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Our teams of highly skilled engineers, technologists, electronics and automation specialists makes wonders. It’s not the first time that a manufacturing model developed by Yazaki’s team in Lithuania has been transferred to Yazaki’s global operations

Roma Budrienė
Head of Region

Our electric wiring system providers have just moved in to Klaipeda FEZ. This is great news to us. Now we can brainstorm and develop new systems over the morning coffee.

Alvydas Naujekas
CEO

The main reason why we chose the Klaipeda FEZ were the favorable conditions for an immediate start – we acquired a land plot with building permits and launched in 6 months after signing the contract

Vygandas Srebalius
CEO

We are located at the hottest Plastics PET location in the region. Our largest competitors Neo Group is just next door. We had times when we shared raw materials to help each other. Industry neighborhood does wonders to your business growth.

Jitendra Kumar Malik
CEO

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Facts & Figures

Lithuania is ranked #1 the most attractive location for manufacturers in Europe and #2 in the world by Manufacturing Risk Index 2018. And Klaipeda is the hub for manufacturing in Lithuania. See our figures to get a better picture. And if you need more of any specific data – let‘s talk.

Lithuania

With one of the fastest growing economy and productivity rates in the EU, the country has all the right figures to make the bottom line work for any manufacturing business.

  • GDP: 2014 3.5% / 2015 1.8% / 2016 2.3% / 2017 3.9%

    Source: Bank of Lithuania, 2018

  • Member of European Union and NATO, part of Eurozone and Schengen area.
  • Global rankings:
  • Highest ranked employee motivation level in CEE countries

    IMD Talent Report, 2016

  • 16th for ease of Doing Business

    Source: World Bank, Ease of Doing Buisness, 2018

  • 19th for Economic Freedom

    Source: Heritage Foundation, 2018

  • 41st at Global Competitiveness Index

    Source: World Economic Forum, 2017

  • Exports [change on preceding year]: 2014 3.5% / 2015 -0.4% / 2016 2.9% / 2017 10.4%

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • 50.4% or 2nd highest in the EU share of youth [25-29yrs] with tertiary education

    Source, Eurostat, 2016

  • 84% proficiency in English

    Source: Population census, 2011

  • 4th in the EU for Bachelors graduates in science, maths, computing, engineering, manufacturing and construction

    Source, Eurostat, 2014

  • Average salary: 820 Eur

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • Labour force productivity: Lithuania 4.4 / EU average 1.5 / Poland 3.2 / Latvia 3.9 / Germany 0.7

    Source: Eurostat, 2017

  • Taxes: 0% income tax for 10yrs and 7.5% for next 6yrs and 0% real estate tax in Free Economic Zones.
  • Wifi: Highest internet speed in CEE

    Source: Global Competitiveness Report, 2016-2017

    and 8th globally for overall mobile internet speed

    Source: Open Signal, 2017

Klaipeda Region

Over 47% of people in the region are younger than 40yrs old and more than 20% of the working population have skills in manufacturing, logistics and construction. And that’s only part of the story, see below for more information on why Klaipeda works so well for manufacturing.

  • Population, 2018: 317, 471

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • Klaipeda city – 2nd youngest city in Lithuania with 47% of population is less than 40yrs old
  • Working population, 2018: 160,100

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • 20% employees in manufacturing

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • Structure of skills & qualifications 2016 : Manufacturing 19,6% / Education 13,1% / Transport & storage 12,6% / Wholesale, trade and repair of motor vehicles 11,1% / Health & social care 10% / Construction 8%

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • Secondary and tertiary educational institutions : 16

    Source: Ministry of Education and Science, 2018

  • Number of students in 2016: 15,100

    Source: Ministry of Education and Science, 2018

  • Non mother-tongue languages spoken: 97% Russian, 56% English, 21% German

    Languages in Lithuanian Cities, 2014

  • Unemployment rate: 6,4%

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

  • Average wages: 818Eur

    Source: Statistics Lithuania, 2018

More details on Kalipeda’s region can be found www.klaipedaid.lt or talk to us.

Klaipeda FEZ

We are the first, most successful FEZ in the Baltics and the largest tax-free zone in Lithuania. In 2017 we were recognized by The Financial Times for having the world ‘s fastest on-site operation launch for our clients. See our numbers where we are today.

  • Start of operations: 2002
  • Total area: 412 ha. Full masterplan can be found here
  • Business community: 100+ companies
  • Anchor tenants: 30+ / List of major companies can be found here
  • No. of countries represented:17
  • Jobs created:5400+ [5.4 percent of Klaipeda’s working population]
  • Investment attracted since start of operations to 2018: 634M Eur.
  • State investment: 6,4M Eur.
  • Revenue generated by investors in 2018: over 1,2bn Eur.
  • Export in 2018: over 610M Eur.
  • Contribution to National GDP: 2,5-5%
  • Awards and achievements:
    – 1st place for Quick Launch Award 2017 / fDi Magazine Global Free Zones of the Year 2017
    – Commended for local cooperation at Global Free Economic Zone of the Year 2015
    – 5th place for Best Facilities and 19th in overall ranking at the Global Free Economic Zones of the Year 2010 by fDi Magazine

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