KWAZULUNATAL

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KWAZULU-NATAL THE ULTIMATE BUSINESS DESTINATION
OF CHOICE Presenter Sam Batohi Project Manager
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STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

• Mandate of TIKZN
• Advocacy lobbying
• Our stakeholders
• Clients and role of TIKZN
• Investment promotion concept
• Trade missions targeted countries
• TIKZN Investment Promotion Units
• Investment Opportunities
• TIKZN Services
• Special Initiatives

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MANDATE OF TIKZN

• To brand and market KZN as an investment
  destination
• To identify and package investment opportunities
  in KZN
• To link opportunities to the developmental needs
  of the KZN community
• Ensure easy access to investment and export trade
  opportunities.

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ADVOCACY LOBBYING

• Advocate and lobby for conducive investment
  climate

• Political stability
• Skills profile
• Infrastructure
• Trade union environment
• Regulatory environment
• (i.e. exchange control,
• taxation, legal)
• Rail, road, air and sea transport
• network
• HIV/Aids
• Climate (agri-business)
• Crime
• Corruption
• Facilities

Investor Drivers
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OUR STAKEHOLDERS
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OUR STAKEHOLDERS
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TIKZN CLIENTS

• Potential promising exporters

Capacity Building
Foreign Investors
Recent exporters
Attraction Facilitation
TIKZN
Market Development
Established exporters
Local Investors
Foreign Buyers
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WHAT DOES INVESTMENT PROMOTION ENTAIL?

• Identification of opportunities from National
  Regional
• Development Strategies
• Unpacking IDPs
• Packaging sector opportunities and specific
  projects
• Foreign and local exhibitions
• Trade and investment missions to targeted
  countries
• Solicitation of strategic investors
• Joint venture linkages with emphasis to BEE
• Sourcing of funding
• Guiding foreign investors through SA investment
  
• environment

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TRADE MISSIONS (OUTWARD)

• May 2006 India (trade investment focus with
  DCCI)
• May 2006 Gulf region (fact finding
  investment)
• May 2006 United Kingdom (2010 opportunities)
• Aug 2006 Netherlands (LED focus)
• Sept 2006 China (investment attraction
  stadium seats)
• Sept 2006 Geneva (investment attraction with
  Tourism focus)
• Sept 2006 Cameroon (export focus)
• Sept 2006 Germany (Automotive and
  Shipbuilding)
• Oct 2006 - Birmingham (together with
  KZNonSource)
• Oct 2006 Namibia (investment attraction with
  Tourism focus)
• Oct 2006 - India (investment attraction -
  manufacturing)
• Nov 2006 SOCCEREX (in Dubai - 2010
  opportunities)
• Dec 2006 China (investment attraction
  manufacturing)
• Mar 2007 Atlanta USA (to be led by
• MEC

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TRADE MISSIONS (INWARD)

• Investment promotion opportunities in all sectors
  
• April 2006 Belgium
• May 2006 Germany
• May 2006 USA
• May 2006 India
• May 2006 - Italy
• July 2006 Mauritius
• Aug 2006 India
• Aug 2006 - Korea
• Aug 2006 - Oman
• Sept 2006 India
• Sept 2006 - Kenya
• Nov 2006 - Oman

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STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• Proactively package opportunities and projects
  for investors
• Targeted and pre-planned trade missions
• Strengthen partnership with Municipalities
• Identify and promote import substitution
  opportunities
• Meaningful BEE support in trade investment
• Improve service delivery to all clients and
  stakeholders
• Increase awareness of TIKZN services locally
  and abroad

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TIKZN INVESTMENT PROMOTION UNITS
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Agro-Processing

• Dairy products
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Established fisheries hake, sole and monk.
• Freshwater aquaculture Mussels, oysters, and
  trout
• Mariculture abalone, prawns, salmon, marine
  finfish
• Floriculture
• Traditional roses, carnations, crysants
• Indigenous proteas, fynbos, bulbs
• Fruit and vegetables processing plants
• Deciduous, citrus, subtropical, indigenous and
  canned
• Juices
• Fruit-based and sparkling
• Vegetable juice development
• Chilled concentrate development
• Meat processing Wine Production

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Automotives

• Air-conditioner compressors
• Aluminum castings
• Automotive components for after-market
• Brake parts and radiators
• Catalytic converters, silencers and exhaust pipes
• Foundries and mini steel mills
• New generation manifolds
• Paint Tool die shops
• Plastic materials
• Stitched leather
• Tyres

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Chemicals Allied
Industries

• Fine and specialty chemicals
• Agro-chemicals
• Household products
• Inorganic chemicals
• Manganese, chrome, titanium, aluminium fluoride
• Organic chemicals
• Aromatics, food acids, sorbates, flavours
• Pharmaceuticals
• Generic and Ethical drugs
• Pharmaceutical RD and clinical trials

