BOTSWANA INVESTMENT & TRADE CENTRE ~ Gaborone, 23 November 2016 An Overview of the Services rendered by Flanders Investment & Trade

SUMMARY BILATERAL TRADE – FLANDERS/BOTSWANA FLEMISH FDI IN BOTSWANA WHO ARE F.I.T. & WHAT DO WE DO? FLANDERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE OFFICE (Sandton) FLANDERS GENERAL RESPRESENTATION (Pretoria)

BILATERAL TRADE FLANDERS & BOTSWANA

Our bilateral trade in perspective FLEMISH EXPORTS 2015 (IN EUR) 298 018 897 545 FLEMISH IMPORTS 2015 (IN EUR) 286 100 963 361 Exports to Botswana % of total Flemish Exports Ranking in Flemish Export 117 783 911 EURO 0.040 % 87 Imports from Botswana % of total Flemish imports Ranking in Flemish Import 1 419 506 696 0.496 30

BILATERAL TRADE - trends Trade in Goods >< Flanders & Botswana (Trend Line 2002 – 2016)

% OF BILATERAL TRADE IN RESPECTIVE IMPORTS & EXPORTS Botswana’s Ranking in World Imports (2015) Country Imports in Mio EUR % in World Imports Ranking in World Imports Flemish Exports (in Mio EUR) % of Flemish Exports in total Botswana Imports Botswana 5 721 0.0 % 115 118 2.1 % Exports in Mio EUR % in World Exports Ranking in World Exports Flemish imports (in Mio EUR) % of Flemish Imports in total Botswana Exports 5 535 98 1 420 25.6 %

Diamonds = 96.20% Pharmaceuticals = 1.8% Other = 2% Most important Export Products from Flanders to Botswana (2015): Diamonds = 96.20% Pharmaceuticals = 1.8% Other = 2%

Most important Export Products from Botswana to Flanders (2014): Diamonds = 100%

FLEMISH FDI INTO BOTSWANA DIAMOND MANUFACTURING BLUE STAR DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) EUROSTAR DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) H&A DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) LAURELTON DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) PLUCZENIK DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) TACHE DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) TRAU BROS DIAMONDS (= Antwerp) ZEBRA DIAMONDS / IGC GROUP (= Antwerp) OTHER DIAMOND CONSULTING NEQUEO DIAMOND CONSULTING

F.I.T. JOHANNESBURG WHO ARE WE & WHAT DO WE DO?

F. I. T. >< Johannesburg-office

Approximate Distances (selected cities): Jurisdiction FIT Johannesburg = 9 Countries > 240 x Belgium >< Population +/- 130,000,000 < Approximate Distances (selected cities): Jo’Burg – Gaborone = 350 Km Jo’Burg – Maputo = 550 Km Jo’Burg – Durban = +/- 600 Km Jo’Burg – East London = +/- 1,000 Km Jo’Burg – Port Elizabeth = +/- 1,100 Km Jo’Burg – Cape Town = +/- 1,400 Km Jo’burg – Windhoek = 1,400 Km Jo’Burg – Antananarivo = 2,150 Km Jo’Burg – Port St Louis = 3,100 Km Jo’Burg – Luanda = 3,200 Km

OVERVIEW GOVERNMENT OF FLANDERS’ AGENCY FOR PROMOTING TRADE (EXPORTS) & INVESTMENTS A: TRADE-RELATED CONSULTANCY FOR FLANDERS-BASED ENTREPRENEURS: Provide macro-economic, financial & trade information on: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa & Swaziland Trade Consults for Flanders-based enterprises Organising Trade Missions to Southern Africa Organising Trade Fair participations B: CONSULTANCY TO WOULD-BE INVESTORS IN FLANDERS

A: TRADE CONSULTS To Flanders-based business people & enterprises Provide Web-based information on Southern African economies www. flandersinvestmentandtrade.be Publish Fact-Sheets on “promising sectors” within the countries covered Publish Social Media based information on South Africa (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flanders-Investment-Trade- Johannesburg/ Providing contact details on potential partners; Providing Appointment Calendar Programs;… Organising ‘events’ such as Trade Fair participation or Trade Missions Organising topical talks in Flanders for our business people Providing information on Trade Barriers; Custom regulations… … / …

SOME FIGURES Over 1.300 queries from Flanders-based companies handled (Jan 2012 – Nov 2016) Over 150 additional Flanders-based companies assisted through “Trade Fair Participation in…” and/or “Trade Missions to…” in South Africa alone (Jan 2012 – Dec 2015) >< 330 Company Delegates to Angola & RSA (2013); 20 Company Delegates to Mozambique (Nov. 2016)… Main interest from Flanders-based queries in South & Southern African market opportunities include: Food & Beverages Chemicals & Plastics Healthcare & Pharma Products Energy (O&G + RE) Consultancy Services (IT, Ports, Financial…) Home Textiles & Home Decoration Products Consultancy Services (Engineering…) Agro-Industry … / …

B: ATTRACTING INVESTORS IN A NUTSHELL: Pro-actively searching for would-be South African investors to Flanders Providing information on Belgian Legislation (taxation / hiring & firing of personnel / location searches / Government subsidies / …) and Incentive-Schemes provided for by the Government of Flanders

FLANDERS & BITC

F.I.T. & BITC CHECK ON INVESTMENT PROMOTION EVENT IN BELGIUM Which economic areas are of particular interest to Botswana Is there a specific time-frame we need to look at POTENTIAL PARTNERS BOTSWANA EMBASSY – BRUSSELS BITC AWDC – ANTWERP FIT HQ – BRUSSELS … other…

THANKS YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com MARC SCHILTZ – marc.schiltz@fitagency.com