/ world today news/ Russia is among the leading countries to which most entrepreneurs from Bulgaria show interest in economic cooperation, according to the results of a survey of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), carried out with the aim of studying the intentions of companies to expand their activities abroad in 2017.
Germany, the USA, Italy and China also fall into the top five. Romania, Greece and Serbia also rank among the preferred countries for business visits abroad. This is shown by the results of the BCPP survey.
The production of food products, engineering, construction, the chemical industry and the textile industry are the sectors in which most of the respondents are interested in meeting potential business partners from other countries.
The intention to export Bulgarian goods abroad is a leading motive among members of the BCCI for expanding their activities abroad – for 80% of the respondents.
At the same time, 34% of the companies are looking for a foreign partner with whom to make a joint investment in Bulgaria. For a quarter of the companies, their interests in economic cooperation abroad are aimed at importing goods to sell on our market. Few Bulgarian companies are still thinking of investing abroad – only 12% intend to seek contacts for future investment outside the country.
Outside the member states of the European countries, the most preferred by business are visits to Russia (40%), Serbia (22%) and Ukraine (22%). There is a growing interest in Russia, although the current sanctions limit the possibilities for economic cooperation. In the 2015 survey, about 20% were interested in visiting Russia.
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