The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry - official site

About Us [/about_en.htm] Site Map Home Óêðà³íñüêà âåðñ³ÿ Structure & Services Members of the Chamber Activities Commercial proposals Our periodiclal Ukrainian Chambers Investments in the Lviv Region We believe this Investment Internet-Fair will be a significant addition to the Economic Forum. Face of the City Today, under the condition of morbid discontent with the own home, our society needs at least the slightest splash of the national dignity. Investor of the Year The contest ‘Investor of the year’ determines the native and foreign companies, which invested the most into the priority lines of the regional economy. About Us Brief Description of the Lviv Region The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a regional chamber operating in the territory of the Lviv region. The region occupies an area of 21,8 km. sq. (3.6% of the whole territory of Ukraine). The population of the region is 2,650 thousand as of Jan.1.2004. Lviv is the biggest industrial, administrative and cultural center in Western Ukraine. Our area is a border area. Ukraine borders Poland here. There are four automobile and three railway border crossings in the territory of the Lviv region. The “Krakivets’-Korchova” is the best-equipped border crossing. Being geographically located near the European borders, the Lviv region is an advanced industrial and agricultural center with strong economic grounds. The region is rich in various natural resources such as coal, natural gas, oil, ozokerite, peat, sulfur, potash and kitchen salt, as well as raw material for manufacturing of high-quality building materials. Its enormous stocks of medical mineral waters are a special wealth of the Lviv region. The city of Lviv is one of the most important industrial, scientific, and cultural centers of Ukraine. It is the city of the rich architectural inheritance of different styles from XII-XX centuries. Food industry is the major branch in the structure of the Lviv region’s industrial production (25.2%); machine building is the second (11.9%); manufacture and distribution of electric power, gas and water are the third (11%). These are followed by oil refining (9.8 %), and the pulp-and-paper, polygraph industry and publishing (8.2%). The foreign trade operations are being carried out with 97 countries of the world. The enterprises from Russia, the USA, Germany, Poland, Denmark, and Kazakhstan are basic trading partners. More than 1000 enterprises with foreign capital operate in the region. The major investors represent Germany, Hungary, Poland, France, Denmark, and Great Britain. Two projects benefit the improvement of investment and foreign economic activity - creation of the free economic zones "Yavoriv" and "Kurortopolis Truskavets’". General Consulates of the Republic of Poland, Russia, Czech republic, and also Honourable Consulates of Austria, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, and Germany operate in the city of Lviv. The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry was created in 1850 according to the decision of the Austrian Caesar Franz-Josef. Today, the Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a reliable support for businessmen in protection and support of their interests. About thousand of the most known enterprises of area, almost 300 of which are its full members are the partners of the Chamber. The Lviv CCI has direct partner relations with chambers of the CIS countries, countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a part of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ? the authoritative organization in the world of the Ukrainian business. © The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry Made By Kolorove Nebo