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What are the Opportunities in the Romanian Agriculture Sector for foreign manufacturers of farm machinery, agricultural equiment, agro-chemicals?

Are you interested in the opportunities presented by the Romanian agriculture and grain crops? Do you want to contact the local Decision Makers and establish strategic partnerships?

Perhaps the FRD Center – Factor Regional Development Center – can be of assistance to you. Email our team at europa@frdcenter.ro

According to the latest available data, in 2020 the total cultivated surface in Romania was of 8375.7 thousand hectares.

What are the current and expected developments of the Romanian agriculture? Romania is one of the most important agricultural producers in Europe. Market experts estimate that Romania will retain its first place in the European Union in regards to maize and sunflower production, in 2021.

For more details consult the business blog posting by the market research firm, FRD Center, at this link: https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/08/record-wheat-crops-for-romanian.html

More than 10,000 new companies with activities in agriculture, forestry and fishing were established in the first half of this year, five times more than in the same period last year, despite the agricultural year 2020, one of the most difficult for Romanian farmers , shows the data from the Trade Register.

In the agricultural year 2021, Romania is expected to register a historical grain production: 34 million tonnes, four times higher than in 2007, the year of joining EU.

What are the Opportunities in the Romanian Agriculture Sector for foreign manufacturers of farm machinery, agricultural equiment, agro-chemicals?

Last year’s drought brought big problems in the Romanian agriculture, especially in the vegetable area, but things have recovered, and the agricultural year 2020-2021 seems to be very good, considering the autumn crops, such as wheat, barley or rape.

The estimated rapeseed production in Romania for the agricultural year 2021 is 1.3 million tons on an area of 390,000 hectares, being one of the best crops in the last five years.

For the wheat crop the estimated Romanian production is of 11 million tons, for the corn crop the estimations are of 15.48 million tons and for the sunflower seed the expected crop is of 3.35 million tons.

The average wheat production is of 5.4 tons / hectare.

What are the Opportunities in the Romanian Agriculture Sector for foreign manufacturers of farm machinery, agricultural equiment, agro-chemicals?

The market entry consulting firm, FRD Center, has been closely monitoring the agriculture sector in Romania for over 20 years, assisting foreign companies and export promotion agencies with market research, market opportunity assessment and B2B matchmaking at decision maker level with local relevant players.

For an example of a demo report analysing the Romanian Agriculture sector published by the market research FRD Center go to the link: http://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Romanian-Agriculture-in-2019-FRD-Center-demo-report.pdf

To receive more details customised to your specific requirements email the FRD Center team at europa@frdcenter.ro

Some examples of Romanian importer-distributors of soil improvement products, fertilisers and agricultural chemicals identified by the market entry consulting firm FRD Center are:

Germina: https://germina.ro

Naturevo: http://naturevo.ro

Biochem: https://biochem.ro

Holland Farming Agro: https://www.hollandfarming.ro

Marcoser: https://www.marcoser.ro

Plantagro: http://www.plantagro.ro

Are you looking to establish commercial relations with Romanian specialised importer-distributors of agro chemicals, agricultural machinery and farm equipment? Perhaps the FRD Center could be of assistance to you. Email us at europa@frdcenter.ro for more details.

For more than 20 years, FRD Center facilitates commercial relations between foreign manufacturers, investors, exporters with local key decision makers and provides B2B matchmaking, Trade Missions, Inward Buyer Missions, Roundtables etc.

What is the current situation and expected evolution of the Romanian fruit and vegetables production? How is the output of Romanian apples, plums or walnuts developing? Are the EU funds being used for improving the local cultivation of agricultural products?

For more details consult the business blog posting by the market research firm, FRD Center, at this link: https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/05/romanian-fruit-and-vegetables.html

To receive customised market entry support and consulting according to your specific requirements email the FRD Center team at europa@frdcenter.ro

Are you a manufacturer looking for new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? Maybe this GUIDE “How to find new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe?” provided by the market entry consulting firm, FRD Center, could be useful to you:

https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-frd-center-how-to-find-new.html

Are you facing challenges with your supply process in Asia? Are your Chinese or Indian suppliers not a solution anymore? Are you looking for new vendors closer to home?

