A delegation of Japan businesspeople visited Bosnia and Herzegovina

In organisation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Japanese foreign trade organization (JETRO) from Vienna and the Embassy of Japan in BiH, a business delegation 13 Japanese companies visited BiH in order to be familiarized with economic opportunities of our country and to get information about the business environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

A representative of the Japanese business delegation Satoshi Abe said on this occasion that Japanese will cooperate in the future much more with BiH due to the advantages such as: low tax on profit, easy access to EU markets and low labour costs.

The delegation was also composed by the general manager of Mitsubishi's office in Belgrade Naoki Tsukada, who visited BiH in order to see for a possibility for establishing an office in BiH and business relationships. He said that he wants to cooperate, but the first he must be informed about the political and economic environment and the administrative system in BiH.

At a meeting with Japanese businesspeople, the Director of ArcelorMittal Zenica, in BiH since 2004, Biju Nair, stressed that the BiH market is verified and that success is guaranteed. He stressed that the skilled labour force is only one of the advantages of doing business in BiH.

"We are expanding our business since we arrived in BiH, we export our products in about 20 countries," said Nair.