Serbia still among medium business risk countries according to D&B – Direct foreign investments increase by 12.9%

The credit rating house Dun & Bradstreet announced on February 6 that it still placed Serbia within the group of countries with a moderate risk of doing business and a stable rating and added that it was praiseworthy that direct investments in the country had increased by 12.9% y/y.

Of the countries in the region, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Albania and Romania belong to the same group.

Slovenia, which is characterized as a medium risk country, is the only country in the region to get a better rating. Of the said countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a high risk country, rates lower than Serbia.

The rating given to a state indicated the risk of doing business in that country and provides information on the efficiency of foreign payments, as well as the cost-effectiveness of potential investments.

The estimates say that the inflow of foreign direct investments to Serbia in 2017 amounted to EUR 2.1 billion, making up around 40% of all direct foreign investments in the Western Balkans region.

– A strong growth of investments is a result of two main factors. The first one is the strengthening of the European economy, which has strengthened investors’ trust and initiated an expansion of investments on the periphery of the EU, especially in the production. The other reason are the efforts made in order to attract direct foreign investments through promotional activities, reforms of the commercial environment and investment packages adapted for big foreign companies – says the press release by D&B.

D&B is still the biggest and the oldest credit rating house in the world. It has existed for over 175 years and it is represented in Serbia by Bisnode.

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