Is your company suffering from supply chain disruption due to the COVID19 pandemic?

Email FRD Center at europa@frdcenter.ro or frdcenter@market-entry.ro with your specific requirements and, upon your request, the FRD Center can initiate the “New Suppliers Search & Selection Process” in Romania, Serbia, Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Turkey etc.

How to find new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? How to identify and select the most relevant suppliers in Eastern European low cost countries such as Romania? FRD Center assists foreign companies with their New Vendors Search & Selection needs for twenty years.

For your particular needs contact the FRD Center team at email: FRDCenter@market-entry.ro or Europa@frdcenter.ro

This is the FRD Center “How to find new suppliers in Eastern Europe” Guide available for free download also at

https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Suppliers-Identification-in-Emerging-Europe-A-Nearshore-Sourcing-Guide-by-FRD-Center.pdf

How to find new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? The New Vendors Search & Selection project developed by FRD Center for the foreign Client aims to enable the Client to correctly identify and select local relevant players in the respective Target Groups in markets such as Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey, Lithuania etc.

Stage 1: Longlist generation:

The FRD Center activities to be performed in this stage will mainly consist of, but are not limited to:

a) detailed scan and analysis of the players in the local market(s) for identifying potential target companies, according to the criteria and profile provided by the Client.

b) prepare longlist of selected companies and collect data of the target companies matching the given profile.

Details should be, where available / obtainable at this stage:
· year of setting up / established
· sales/ turnover and sales track record / turnover history for the last 3 years
· segments in which the company operates/serves
· types of products they manufacture – from the three categories specified by the Client
· technical capabilities, technologies and machinery used
· raw materials sources
· experience so far, examples of projects
· examples of clients / external partners, if the case
· quality systems in place
· available in-house infrastructure and logistic experience
· number of technical staff
· experience in export
· packaging experience

For more details contact the FRD Center team at email: FRDCenter@market-entry.ro or Europa@frdcenter.ro

For the FRD Center Nearshore Sourcing in Emerging Europe Guide go to https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Suppliers-Identification-in-Emerging-Europe-A-Nearshore-Sourcing-Guide-by-FRD-Center.pdf

Stage 2: Short-listing / Qualification
· The Client will consult the long-lists received from FRD Center and will shortlist the Priority A companies
· Based on the shortlist provided by the Client, FRD Center will proceed to check for potential issues, legal and reputation problems: background check and reputation check of the potential business partners from public sources and from FRD Center’s network of contacts; Eliminate from the short-list those players that return problematic results following this research
· As a next step, FRD Center will contact* at Decision Maker level the Selected Targets and verify their capabilities, expertise, technologies used, their matching with the Client’s criteria
· Those Targets that prove to be qualified, will be further approached* by FRD Center to obtain from them tailored offers and financial quotations as per the Client’s specific requirements
· prepare a report of the companies’ Decision Makers replies and offers
*Note: the communication with the local Targets will be made in confidence, without disclosing the Client’s identity

For your particular needs contact the FRD Center team at email: FRDCenter@market-entry.ro or Europa@frdcenter.ro

Stage 3: Meetings with Decision Makers
· Should the Client so require, FRD Center will contact the interested Decision Makers in companies which provided offers that are satisfactory and set up 1-2-1 meetings for the Client
· Prepare for the Client the profiles of the Companies, the meetings Agenda
· If needed and specifically requested by the Client, a FRD Center Project Manager can accompany and assist the Client during the meetings

For the FRD Center Nearshore Sourcing in Emerging Europe Guide go to https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Suppliers-Identification-in-Emerging-Europe-A-Nearshore-Sourcing-Guide-by-FRD-Center.pdf

