
Upon start talking about Bulgaria, we must immediately underline that this country is one of those which, until the radical changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989, was having a totally State controlled economy without any possibility to independent and international players to enter the country.
Today Bulgaria is completely open to the foreign trade and is member of the main international organizations; the meeting of the European Union at Helsinki has placed the country among those that are candidates to become members in the years to come.
Taking benefit of this situation overseas investors have
Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey. The total area of the country equals 110,910 sq km.
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| Population: | 7,606,551 (2009) |
| Capital city: | Sofia |
| Natural resources: | bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land |
| GDP - | real growth rate: 6% (2008 est.) |
| GDP - | per capita (PPP): $13,200 (2008 est.) |
| Industries: | electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel |
| Exports: | $22.3 billion f.o.b (2008 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels |
| Exports - partners: | Turkey 11.5%, Germany 10.3%, Italy 10.2%, Greece 9.1%, Belgium 6.2%, Romania 4.9% (2007) |
| Imports: | $35.3 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) |
| Imports - commodities: | machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials |
| Imports - partners: | Russia 12.3%, Germany 12.3%, Italy 8.7%, Ukraine 7.2%, Turkey 6.9%, Greece 6.2%, Romania 4.5%, Austria 4.3% (2007) |
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Our company accomplishes forwarding of container and general, dangerous and safety cargoes to and from Ukraine, CIS countries and Europe.
We adhere to high standarts in shipbrokering practice, starting from the way we normally perform a fixture until the voyage is completed.
ITC has big experience in the organization of auto transportation of cargo in Ukraine and abroad, thus, can arrange and provide delivery of cargos in maritime containers by truck to any destination in Ukraine and CIS.
Our railway transportation department renders full range of service in transit, export and import cargo forwarding in CIS countries, Europe and Asia.
We offer full range of services in the sphere of organization of export-import cargo transportation by air.
We arrange cargo delivery through Ilyichevsk and Odessa ports taking into account the work specificity of different port terminals, general freight transportation scheme and necessary to the customer scope of services.
We render full range of logistic service dealing with responsible storage of cargo meaning full responsibility for the cargo safety.
We have long-term agreements with a number of customs and brokers agencies and thus can facilitate customs clearance and offer warehousing service to our clients.
We make it possible for our clients to focus directly on their business. Meanwhile, we guarantee on-time delivery of cargo using any comfortable or necessary transportation type.
Cargo insurance helps to avoid losses caused by any unforeseen situation on the chosen travel line and route of the cargo. The program that we offer helps to provide financial protection of any freight.
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