Advantaged access to Markets
In brief
- Established gateway to Europe
- Experienced and varied test markets
- Coordinated business-friendly regional strategy
- Sophisticated and affluent consumers
- Key logistical European hub
Gateway to Europe
A presence in any one of the Baltic Sea Region countries is a privileged gateway to a European regional strategy. The Baltic Sea Region’s vast experience in international trade means that it also offers world-class financial, educational and innovation facilities, while the record-breaking growth in the region’s prosperity means that its consumer markets are both sophisticated and rapidly expanding.
Locating in the Baltic Sea Region will not only give you access to the region’s 100 million consumers: there are also 250 million in neighbouring Russia and CIS, and of course the 450 million consumers of the EU, of which we all are members.
Technology-savvy market
The Baltic Sea Region also offers one of the most ‘New Technology’ savvy markets in the world. Internet telephony (Skype), ancillary services to mobile phones, wireless access in public places, and software and hardware development and testing are only a few of the new technology processes that were test marketed in the Baltic Sea Region in anticipation of worldwide introduction.
Logistical hub
The region can be your European logistical hub with its year-round deepwater ports, world-class airline services covering five continents, and railway connections from Valencia in Spain to Vladivostok on Russia’s Pacific coast, and across central Asia to China.
Our cost-effective land, sea and air freight providers operate in a highly-organised and integrated market, in which the EU’s harmonised customs procedures minimise bureaucratic load. With the EU set to spend over 4 billion euro on improving transport infrastructure by the end of 2006 alone, the Baltic Sea Region is already secure in its role as northern Europe’s logistics hub.
With the Baltic Sea Region – India economic partnership in mind, new direct passenger flights and well-established cargo routes between the regions make business easier than ever!
Trade with EU-27 and Russia Export % of the country's total, 2007
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Import % of the country's total, 2007
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