Stage 4: Follow up and Pursuit
· Should the Client so require, FRD Center will follow up and pursue the Decision Makers in most relevant local companies until a contract is signed

Throughout the process: Factory inspections
· Should the Client consider it necessary and so require, FRD Center specialists will visit the Target’s production sites in order to inspect the equipments, capabilities etc. and meet with the Decision Makers on behalf of the Client.
· A visit report will follow providing the findings and conclusions

For the The FRD Center “How to” Guide of Business Partners Search in Emerging Europe go to https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-frd-center-how-to-guide-of-business.html

What do you know about Manufacturing in Emerging Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Rep, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey? For more details visit the FRD Center business blog posting and report at the link https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2020/07/manufacturing-in-emerging-europe.html

How to find new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? Are you looking for new suppliers that can manufacture for you in Romania? Are you trying to identify and contact at Decision Maker level local vendors that you could outsource industrial manufacturing or furniture production to?

More details at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2019/12/identification-and-qualification-of.html

Perhaps the FRD Center can be of assistance to you. Contact us at email: europa@frdcenter.ro

Here are a few examples of completed New Supplier Search and Selection projects by FRD Center:

1 – Search and Selection of providers of complex services in technology manufacturing in Romania: https://www.frdcenter.ro/portfolio/technology-sourcing-for-automotive-oem/

2 – Furniture manufacturers new supplier qualification in Romania for a major Norwegian producer of speciality chairs and furniture: https://www.frdcenter.ro/portfolio/furniture-manufacturers-qualification-in-romania/

3 – Luxury furniture new suppliers qualifications in Romania for Dutch manufacturer: https://www.frdcenter.ro/portfolio/luxury-furniture-new-suppliers-qualifications-in-romania/

4 – Metal sheet parts new vendors identification for global companies: https://www.frdcenter.ro/portfolio/metal-sheet-parts-new-vendors-identification/

How to find qualified furniture producers in Central and South Eastern Europe? Go to https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-find-qualified-furniture.html for more details

Where to find the most reliable local players in the metal casting and metal processing sector in Romania?

How to reach metal sheet parts manufacturers in Eastern Europe – new vendors and suppliers for global companies? More details in the FRD Center business blog posting at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2020/03/metal-sheet-parts-manufacturers-in.html

How is East European manufacturing sector catching up after the COVID19 restrictions? For more details visit the link https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2020/09/east-european-manufacturing-sector-is.html

Who are the main furniture manufacturers in the low cost countries in Eastern Europe? How to contact the players in the Furniture Industry? How to reach the Decision Makers in the the companies manufacturing furniture in the LCCs in Emerging Europe? Why to source in Eastern Europe instead of China or Asia?

For more details visit https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-to-access-qualified-furniture.html

Are you interested to outsource part of your furniture production and assembly in Eastern Europe? What are the opportunities in the Furniture Manufacturing sector in CE and SE Europe? Email us at europa@frdcenter.ro for more details.

Who are the best qualified local manufacturers in CE Europe and SE Europe? How to find qualified local producers in low cost countries in Eastern Europe? Which are the most relevant furniture manufacturers in Poland and in Lithuania? How to find qualified local furniture producers in Romania or in Turkey?

More details at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2018/12/furniture-manufacturing-in-ce-europe.html

Perhaps the FRD Center can be of assistance to you. Contact us at email: europa@frdcenter.ro

For the FRD Center Nearshore Sourcing in Emerging Europe Guide go to https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Suppliers-Identification-in-Emerging-Europe-A-Nearshore-Sourcing-Guide-by-FRD-Center.pdf

For over 20 years, FRD Center assists global companies with their sourcing activities in Romania and other markets in Emerging Europe.

Are you interested to identify new vendors and suppliers in low cost countries in Eastern Europe?

