Business

Size:

    City – 60.4 km2
    Areas of  SEZ – 3739 ha
    Industrial areas – 1200 ha
    Inhabitants in the city – 75 000
    Inhabitants in the region – 27 000

Distance to:

    Riga – 223 km
    Lithuanian border – 50 km
    Estonian border – 330 km
    Russian border – 510 km
    Moscow – 1080 km
    Stockholm – 360 km
    Rotterdam – 1700 km

Main road/railway intersections:

Motorway:

    Liepaja – Riga (A9)
    Liepaja – Klaipeda (Lithuania) (A11)

Railway:

    Liepaja – Jelgava – Riga
    Liepaja – Jelgava – Jekabpils – Rezekne – Moscow (Russia)

Largest foreign enterprises operating in Liepaja:

• Laskana Ltd. (Latvian – Swedish joint venture) is a timber port, which offers  wholesale trade of pulpwood, firewood and bio fuel and employs more than 80 people;
• Baltic Transshipment Center Ltd. (Denmark) is selling fertilizers and seeds for agriculture and provide stevedore services in the port of Liepaja and employs 40 people;
• AE Partner Ltd. (Denmark) produces control, automation and power distribution panels and employs more than 65 people.
  

Largest Latvian enterprises operating in Liepaja:

• JSC Liepājas Metalurgs is the largest metallurgical company in the Baltic States engaging more than 2600 people.
• JSC UPB is a construction and building material manufacturing company, which employs more than 500 people.
• JSC Liepājas osta LM is engaged in stevedore services and employs more than 260 people.
• Lauma Fabrics Ltd produces high-quality lingerie.
  

Labour skills and education:
Liepaja is home to 54 000 economically active residents with renowned specialists in various fields. Historically Liepaja has well-developed metalworking and textile industries. Manufacturing engages 23 % of all employees. Higher and professional education institutions prepare skilled employees in the following professions: electricians, electrical, motor and automation engineers, welders, production equipment operators, woodworking equipment operators, accountants, business management specialists, environmental specialists and more.

Incentives and developments:
Liepaja’s ice-free port is the third largest port in Latvia and offers Special Economic Zone tax allowances. Municipality dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship in Liepaja by developing infrastructure for industrial territories and providing professional advice at every step of project implementation.

Municipality can offer:

• Special Economic zone / Free port
• Developed industrial territories
• Professional workforce
• Tax allowances
  

    Contact information:
    Mr Martins Abols
    Deputy Head
    Development Department
    Liepaja City Council
    Phone: (+371) 63404755
    E-mail: martins.abols@dome.liepaja.lv
       

For more information please visit www.investinliepaja.lv