reasons to invest – core benefits
1st In producing mining dump trucks
2nd In producing
tractors
4th Potash producer 4th Full-cream
milk
exporter
Number of registered companies with foreign capital
3545
06
4218
08
5176
10
5789
12
6925 7172
13
14
Foreign Investment inflow, mln USD
4036 2006
6560 2008
9085 2010
15084 2014
FDI* composition, by type of economic activity, %
31,6% 18,0% 15,2% 13,3% 21,9%
Industry Finance Real estate
Trade Other
* on net basis
Strategic Geographic Location
OVER 100 mln tones of European cargo annually crosses the territory of Belarus
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
Free movement of goods, services, capital, workforce
175 mln
A common customs territory of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Armenia with a single customs tariff Equal business conditions United tariff and non-tariff policy Single set of technical regulation rules, sanitary, veterinary, and phytosanitary norms
consumers
GDP $ 2 411 mln
International rankings, 2015
57th
Belarus Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine
62nd 77th 96th
Belarus
7th
Russia
14th
Kazakhstan Ukraine
Ease of doing business Index
30th 43d
Enforcing contracts Index
International rankings, 2015 Belarus
3d
Russia
12th
Kazakhstan
14th
Ukraine Russia Belarus
Kazakhstan Ukraine
Registering property rank
59th
34th Starting a business 40th Index 55th 76th
Belarus gives special consideration to:
• Safety • Social stability • High quality of life • Human resources
International rankings, 2014
53d Human development 57th Index
Belarus Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine
Belarus Kazakhstan
70th 83d 53d Legatum prosperity 55th Index
Ukraine
63d
Russia
68th
Average nominal salary, USD
RU; 857 KZ; 717 BY; 419
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
special
Investment agreement
6 FEZ
Secondary cities
High-Tech Park
incentives to DO BUSINESS in Belarus
Industrial Park
High-Tech Park
NO profit tax NO VAT NO land taxes during first 3 years NO real estate tax
Industrial PARK Customs duties elimination
10 years with no taxes +10 years with lower taxes
secondary cities
MEANS
Placing Business in
1
0% profit tax for 7 years
2
0% VAT and customs duties on imported equipment
3
0% real estate tax
WITH 1
NO land tax NO ground rent NO VAT on
2
imported equipment
SIGN
boost your business
Investment Agreement
during the construction period
3
NO
customs duties on imported equipment
or 3 500 are still state-operated Any of them could go private Production of machines and equipment
Electric equipment
Wood processing
Telecom
A new law ÂŤOn InvestmentsÂť (from 24 January 2014)
Protection from nationalization Free profit (income) transfer No obligatory permanent residence Provides investors with land for use
Since 2012, Belarus has enjoyed its membership in the
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
60 agreements on assistance in the mutual protection of investments
2
1 63 agreements
on avoidance of double taxation
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