FRD Center has identified certain opportunities in the new Romanian public hospitals. The Romanian public healthcare system is currently receiving considerable attention from international investors, such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and the World Bank. Also, funding is available from EU programs and the recently launched National Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Total allocated sum for the period 2021 – 2027 is of approx 4 bnEUR

Due to lack of specific expertise of the Romanian players, foreign companies specialised in hospital design and implementation, are exposed to potential strategic opportunities and should take advantage of the Opportunities in the New Romanian Public Hospitals.

Specific opportunities can be identified and assessed on a specific case-by-case basis, upon demand from the foreign players.

According to the FRD Center information, some of the new hospitals announced to be built with the expected investments in the Romanian public healthcare system include: the Brasov, the Iasi, the Craiova, the Vrancea, the Sibiu and the Cluj Regional Hospitals, each of them with an estimated CAPEX of 500 mEUR, the New facility for pneumology and infections diseases for the Oradea Emergency County Hospital with an estimated CAPEX of 130 mEUR, the Timisoara General Hospital with an estimated CAPEX of approx. 400 mEUR and the Heart Institute ”Prof Dr. CC Iliescu” București with an estimated CAPEX of 165 mEUR.

Digitalization is the main focus of the current Minister of Health, as it is seen as the key to modernize healthcare delivery services. Romanian decision makers in the healthcare sector are fully aware of the need for raising the innovation level. Better cost control in the Romanian healthcare sector is directly related to improving the level of digitalization in the system.

As it results from the FRD Center research, digitalisation of the new hospitals to be built in Romania is a must. Hospital functional design and building automation solutions are being included in the new projects.  Digital health management solutions are being sought locally and internationally. Other market entry Opportunities in the New Romanian Public Hospitals can be identified upon demand.

To successfully enter the Romanian market, a foreign solutions provider or manufacturer of hospital equipment and medical devices is advised to select a local experienced business partner, such as an importer-distributor with good contacts in the market who is experienced in Public Procurement and regularly participates in local tenders.

For over 20 years, FRD Center assists foreign manufacturers and exporters identify and select local business partners, experienced importer-distributors of hospital equipment such as those specified in the document available at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/healthcare-sector-in-romania-2021-a-demo-sector-overview-by-frd-center-2/

For some examples of local importer-distributors of hospital equipment operating on the Romanian hospital market go to https://www.frdcenter.ro/healthcare-sector-in-romania-2021-a-demo-sector-overview-by-frd-center-2/

In 2020, Romania imported Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences worth of 341,391.81 thEUR. FRD Center monitors the dynamics of the Romanian imports of hospital equipments and has a solid network of business contacts in the field.

Are you interested to study the medical sector in Romania? To identify the up-coming opportunities in the new hospital projects in Romania? Are you interested to identify the main stakeholders and decision makers? To analyse the local players? Upon demand from Clients, FRD Center researches and analyses the market, generates sector studies according to on the Client’s requirements. Email: europa@frdcenter.ro with your specific request for local support.

The Romanian public procurement system is extensively regulated and subject to constant scrutiny, both from the private sector and public actors; Therefore, the risks and challenges we see are mostly related to establishing an efficient and qualified bid department, able to swiftly identify new opportunities and manage on going processes – more details at  https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-healthcare-sector-in-romania-2021.html 

Some potential partners in the Romanian healthcare market in view of participating in tenders for new hospital projects include local experienced architecture firms, engineering firms, building companies, specialised hospital equipment importers etc.

Are you interested to learn more about the up-coming tenders and stages of the new hospital projects in Romania? Who are the main stakeholders and decision makers? How to reach the relevant local partners – designers, equipment importers – and how to participate in local public procurement tenders? FRD Center is monitoring the healthcare investments in Romania.

Upon demand the FRD Center team can generate information and introductions based on the Client’s requirements. Email: europa@frdcenter.ro with your specific request for local support

What are the current activities related to implementing a Circular Economy and Sustainable Development in Romania? What are the challenges and opportunities for Foreign Organisations and Companies interested in Sustainability?

