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- Well-educated, young, multilingual labor force
- One of the lowest wage rates in the EU
- Convenient geographic location
- Simplified registration process for new businesses providing a minimum initial capital and a time frame of up to 2 weeks
- Low corporate taxes
- Incentives for investment in certain sectors such as computer technologies, research and development, manufacturing, etc.
- EU membership provides Structural and Cohesion Funds financing opportunities to all qualified U.S. companies, including SMEs
See http://www.export.gov/europeanunion/eu_funds.html
U.S. export opportunities to Bulgaria include (alphabetical order):
Agricultural Equipment, Agricultural Sector and Food Product, Automotive industry, Energy: Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Renewable Sources of Energy and Energy Efficiency, Environmental Technologies, Healthcare, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals, Information and Communications Technologies ,Safety and Security