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Invest in Belgium Invest In Belgium
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Invest in Belgium
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Invest in Belgium A top destination for FDIs
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Invest in Belgium
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Invest in Belgium The secret of this success
Central
Competent & innovative
Top infrastructure
Easy and inexpensive
Fiscally attractive
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Invest in Belgium Central
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Invest in Belgium Central
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Invest in Belgium Central Politically
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Invest in Belgium A Tradition of Foreign Trade
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Invest in Belgium Competent and Innovative
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Invest in Belgium Competent and Innovative Quality of R&D
Highest proportion of scientists and engineers in EU27 (7,9% of all jobs in knowledge intensive services)
‘Best country in the world for academic research’ (The Scientist, November 2007)
Major R&D centres, also for Australian companies (eg Prodata)
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Invest in Belgium Competent and Innovative Australian investments present in Belgium:
Macquarie Airports owns 70% of the Brussels Airport Company
Both Argyle Diamonds and Kimberley Diamonds have major offices in Antwerp
Ansell Healthcare Europe has its HQ in Brussels
Brambles, Amcor, Berrivale Orchards/Taura, Prodata, Babcock and Brown, etc.
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Invest in Belgium Top Infrastructure Logistical Hub
Highest density of road network in the world; and 4th densest rail network
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Invest in Belgium Top Infrastructure Logistical Hub
Antwerp – 2nd largest sea port in Europe
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Invest in Belgium Top Infrastructure Logistical Hub
Brussels airport – 5th largest cargo airport in Europe; excellent regional airports
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Invest in Belgium Top Infrastructure Excellent telecom network
Very dense and high quality
Fast and secure information transfer
Advanced broadband connections
Low cost distance traffic
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Invest in Belgium Top Infrastructure Financial center
More than 100 financial institutions and countless venture capital companies
Brussels = Centre for bank transfers and clearing (Swift and Euroclear)
Euronext and Easdaq/Nasdaq Europe
5th place on a global financial scale
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Invest in Belgium Easy and inexpensive Real estate numbers
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Invest in Belgium Fiscally Attractive
Notional interest deduction
Research and development stimuli
Subsidies granted by the regions
Exemption on 95% of dividents received
Expat tax regime
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Invest in Belgium Excellent quality of life
Ranked 11th on the 2007 ‘quality of life index’(InternationalLiving.com)
Education and health among the best in the world
High standard of accommodation
Multicultural
World famous gastronomy
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Invest in Belgium Excellent quality of life
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Invest in Belgium Belgium – Australia
Double Taxation Convention
(1977)
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Invest in Belgium Whom to contact? Belgian Diplomatic Network in Australia
Embassy of Belgium in Canberra
Honorary consulates in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Trade representations in Sydney (FIT & AWEX)
www.diplomatie.be/canberra
www.invest.belgium.be