Is implementing a Circular Economy and Sustainable Development in Romania too difficult? What are the expected legislative changes for a better waste collection and recycling, for reducing waste generation in the Romanian industrial sector, in the retail and consumption of the population?

Are there any initiatives to improve the selective waste collection in Romanian cities? What are the expected investments in the Romanian waste management system through the European Recovery and Resilience Facility?

More details in the FRD Center business blog posting at this link: https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/08/circular-economy-in-romania-up-dates.html

For more than 20 years, FRD Center has been paying considerable attention to the situation of waste management, collection and recycling in Romania. FRD Center is closely monitoring activities related to sustainability in Romania and Eastern Europe.

More recently, with the increasing interest of the Romanian decision makers and the civil society towards a Circular Economy and a Sustainable Development in Romania, FRD Center – Factor Regional Development Center – has been monitoring the activities and actively taking part in the discussions generated by the parties.

Are you looking to obtain up-to-date info about the Romanian Circular Market?

About the activities, the main players and decision makers?

 

How to reach the relevant local partners and how to present your products / services to them?

FRD Center is monitoring Romania’s transition towards a green economy. Upon demand can generate information and introductions based on the Client’s requirements.

Email: europa@frdcenter.ro with your specific request for local support

What are the opportunities for exporting foods and beverages to Romania during the COVID19 pandemic? How to approach the Decision Makers in the Romanian Foods and Beverages Market? Romanian Food Market potential new opportunities.

Here are some useful info provided by the market entry consulting firm FRD Center in the demo report “The Food Market in Romania 2021”.

Do you know that Romania is one of the most dynamic markets in the EU? With a population of almost 20 million, the Romanian economy is expected to grow in 2021 with over 7%.

What do you know about the Food Market in Romania? The Consumption and Preferences of the consumers in regards to dairy, meats, fish, fruit, organic, vegan products.

Who are the most relevant players? The main food retail chains, importer-distributors, processors and producers of foods and beverages in Romania?

What are the food imports in Romania and what are the main countries of origin?

More details in the FRD Center demo report at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/romanian-food-market-2021-by-frd-center-2/

For 2021, the revised economic growth forecast for Romania is of 7.4% from 4.2% after strong positive dynamics in Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. Romania is already officialy out of the COVID19 recession.

Romania Private Consumption accounted for 65.5 % of its Nominal GDP in Mar 2021, compared with a ratio of 58.6 % in the previous quarter.

FRD Center is monitoring the market opportunities in Romania and other markets in CE Europe, Eastern Europe and SE Europe. Romanian Food Market potential new opportunities.

Upon demand, FRD Center identifies and selects the local players according to the Client’s criteria, provides In-Depth Analysis and Traget Origination services.

For over 20 years, FRD Center facilitates commercial relations between foreign producers, investors, exporters with local key decision makers and provides B2B matchmaking at Decision Maker level, Market Research etc.

Email: europa@frdcenter.ro 

with your specific demand for local support. More details about the FRD Center recent projects in the F&B sector are available at https://www.frdcenter.ro/frd-center-foods-and-beverages-projects-2021/

Romanians started consuming more healthy products during the pandemic: 38% of them consumed more fresh vegetables, 37% more fresh fruits and 29% more tea and dairy products (yogurt, cheese) compared to other years.

Regarding the products consumed at the main meals, the first position in the top of the foods preferred by Romanians for lunch is occupied by fresh vegetables, these products being chosen by six out of ten respondents. They are followed in the ranking of fresh fruits (29%). Regarding the evening meal, 44% eat vegetables, dairy products (34%), cooked food (26%), fruits (25%) and sweets (20%).

