Belgian investors interested in infrastructural projects in Serbia

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Didier Reynders agreed on June 27, 2017, that the bilateral relations were good and that there was room for improvement, especially regarding the economic cooperation and increasing the trade.

Dacic pointed out that the last year's trade reached the record level of EUR 560 million, a growth of 20% compared to 2015.

Reynders expressed his wish for the cooperation between the two countries to further strengthen and added that the investment of Delhaize had been an efficient investment in Serbia. Other Belgian companies like Metes have chosen Serbia as a place to establish production facilities and the re-export to Belgium, Reynders said. He said that Belgian investors were interested in participating in big infrastructural projects in Serbia.

The minister of foreign affairs of Belgium said for Beta that the economic cooperation between the two countries was “modest, but meaningful”.

– Carmeuse and Blockx are making an active contribution to the construction sector, Elicio will take part in the construction of the first wind farm in Alibunar. These are only examples, and there are many more smaller, but very dynamic joint investments, which overall contribute to the gradual modernization of the Serbian economy – Reynders added.

When asked what Serbia could offer to consumers in Belgium, Reynders said that “Serbian gold” - the raspberry was very popular in Belgium and that the Serbian-Belgian company Krops & Partners processed the fruit and exported it to Belgium.

Reynders also said that the Belgian-Serbian Business Association (BSBA) cooperated closely with the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia and other chambers within the European Initiative and that Serbia was becoming an increasingly attractive tourist destinations to the people of Belgium.

Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova Republike Srbije

Privredna komora Srbije

Delhaize Serbia d.o.o. Beograd

Metech d.o.o. Smederevo

Jelen Do doo Požega

Blockx doo Bački Petrovac

BSPA Beograd

Crop S & Partners Beograd

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Ivica Dacic

Didier Reynders

Belgium

Belgian investments

trade with Belgium

Delhaize

Metes

Carmeuse

Blockx

Elicio

wind farm Alibunar

Krops & Partners

raspberries

raspberry processing

Belgian Serbian Business Association

BSBA

Chamber of Commerce of Serbia