 27% food processing 10% textiles 10% Manufacturing rubber and chemicals 7%
GDP at market prices 11 487 mln. € Total added value 10 056 € County share in GDP 61.3% GDP per person 20 152 € GDP per person as % of Estonian average: 142%
Entrepreneurship 109 530 enterprises with a turnover of 21 739 mln. € incl. exports of 7 298 with a turnover of 8 108 mln. €
Mostly small and medium sized enterprises with fewer than 10 employees (88%) 7.9 businesses per 100 people (Estonian average 6.7)
LABOUR FORCE
of Harju County
Workforce 318 600 in employment; 297 200 with higher education (34%) Unemployment rate 6,7% Working age population 433 200 (43,5% of Estonian total) 57% are employed in the service sector and 15% in industry
Average monthly gross wage 1127 € (2015)
Positive population growth in Tallinn and surrounding municipalities. Development of labour is supported by: • 10 universities incl. Tallinn University of Technology (www.ttu.ee), Tallinn University (www.tlu.ee), the Estonian Academy of Arts (www.artun.ee), the local branch of the University of Tartu (www.ut.ee ) and a number of professional higher education institutions of applied sciences, professional colleges and schools, mainly located in Tallinn • competence centres in industry – ports in Paldiski and Muuga, paper industry in Kehra; electrical equipment production in Keila; logistics parks in Rae, Saue and Saku; fuel logistics in Maardu and Paldiski; machinery, metalworking and wood processing (including the production of modular and log homes) • support and training for the unemployed assisted by the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund Unemployment 7% Industry 16%
JOB VACANCY websites CV-Online - www.cv.ee CV Keskus - www.cvkeskus.ee Ariko Reserv - www.job.ee
Other 20% Services 57%
REASONS TO INVEST
in Harju County
Rapid economic development with good growth opportunities for a wide range of businesses. Favourable business environment: • reputable multinationals represented • relatively high level of direct foreign investment • foreign and domestic capital are treated equally in Estonia • 0% corporate income tax imposed on all reinvested earnings in Estonia
Highly developed infrastructure: electricity, water supply and sewerage system in all settlements, natural gas supply in most of the county, 100% broadband network and 3.5G coverage.
ISLAND
Central location in northeastern Europe: 24-hour coverage of all major metropolises around the Baltic Sea and in Eastern Europe; 36 hours from Central Europe and Scandinavia.
FINLAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN RUSSIA
ESTONIA
LATVIA LITHUANIA
DENMARK
BELARUS
IRELAND
24 h
POLAND
GREAT BRITAIN
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY UKRAINE
BELGIUM CZECH REP. SLOVAKIA FRANCE
AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND
MOLDOVA
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA CROATIA ITALY
SERBIA BULGARIA
36 h
Wide choice of locations: 48 industrial parks and tech villages in different level of development, a science and a smart city business park, three business incubators in Tallinn, five competence centres at Tallinn Tehnopol et al.
SPAIN PORTUGAL
Capital region with most of Estonia’s state, education and financial institutions.
3h
TURKEY GREECE
Skilled, educated and cost-efficient labour with broad range of engineering excellence, experience of international communication typically multi-lingual.
Excellent logistical location and efficient transport connections via sea, rail and road: • Ice-free ports with free economic zones in Tallinn, Paldiski and Loksa are able to receive large ocean-going vessels and have plenty of land for the construction of new terminals • dozens of daily Ro-Ro ferry connections between Tallinn and Helsinki, daily departures to Sweden and weekly connections to St Petersburg • well-developed west-east railway connections between Eastern and Western Europe, regular container trains from Tallinn to Moscow, Central Asia, Poland, Austria, Belarus and Ukraine • very good road capacity all over the county and connections via other parts of Estonia to Europe, highway connections along the Via Baltica to the largest towns in Europe is are being modernised • passenger and cargo airport in Tallinn and cargo airport Loksa Harbour in Ämari near Paldiski within three hours’ flying Î Loksa from major Scandinavian, other European Muuga Harbour and Russian cities. Î
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LARGEST INVESTORS
in Harju County
“The climate for operating a business in Estonia is very easy. There’s very little bureaucracy. At the level of assembly-line workers, local labour is consistently praised as honest and hardworking. ABB’s lobbying ABB Corporate to expand production in Estonia.” Bo Henriksson Country Manager, Estonia ABB
Your investments will be assisted by:
Harju County Entrepreneurship and Development Consultancy www.heak.ee info@heak.ee +372 656 6641 Sirge 2, 10618 Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Enterprise Department www.investor.tallinn.ee invest@tallinnlv.ee +372 640 4218 Vabaduse 7, 15199 Tallinn, Estonia HAR J UMAA O MAVALIT S US T E LIIT U NIO N O F H AR J U C O U NT Y MU NIC IPAL IT IE S
Harju County Government
Union of Harju County Municipalities
www.harju.maavalitsus.ee info@mv.harju.ee +372 611 8640 Roosikrantsi 12, 15077 Tallinn, Estonia
www.hol.ee info@hol.ee +372 615 0352 Sirge 2, 10618 Tallinn, Estonia
Enterprise Estonia eas@eas.ee, +372 6279 700 www.eas.ee
Estonian Investment Agency invest@eas.ee, +372 6 279 700 www.investinEstonia.com
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications info@mkm.ee, +372 62 56 34 www.mkm.ee
Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund
• dealing with foreign investors’ interest in Estonia • replying to investment inquiries, initiating and managing investment projects, supervision of investment inquiry status and troubleshooting • compilation of the Harju County marketing prospectus • creation of a contact network between investors, Harju County entrepreneurs and local authorities • updating and enlarging the investment opportunity database • propositions to improve the investment climate in Estonia, and initiation and participation in such projects
info@tootukassa.ee, +372 614 8501 www.tootukassa.ee
Estonian Tax and Customs Board emta@emta.ee, +372 676 1200 www.emta.ee
Publication financed from the resources of the Ministry of the Interior