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textiles, food, shoes – under
subcontracting system) don’t
include areas of high added value;
• Very low turnover per inhabitant at
only 4,200 EURO/inhabitant
• Lack of consistency and coherence
in the implementation of urban
development policy.
• Insufficient land for industrial
locations.
• City districts lack necessary urban
infrastructure:
• Viisoara – sewerage
• Sigmir – water supply,
sewerage
• Sarata – gas supply,
sewerage
• Ghinda – sewerage, access
road
• Slatinita – water supply,
sewerage, gas supply
Export products and services have a
very low added value (textile
subcontracting and goods transport);
• The annual value of exports is very
low compared with the turnover
value at county level.
• Reduced number of active SMEs:
47 per 1000 inhabitants;
• The majority of SMEs are microenterprises
(90%), then small
enterprises (8%) and only 2% are
medium sized enterprises;
• Lack of business incubators,
industrial and technological parks;
• Low occupancy of tourist facilities
(45%), even if the potential exists
• Low number of foreign tourists
(under 10%).
• 2 Research Institutes/Centres; 28
researchers at county level; no
company with research and
development profile.
• Crediting facilities for business
development are not comparable to
EU facilities in terms of favourable
interest rates.
• Fiscal facilities are not competitive
with EU equivalents.
Inefficient energy policy (SC
PRODITERM).