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

3. 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)

5. BILATERAL TRADE FLANDERS & BOTSWANA

6. Our bilateral trade in perspective
FLEMISH EXPORTS 2015 (IN EUR)
FLEMISH IMPORTS 2015 (IN EUR)
Exports to Botswana
% of total Flemish Exports
Ranking in Flemish Export
EURO
0.040 % 87
Imports from Botswana
% of total Flemish imports
Ranking in Flemish Import
0.496 30

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

8. % 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 %

9. 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%

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

11. 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

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

14. F. I. T. >< Johannesburg-office

15. Approximate Distances (selected cities):
Jurisdiction FIT Johannesburg = 9 Countries
> 240 x Belgium >< Population +/- 130,000,000 <
Approximate Distances (selected cities):
Jo’Burg – Gaborone = Km
Jo’Burg – Maputo = Km
Jo’Burg – Durban = +/ 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

16. 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

17. 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)
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…
… / …

18. SOME FIGURES
Over 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
… / …

19. 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

21. FLANDERS & BITC

22. 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…

24. THANKS YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
MARC SCHILTZ –