Information on doing business in Japan, presented at International Trade Fair on 12/7/12

1. Lithuanian Trade Office
LITHUANIA:
YOUR STRATEGIC GATEWAY TO EUROPE

2. Lithuanian Trade Office
WHY CONSIDER LITHUANIA?
 Location (CIS, BSR, EU)
 Talent Pool
 ICT Resources
 Logistics Infrastructure
 Business Climate
 Leading Industries

3. Lithuanian Trade Office
Location – Easy Access To Markets/Customers
 Established international sales channels
BSR -
 80% of all European freight is moved via
110 million
the 3 Pan-European transport corridors
crossing Lithuania
 Crossroads of North, East and West
 2–3 Hour flight to most major
CIS -
European cities
250 million
 Great geopolitical situation EU -
340 million

4. Lithuanian Trade Office
Workforce – Qualified, Multilingual Staff
 92% of population speak at least one foreign language
(EU average is 54%)
 52% of population speak two or more foreign languages
(EU average is 25%)
 1st in the World Competitiveness Rankings in literacy2
 1st in the share of female labor force in the world2
 1st in the EU for completion of secondary or higher education3
 23 universities, 24 colleges, 40,000 graduates per year

5. Lithuanian Trade Office
ICT Resources
 Highest fiber penetration in Europe (28%)
(6th in the world)
 Densest network of public Internet access points
in Europe
 World’s fastest download Internet (32.4Mbps)
 World’s 2nd fastest upload Internet (24.4Mbps)
 1st GSM penetration in Europe (147%)
 92% of financial operations done via e-banking
 88% declaring their income tax online

6. Lithuanian Trade Office
Logistics Infrastructure
 4 Modern international airports
 Northernmost ice-free seaport on the
Baltic Sea
 Regionally best network of roads
and highways
 Logistics represents 16% of the
country’s GDP
 Rail line ”Saulė” - connects Lithuania and China. Deliveries arrive
within 10 days
 Rail line “Viking” – connects Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine – EU
border is cleared within 30 minutes
 More than 700,000 m² of logistics and warehousing facilities

7. Lithuanian Trade Office
Business Climate
 Labor costs are four times lower than the EU
average
 Employee turnover is only ~2% in production and
~8% in service jobs
 Only 9% of the employed population are are
members of a trade union
 5 Integrated science, R&D and business
business valleys
 15% Flat corporate tax rate
 Tax holidays in FEZ’s
 Modern and affordable office space

8. Lithuanian Trade Office
Leading Industries
 Life Sciences
 Lasers and Electronics
 ICT
 Medical Devices
 High Value-Added Manufacturing
 Services

9. Global Presence in Lithuania

10. Lithuanian Trade Office
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Lithuania is a real world version of
the mythical notion of Shangri-La.
Representative for the city of Akron, Ohio