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

4. Slovenia by Google Trends

11. Czech Republic by Google Trends

17. Competitivness – World Economic Forum
I
140
CZ - 39
XII II
120
SI - 56
100
80
XI III
60
40
20
X 0 IV
IX V
VIII VI
VII

18. World Economic Forum -
Competitivness
Effectivity index Innovative
Basic index (I-IV) (V-VIII) index (XI-XII) WCI Ranking
Slovenia 5,50 4,25 4,02 4,34 56
Czech Republic 4,89 4,59 4,13 4,51 39
Germany 5,86 5,27 5,57 5,48 6
Konkurenceschopnost

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

20. R&D - % of GDP, export
R&D spending as % of Hi-Tech share of
Country GDP export
Czech Republic 1,53 15,30
Slovenia 1,86 5,49
Germany 2,82 15,25

24. Slovenia‘s foreign trade - figures
Import Export Bilaterální import Čistý export
2003 14 703 127 336 13 550 923 719 391 089 343 -1 152 203 617
2004 18 164 704 564 16 416 745 140 432 932 727 -1 747 959 424
2005 19 626 300 329 17 896 024 210 428 154 239 -1 730 276 119
2006 22 294 258 874 20 327 003 402 428 497 558 -1 967 255 472
2007 26 427 507 104 24 089 695 972 582 601 743 -2 337 811 132
2008 29 351 408 953 25 557 704 666 672 862 423 -3 793 704 287
2009 21 706 201 597 20 294 911 704 492 479 760 -1 411 289 893
2010 23 609 473 135 21 663 752 802 567 195 489 -1 945 720 333
2011 27 744 261 223 25 664 590 839 696 227 469 -2 079 670 384
ComTrade, USD
Miliardy USD 35
• Slovenia is a net 30
importer
25
• Economic crisis in 2009
- decline 20
Import
• However, 2011 almost 15
Export
equaled 2008 10
5
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Zahraniční obchod

25. Foreign trade – resources, agri and goods –
share on FT
Slovenian
Import Export import from CZ
Agro Agro
prod./fo Resource Other prod./fo Resour Other Agro Resour Other
ods s goods ods ces goods prod. ces goods
2003 9,95% 16,85% 73,20% 7,68% 8,79% 83,53% 8,12% 29,94% 61,94%
2004 9,97% 18,86% 71,17% 6,49% 10,08% 83,43% 7,09% 34,08% 58,84%
2005 10,18% 21,31% 68,51% 6,39% 11,03% 82,58% 7,04% 29,69% 63,27%
2006 9,51% 23,23% 67,27% 6,35% 12,95% 80,71% 8,02% 22,09% 69,89%
2007 9,65% 22,93% 67,42% 6,39% 12,58% 81,03% 7,40% 18,26% 74,34%
2008 9,65% 25,01% 65,35% 6,70% 12,74% 80,57% 7,00% 19,44% 73,56%
2009 11,91% 19,79% 68,30% 7,51% 10,00% 82,48% 12,43% 11,67% 75,91%
2010 10,83% 23,75% 65,42% 7,12% 13,09% 79,79% 14,53% 13,58% 71,89%
2011 10,69% 26,91% 62,40% 7,04% 16,09% 76,87% 11,52% 18,27% 70,21%
Comtrade, vlastní výpočty

26. Competitive advantages
Code Name Share CA TCA Export 2011 USD Progress LFI 2003 - 2010
870322 Vehicles, with spark-ignition internal combustion: 1,000 cc - 1,500 cc 4,73%
4,73% 1 205 129 094
300490 Other Medicaments (Put up in Packings for Retail Sale) 4,85% 9,58% 1 671 331 299
851220 Other Electrical Lighting or Visual Signalling Equipment 0,95% 10,53% 435 393 468
870331 Vehicles (diesel) of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,500 cc
4,86% 15,39% 328 649 200
721921 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, hot-rolled, > 10 mm1,00% 16,39% 303 620 248
850300 Parts, of Motors, of Generators, of Generating Sets, of Rotary Converters
2,01% 18,40% 316 629 766
851660 Ovens; Cookers, Cooking Plates, Boiling Rings, Grillers, Roasters
2,48% 20,88% 207 944 727
841430 Compressors of a Kind Used in Refrigerating Equipment 1,17% 22,05% 134 309 402
940190 Parts of Seats Other than Dentists' 6,71% 28,76% 353 701 936
843149 Parts of Derricks, Cranes, Graders, Levellers, Scrapers or Pile-drivers 30,06%
1,31% 248 561 991

27. Competitive dis-advantages
Code Name Export 2011 USD LFI 2003 - 2010
271019 Oil, not crude, from petrol &bitum minerals 2 425 807 825
271011 Light oils, from petrol and bitumen 656 408 987
271121 Natural gas 437 741 185
760110 Aluminium, not alloyed 149 232 734
840734 Reciprocating piston engines, > 1.000 cc 157 722 888
870421 Spark ignition piston engines > 1.000 cc 216 431 010
720421 Waste and scrap of stainless steel 157 170 957
854411 Winding wire of copper 113 268 651
852812 Color TV 99 467 695
721030 Zinc coated flat-roll products 89 909 997