The Agency initiates the involvement of municipalities and local businesses in the process of attracting new investments

The Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion of RSM held a working meeting with representatives of municipalities and companies from the Pelagonija planning region, where it presented the initiative for their active engagement in order to provide new opportunities for interested investors and speed up the procedures for implementation of new investments.
Director Pavleski asked the representatives of the local self-government to review their plans and to identify locations that can be offered to interested investors for Greenfield investments.
Additionally, he called on the businessmen who have unused facilities to offer them to the Agency, which will offer them to interested investors who are looking for locations and opportunities for brownfield investments.

Visit to domestic companies from the food industry as part of the activities of the director

Within the activities of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion, the director Dejan Pavleski visited two companies from the food industry, Vitaminka and Krivogashtani Promet, which have a strengthened brand position in our market and are actively working on placing their products on foreign markets.

During the visit, the director Pavleski met with Mr. Sime Stancheski, one of the owners of “Krivogashtani Promet”, a company that develops its brand Gurmano and conquers foreign markets with a plan to grow and expand its product range. The company sells its products, which use raw materials mainly obtained from the Pelagonija Region, is present in 23 countries worldwide.

The visit continued in the company Vitaminka, where the director Pavleski met with Mr. Sasho Naumoski, director of Vitaminka, one of the most successful and largest Macedonian companies, which is also among the 100 largest exporters. The range of over 400 Vitaminka products is exported to over 30 countries, and their largest export market is the countries of Southeast Europe. This year, they realized the first direct export to Japan.

The Agency considers these visits crucial in identifying areas for cooperation and ways in which the Agency can help them not only to conquer new markets but also in terms of knowledge sharing, brand development, networking with companies and joint presentation at international fairs. .

Branding for a new added value in the textile industry

The Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion held a working meeting on “Branding of textile companies in the Republic of North Macedonia”.

The meetings covered the course of investment activities and plans for growth and development of companies, as well as the promotion of cooperation aimed at connecting existing investors with domestic companies.

The meeting was attended by textile companies, members of the textile cluster who have already undertaken activities for the development of their brand who gave their proposals and challenges to the sector, as well as how the Agency could be involved in achieving such goals., with the common goal of increasing exports.

The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on how to add new value to the textile industry and how to conquer new markets.

One of the main conclusions of the working meeting was that the increase of value can be done only by establishing our own brands, overcoming logistical challenges, procurement of modern equipment and organized appearance on foreign markets.

In the future, the agency will initiate meetings of this kind and will support ideas that will mean new added value to companies.

Dejan Pavleski visited two companies – beneficiaries of financial support

The Director of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion Dejan Pavleski, on 18^th of December visited two companies – Texport and Cafe di Artisan, successful foreign direct investments and beneficiaries of financial support from the Government with a total investments of €4М in the last two years.

Тhe course of investment activities and plans for growth of the companies was discussed, as well as the promotion of cooperation aimed at connecting existing investors with domestic supliers.

“Cooperation with investors after starting their business is very important to us because we understand the ever-changing business needs as an operation grows, and to that effect, we pledge to collaborate closely with the companies to facilitate that growth. These visits aim to determine the success, but also the problems and business requirements of the companies, and our Aftercare Department will continue to cater to their needs and resolve any issues that may ensue,” said Director Pavleski.

Together we create a favorable business environment with a focus on infrastructure and better legislation for current and new investors

The Government Economic Team headed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, on 17^th of December held an online meeting with the President of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia Branko Azeski and the Association of Foreign Companies with Technologically Advanced Production within the Council of Foreign Investors at the Chamber.

The meeting discussed the priority issues of foreign investors in several areas: legislation, customs rates, infrastructure, tax policies, labor relations, digitalization, and other issues aimed at improving the business climate.

Constant communication with investors is crucial for starting new investments, supporting export-oriented companies, strengthening human resources, and thus improving the overall economic growth in the country. To this end, measures are being taken to mitigate the effects of the pandemic in the short term, as well as plan for economic growth in the medium and long term.

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Support for Macedonian Textile Companies

The Director of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion, Dejan Pavleski, on 16^th December, visited three textile companies in the eastern region of the country as part of the agenda for ongoing support of the export oriented companies. As part of the visits, working meetings were also held with the management of the companies and Natasha Siveska – Executive Director of the Trade Textile Association – Textile Cluster.

Visited companies, Albatros from Stip, as well as Daniteks and Metas from Kocani, with products mainly intended for export are present on the markets in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Sweden, USA and Canada In 2018 and 2019 with the support of the Agency they had the opportunity to successfully present themselves at the national stand at the Munich Fabric Industry Fair – Munich Fabric Start, organized by the Agency, the Textile Cluster and SIPPO.

“As a result of the participation in the international fairs of the Macedonian companies, fully organized and supported by the Agency, the textile companies record an increase in exports. If our goal is to better the industry and the economy, we need to strengthen the export potential of domestic companies. This in turn means increasing their competitiveness and productivity as a result of investing in new technologies and know-how and good management practices. That is the only way we can ensure increase in their exports, strengthening of their brands and positioning in a number of foreign markets, and thus provide added value in the operations of the companies themselves. The positive trend and the active promotion of the export potentials of the domestic companies are our priority for 2021 as well,” -said the Director of the Agency, Dejan Pavleski.

The textile and leather industries are leaders and have a high share in the GDP, employment and total exports of the country. The total export of these industries in 2019 amounted to about 570 million euros. About 13% of the total industrial production belongs to the textile industry, and the industry employs over 37,000 people.