Are you interested to learn more about the opportunities on the Romanian Foods and Beverages Market? Who are the main processors and importer-distributors? For some details consult the FRD Center business blog posting at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/07/romanian-food-market-potential-new.html

More details about how the FRD Center team can be of assistance to you and the recent projects in the F&B sector are available at https://www.frdcenter.ro/frd-center-foods-and-beverages-projects-2021/

How to reach the relevant local partners and decision maker level and how to present your products to them?  Romanian Food Market potential new opportunities

FRD Center is monitoring the foods and beverages market in Romania. Upon demand can generate information and introductions based on the Client’s requirements.

Email: europa@frdcenter.ro with your specific request for local support and also consult the FRD Center business blog posting at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2021/07/romanian-food-market-potential-new.html

More details in the FRD Center demo report at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/romanian-food-market-2021-by-frd-center-2/
During the COVID19 pandemic, fresh meat remained a staple food in the Romanians’ diet. The fresh meat category is extremely dynamic, registering a 10% increase in volume between March 2020 and February 2021 compared to the previous 12 months.

The awareness of the Romanian consumer for a healthier lifestyle increased during the COVID19 pandemic, which also lead to an increase in the consumption of fish and seafoods.

Romanians consume 3.3 million fresh vegetables annually. 20% of the vegetables consumed in Romania come from imports, while the remaining 80% are produced locally.

50% of the fresh fruit on the Romanian market are imported.

9 out of 10 Romanians consumed processed dairy products in 2020 which remains a year of sustained growth for the dairy sector. The focus on a healthy lifestyle, with a focus on functional foods, has resulted in sales 230% higher than in 2019 for the producer “Laptaria cu Caimac”, as an example

For more specific details contact the FRD Center team at email: europa@frdcenter.ro

More details in the FRD Center demo report at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/romanian-food-market-2021-by-frd-center-2/

Republica BIO, one of the main players on the market of organic foods and beverages, bio, vegan and natural products in Romania, registered in 2020 a turnover of approx. 1.3 mEUR, double compared with 2019. The projection for 2021 estimates an increase of at least 50%. The number of new customers increased by 75% in 2020 compared to 2019.

The organic foods and beverages categories that recorded the highest sales were food, with an increase of 92% YOY, bee products, by 127%, superfoods, by 97%, and food supplements with 161%.

Some of the most dynamic international food retail chains operating on the Romanian market are Profi, Lidl, Kaufland, Mega Image, Auchan, Carrefour and Penny. Local chains include Annabella, Supermarket La Cocoș, Ovisim and Diana.

In 2020 vs 2019, the sales of Lidl Romania increased more than 31%, Profi registered a growth of over 21% while Carrefour’s sales in Romania went up more than 10%.  Supermarket La Cocoș registered a growth of over 26%.

In the yoghurt market, which registered a growth of 8.5% in 2020, the main players are Albalact, Danone, FrieslandCampina, Muller and Olympus. They have a cumulated market share of 72.3% by value and 62.8% by volume. The rest goes to private labels.

According to the FRD Center analysis based on official data, in 2020 Albalact registered a +11.2% increase in the turnover compared to 2019., while Muller Dairy Ro registered a growth of +17.5%.  Danone Productie si Distributie de Produse Alimentare had a turnover of 131 mEUR, Fabrica de Lapte Brasov SA (Olympus brand) 111.1 mEUR and FrieslandCampina Romania registered a turnover of 97.1 mEUR.

More details in the FRD Center demo report at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/romanian-food-market-2021-by-frd-center-2/

Some of the most dynamic Romanian foods and beverages importers include Serpico Trading, Nordic Foods, Agrirom, Deli Food Distribution, Parmafood, Firenze Distribution, De Silva Exclusiv, Interbrands Marketing & Distribution SRL, Aquila Part Prod Com SRL, Macromex SRL, Whiteland Import Export SRL, Elgeka Ferfelis Romania.

According to the FRD Center analysis based on official data, in 2020 Serpico Trading registered a turnover with +13.9% higher than in 2019. Nordic Import Export registered 39.5 mEUR in turnover in 2020 while Agrirom had 48.8 mEUR

Two of the most important fish processors and distributors on the Romanian market are Ocean Fish and Negro2000. According to the FRD Center analysis based on official data, Ocean Fish registered in 2020 a turnover of 35.9 mEUR, +9.4% compared to 2019.

