FACTS FIGURES Structure of Croatian exports, 2008.
Source: Croatian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency
SERBIAN INVESTMENTS IN CROATIA
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n mid-2008, one of the biggest confectionary producers in the region, Swisslion Takovo, bought Eurofood Market from Sisak, also a leading confectionary company, for close to €20 million. This is the only and, so far, the biggest investment by a Serbian company in Croatia. There have been also several failed attempts by Serbian companies to participate in the privatization of Croatian companies.
Structure of Croatian imports, 2008.
will spend €4.8 million on both investments and social programmes. The same year, ceramic tiles manufacturer Polet from Novi Bečej was sold to the Croatian / Serbian consortium of companies Našice Cement from Našice and Toza Marković from Kikinda. Polet was sold for €11.8 million and planned investments will amount to €31 million. Croatian dairy plant Lura recapitalized Somboled with €9 million, thus becoming its majority owner. Radijator a.d. from Zrenjanin was privatized via a tender at the end of 2007 by Ljevaonica Produkt d.o.o. for €3.6 million. The company also undertook to invest €1.5 million. In July 2003, Našice Cement from Našice also bought a 38% stake in the Stražilovo Company from Sremski
Karlovci and paid €1.3 million for it. A consortium of companies from Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia bought Kanjiža-based Potisje for €9.7 million. Vindija from Varaždin acquired the Lajkovac dairy from Lajkovac for RSD85.6 million, as well as fodder factory UNIP from Valjevo. Vindija Sistem Srbija has invested over €20 million in Lajkovac and Plandište so far, and created close to 190 new jobs. Company Inteks from Mladenovac was sold to M-Profil d.o.o. from Zabok for RSD4.32 million. Croatian company, THOP bought a 41.34 % stake in Erdevik for €1.1 million. Agrokor acquired 67% of shares of the Dijamant cooking oil factory from Zrenjanin, paying €30 million euros for the acquisition. In mid-2007, the Svrljig-based company MIN Holding Co a.d. was sold to the Croatian company DIV d.o.o. for €588.000. By making a direct investment, in 2005 Euromodul d.o.o. from Rijeka spent €600.000 on building a container factory in Nova Pazova, which covers over 1,500 square metres. Croatian retail companies Biljemarket, Pevec, KTC, and Boso bought over 70 retail facilities in Vojvodina. In 2007, Magma from Zagreb took over MPC Holding Kozmolina from Belgrade. In December 2008, the Croatian supermarket chain Pevec opened its first facility in Belgrade and spent a total of €40 million on it. In November 2005, PAN Papirna bought a paper factory in Belgrade for €1.1 million. The company plans to invest an additional €4.9 million. Dalit Korp bought brick producer Udarnik, Croatia Osiguranje acquired Milenijum Osiguranje, and Našice Cement took over Opeka from Smederevska Palanka.
THE BIGGEST IMORTERS
THE LEADING EXPORTERS
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he biggest importers from Croatia in the first nine months of 2009 year were the following: AD HIP PETROHEMIJA, Pančevo; PODRAVKA doo, Belgrade; INA doo, Belgrade; ATLANTIC BG doo; JP ELEKTROMREŽA SRBIJE, Belgrade; ENMON DOO, Belgrade; ROVITA doo, Belgrade; CARLSBERG SERBIA doo, Čelarevo; VICTORIA OIL AD fabrika za preradu uljarica, Šid; KRAŠ COMMERCE doo, Belgrade; AD APATINSKA PIVARA, Apatin; AD KNJAZ MILOŠ, Aranđelovac; AD DIJAMANT, Zrenjanin; OGRANAK PORR TECHNOBAU UND UMWELT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Belgrade; UNIHEMKOM doo, Novi Sad; ITM GROUP doo, Belgrade.
32 Croatian Business Sector In Serbia / 2010
he leading Serbian companies in terms of exports to Croatia in the first nine months of 2009 year, were the following: VICTORIA OIL ad, Šid; TETRA PAK PRODUCTION doo, Belgrade; FAM doo, Sečanj; GRAND D INŽENJERING doo- Bor; U.S.STEEL SERBIA doo, Smederevo; KONCERN SWISSLION – Takovo doo, Belgrade; ATEL ENERGIJA doo,Belgrade; M – PROFIL doo, Stara Pazova; BALL PACKAGING doo EURPA BELGRADE doo – Zemun Polje; AD RADIJATOR, Zrenjanin; GORENJE doo - aparati za domaćinstvo, Valjevo; CT COMPUTERS doo, Belgrade; AD VALJAONICA BAKRA Sevojno; AD DIJAMANT, Zrenjanin; AD HIP PETROHEMIJA, Pančevo.