Tiraspol, 20 January. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. The Ministry of Economic Development hosted a meeting with representatives of the delegation from the Italian region of Marche, who has come to the republic to establish trade and economic relations. Directors of the major industrial enterprises of the PMR also attended the meeting.
According to the economic development minister, Sergey Obolonik, Pridnestrovie is interested in close cooperation with the Italian business community.
«We certainly want to organise close interaction with your region and see you as reliable partners and [your region] as a possible venue for cooperation with the possibility of encompassing the market of the entire Italy," said the minister.
One of the forms of such interaction, according to Obolonik, may become cooperation. Among the country's competitive advantages, he singled out the duty-free export of goods made in Pridnestrovie to the EU, trade preferences in Russia, skilled workers and so on.
«We possess rather serious innovative and technological capabilities to establish industrial estates within the existing business structures," said the minister.
JSC Tirotex is one of the Pridnestrovian companies which has already entered the Italian market. The export of textile to this country is estimated at $30 million. This accounts for 35% of the total volume of Tirotex's production. Meanwhile, the company buys equipment, chemicals, dyes, etc. in Italy.
According to the director general of Tirotex, Andrey Mezhinsky, a key condition of cooperation with European partners is the high quality of supplied goods.
The leader of Pridnestrovie's machine-building industry, JSC Electromash, focuses mainly on the Russian market. The equipment produced by the plant is employed in the production of oil, gas as well as in coal mines. However, the European customer could be interested in consumer goods produced by Elektromash.
Members of the Italian delegation expressed confidence in boosting economic contacts with the PMR and proposed to organise the Days of Pridnestrovie in Italy.
«We must find a way, working together, of providing more economical information about your republic to Italy. We should develop a plan of action, one of the items of which must be the Days of Pridnestrovie in Italy, with the presentation of, first of all, economic opportunities of the republic," said Mauro Murgia.
