Tomáš Hart, Economic Section Ministry of Industry and Trade Celje, September 17, 2012 Slovenia and Czech Republic - similarities, trade and business and where we are right now

Slovenia by Google Trends

Czech Republic by Google Trends

Competitivness – World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum - Competitivness Konkurenceschopnost

C CZ SI 31 – Technological readiness 34 – Innovation 35 – Business sophistication 128 – Financial market 91 – Labor market 78 – Market size 82 – Institutions 75 – Labor market 57 – Financial market 23– Higher education and training 24 – Health and primary education 32 – Innovation HIGH 3 & LOW 3

R&D - % of GDP, export

Slovenia‘s foreign trade - figures Slovenia is a net importer Economic crisis in decline However, 2011 almost equaled 2008 Zahraniční obchod

Foreign trade – resources, agri and goods – share on FT Import Export Slovenian import from CZ Agro prod./fo ods Resource s Other goods Agro prod./fo ods Resour ces Other goods Agro prod. Resour ces Other goods ,95%16,85%73,20%7,68%8,79%83,53%8,12%29,94%61,94% ,97%18,86%71,17%6,49%10,08%83,43%7,09%34,08%58,84% ,18%21,31%68,51%6,39%11,03%82,58%7,04%29,69%63,27% ,51%23,23%67,27%6,35%12,95%80,71%8,02%22,09%69,89% ,65%22,93%67,42%6,39%12,58%81,03%7,40%18,26%74,34% ,65%25,01%65,35%6,70%12,74%80,57%7,00%19,44%73,56% ,91%19,79%68,30%7,51%10,00%82,48%12,43%11,67%75,91% ,83%23,75%65,42%7,12%13,09%79,79%14,53%13,58%71,89% ,69%26,91%62,40%7,04%16,09%76,87%11,52%18,27%70,21% Comtrade, vlastní výpočty

Competitive advantages

Competitive dis-advantages