reasons to invest – core benefits

1st

In producing

mining

dump trucks

2nd

In producing

tractors

4th

Potash

producer

4th

Full-cream

milk exporter

3545 4218

5176 5789

6925 7172

06 08 10 12 13 14

Number of registered companies with foreign capital

Foreign Investment inflow, mln USD

2008

6560 2010

9085 2014

15084

2006

4036

31,6% Industry

FDI* composition, by type of economic activity, %

18,0% Finance

15,2% Real estate

13,3% Trade

21,9% Other

* on net basis

Strategic Geographic Location

of European cargo annually crosses the territory of Belarus

OVER

100 mln

tones

Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)

175 mln

consumers

GDP $ 2 411

mln

Free movement of goods, services,

capital, workforce

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

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia

Belarus

International rankings, 2015

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia

Belarus

57th

62nd

77th

96th

Ease of doing business Index

Enforcing contracts Index

43d

30th

14th

7th

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia

Belarus

International rankings, 2015

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Belarus

Russia

3d

12th

14th

59th

Registering property rank

Starting a business Index

76th

55th

40th

34th

• Safety

• Social stability

• High quality of life

• Human resources

Belarus gives special consideration to:

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia

Belarus

International rankings, 2014

Russia

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Belarus

83d

70th

57th

53d Human development Index

Legatum prosperity Index

53d

55th

63d

68th

BY; 419

RU; 857

KZ; 717

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

Average nominal salary, USD

6 FEZ High-Tech Park

Secondary cities

Industrial

Park

Investment agreement

incentives to D O B U S I N E S S

in Belarus

special

High-Tech Park

NO VAT

NO real estate tax

NO land taxes during first 3 years

NO profit tax

Industrial

P A R K

Customs duties elimination

10 years with no taxes

+10 years with lower taxes

secondary cities

Placing

Business in

0% profit tax for 7 years

0% VAT and customs duties on imported equipment

0% real estate tax

1

2

3

MEA

NS

NO land tax NO ground rent

Investment

Agreement

boost your business

SIG

N

W I T H

NO VAT on

imported

equipment

1

2

3

during the

construction period

customs duties

on imported

equipment

NO

or 3 500 are still state-operated Any of them could go private

Production of

machines and

equipment

Wood

processing

Telecom

Electric

equipment

A new law «On Investments» (from 24 January 2014)

Protection from nationalization

Free profit (income) transfer

No obligatory permanent residence

Provides investors with land for use

60 agreements

on assistance

in the mutual

protection

of investments

Since 2012,

Belarus has enjoyed

i ts membership in the Multilateral Investment

Guarantee Agency

63 agreements

on avoidance of

double taxation

1 2

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