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Clothing, Textiles,
Leather Footwear

• Cotton spinning, weaving and knitting
• Large-scale manufacturing of industrial textiles
  using polyester
• Manufacturing of synthetic textiles for the
  apparel sector
• Middle- to high-end apparel wear, with
  opportunities to expand into the US and European
  markets
• Production of cellulose textiles such as rayon
  and viscose
• Wool and mohair production offers downstream
  opportunities for yarns, knitwear and fabric

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Clothing Industry

• Garments such as suits, trousers and jackets
  (export advantage) in wool and worsted garments
  shirts blouses (formal casual)
• Denim apparel
• General apparel
• Babies wear, childrens wear
• Blankets
• Access to first world countries via AGOA and EU
  agreements

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Textile Industry

• Fibre production
• Spinning and weaving
• Knitting
• Non-wovens
• Carpet production
• Fabric coating
• Braiding and netting

Investment opportunities will become more viable
with the proposed free-trade agreement with the
USA
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Footwear Industry

• KZN competitive advantage Tanning extract used
  by the industry is produced locally from wattle
  bark which trees are grown in our province
• Approximately 60 of domestic footwear industry
  is located in KZN
• Domestic use
• - clothing
• - footwear
• - personal items (handbags, wallets, key
  holders)
• Industrial use
• - car seats
• - furniture
• - saddlery
• - other
• SA footwear enjoys duty free access to the US

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Aluminium Industry

• The worlds largest aluminium smelter is in kzn
  opportunities
• Exist in the following areas
• Plate and sheets
• Drawn and rolled tubing
• Forgings
• Bars and rods
• Wire
• Extruded shapes and profiles
• Castings, engine blocks etc

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Chemical Industry

• The end product and speciality niche tend to be
  of lower volumes and higher
• value added. Some opportunities exist for
• Paints, lacquers and varnishes
• Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, fungicides,
  pesticides and weed killers)
• Industrial chemicals (textiles, automotive
  metals, mining building industry)
• Consumer chemicals (food, beverage, cosmetics,
  detergents, soaps etc.)
• Plastic conversions (film and tape extrusion,
  blow moulding, extrusion coating, profile
  extrusion)
• Water treatment chemicals

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - ICT BPO Call
Centres
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INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Distribution of selectedtechnologies
BPOs and Call Centres
Maritime Transport Management Solutions
International BPO andTechnology Park
Dube Trade Port/Cyber Port
Telecommunications
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TOURISM
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Tourism

• Opportunities include
• Hunting and game farms
• Tour guide services
• Tour operating businesses
• Conference centres
• Travel agencies
• BBs
• Restaurants etc.
• Hotel / Resort Development

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Aquaculture

• The climate in the province is suitable for
  several varieties of fish and
• Shrimp as it is warm with temperatures ranging
  between 15 to 30
• Celcius and a variety of water resources with
  plentiful water (coast
• rivers, public dams, farm dams, ponds and
  estuaries).
• Opportunities exist for
• Trout
• Catfish
• Tilapia
• Shrimp and
• Ornamental fishes like goldfish and Koi Carp

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Agriculture
Horticulture

• Our provinces temperate climate and reliable
  rainfall makes the province ideal
• for agricultural development.
• Opportunities have been identified in the
  following sectors
• Cashew nuts
• Tea plantations
• Agri processing
• Sub-tropical fruits and vegetables
• Cut flowers, foilage and herbs
• Organic vegetables

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TIKZN SERVICES TO INVESTORS

• Investment advisory services
• Information on specific investment opportunities
• Removing constraints for investors
• Liaison service with other government departments
  like Department of Trade Industry, Home Affairs
  etc.
• Information and advise on investment incentives
• After care service

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INVESTMENT MAP
Objectives To highlight investment
opportunities within various district
municipalities / regions of KZN. To provide
information on the economic overview of
KZN. To assist in attracting financial support
for investment projects. To keep a
comprehensive investment projects database.
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KWAZULU-NATAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT
CONFERENCE, EXHIBITION AND BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
MATCHING 29-31 October 2007 DURBAN, ICC
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TRADE INVESTMENT FAIRE 2006
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BUILDING BRAND APPEAL
What makes KZN great?
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KEY PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• To market KZN as a business destination
• To increase competitiveness and innovation
  in
• key sectors of the KZN economy
• To facilitate economic empowerment
  opportunities in KZN

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KEY PROJECT ELEMENTS

• Trade and Investment Conference (hosted
  jointly with
• UKZN Graduate School of Business)
• Trade and Investment Exhibition
• Business Matching Meetings
• Project Packaging

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COUNTRY TARGETING CRITERIA

• Previous or existing relationship with KZN
• Previous or current source of investment into KZN
• Bilateral trade, political or business agreement
  with SA
• Active in KZNs priority sectors
• Already trading with KZN
• Has demand for products and services produced in
  KZN

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Thank You