Two of the strongest meat processors and distributors operating on the Romanian foods market are Caroli Foods Group SRL (Campofrio, Caroli brands) and Transavia (Fragedo brand). According to the FRD Center analysis based on official data, in 2020 Caroli Foods Group reached a turnover of 103.5  mEUR

Are you looking to present your products to the Romanian buyers and importer-distributors? Romanian Food Market potential new opportunities

As it results from the recent research conducted by FRD Center, the main five countries from which Romania imports fish and seafood are: the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Czechia and Italy

More details in the FRD Center demo report at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/romanian-food-market-2021-by-frd-center-2/

Are you interested to study the food and beverages sector in Romania? To identify the up-coming opportunities? Are you interested to get in contact with decision makers? To analyse the local players?

Upon demand from Clients, FRD Center researches and analyses the market, generates sector studies according to on the Client’s requirements.

More details about how the FRD Center team can be of assistance to you and the recent projects in the F&B sector are available at https://www.frdcenter.ro/frd-center-foods-and-beverages-projects-2021/

Some of the Governmental Agencies, Trade Promotion Organisations and Commercial Sections of Embassies that have hired the FRD Center services in the foods and beverages sector so far include:

More details at https://www.frdcenter.ro/frd-center-foods-and-beverages-projects-2021/

Are you a consulting firm involved in international development projects? Here are the FRD Center Market Entry Services (Emerging Markets in Europe: Romania, Poland, Hungary etc.) international B2B matchmaking capabilities, B2B in Eastern Europe for trade development technical assistance projects, in case in any of your current and future international development projects you need to include such.

For example if your local beneficiaries in the respective project would need to develop new markets and contact Romanian importer-distributors or suppliers / buyers in view of export and international trade development.

FACTOR Regional Development Center – FRD Center www.frdcenter.ro – is one of the pioneer market entry and development boutique type consulting firms operating in Central and South Eastern Europe since 2000.

Our consulting services and the B2B in Eastern Europe for trade development enable foreign SMEs and exporters learn about the opportunities on the Romanian market, as well as other markets in the region, and establish strategic connections with local importer-distributors, buyers, retail chains etc.

For more than 20 years we have been assisting foreign Governmental Agencies, International Development Organisations, Commercial Sections of Embassies in Romania with their export promotion programmes through Market Researches, B2B matchmaking and Trade Missions.

More details in the presentation at this link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/frd-center-presentation-2021-govnt-trade-organisations/

As an example, between Sept 2017 and February 2018, we have provided Senior Non-Key Expert (Market Assessment Advisory Services) to International Development Ireland as part of their EU-funded Export Capacity Building for SMEs in Kosovo. FRD Center has been subcontracted by IDI to provide Market Entry Opportunities Assessment and Market Entry Consulting services for Kosovar SMEs in Romania.

Similarly, in 2019, we have been sub-contracted in a USAID-funded project for developing the Serbian fruit-growing and exporting sector, to provide market research regarding the Romanian market and potential opportunities for the Serbian fruit exporters.

Also in 2019, FRD Center has been recognised by the European Commission as a Partner Organisation for EU Gateway | Business Avenues managed by Cardno International.

More details at https://www.eu-gateway.eu/about/partners/factor-regional-development-center

Recently, FRD Center has been invited to tender in a High Value Agriculture Activity Project Funded by USAID Implemented by Chemonics International Inc., USAID Contractor.

In this context, should you envisage similar needs to complement your current capabilities in trade-related technical assistance projects, with a focus to providing you with the local expertise for market expansion / exports to Romania and other markets in the region, such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Turkey, the Balcans etc., we would be happy to be included in your d-base of local suppliers of such expertise and support.