 Business in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Syllabus of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo
- Introduction to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Central Europe)
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Economy
- Doing Business in Sarajevo
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Access to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Market
- Business Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements
- Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
European Economic Area /
Central Eurasia Economic Area
- Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)
- EFTA-Bosnia and Herzegovina Free Trade Agreement (Switzerland,
Norway,
Iceland and
Liechtenstein)
- Free Trade Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey
- Free Trade Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Bulgaria
- Stabilization and Accession Agreement with the
European Union (Western Balkans).
EUROMED
- Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC)
- Central European Initiative (CEI)
- Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
The objectives of the Subject “Doing Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina” are the following:
- To analyse the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Market
- To analyse the trade relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the country of the student
- To know the Bosnia and Herzegovinian Free Trade Agreements
- To develop a business plan for the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Market

Description of the Subject: Doing Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Capital: Sarajevo
- Official Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian
- Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 51,197 square kilometres
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Population: 3.8 million people
- Type of Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parliamentary Federal Republic
- Bosnia is a widely decentralised country, comprising two autonomous entities: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, with a third region, the district of Brčko, governed by the local government
- Borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
- Independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1992 (Yugoslavia)
Main religions in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Islam (50%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina has not signed the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence):
Fiqh-al-Hanafi
- Christianity: Catholicism and Orthodoxy (30%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to the:
- Western Civilisation (European Economic Area)
- Central Eurasia Economic Area
Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the poorest countries of the former Yugoslavia and Europe;
the devastating effects of the Bosnian war (1992-95) still endure. In
addition, the long blockade of Serbia and Croatia further hampered the economic recovery
- Bosnia spend 5 billions of dollars at the end of the war to rebuild its battered economy
- Bosnia is becoming a market economy
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian GDP (nominal): 49,874 million dollars
- GDP per capita of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8,390 dollars
- Currency: Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
- Main Bosnian products: fruit, tobacco, cattle, gold, copper, lead, zinc, coal
- In Sarajevo, there are tobacco, furniture, cars and communication equipment
industries
- Main Bosnian companies: B & H Airlines, BH Telecom, Bosnalijek, Energopetrol, Factory of
Tobacco of Sarajevo and Sarajevska Pivara (Sarajevo Brewery)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian
Foreign Trade.
- Main Bosnian exports: metals, clothes, wood products
- Top Bosnian exports destinations: Slovenia (16%), Italy, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Turkey
- Main Bosnian imports: machinery, chemical products, fuels, food products
- Main suppliers of Bosnia: Croatia (19%), Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Austria

Global Economic Organisations and Conventions
- Regional Cooperation Council
- International Chamber of Commerce
- Intergovernmental Organisation for
International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
-
Convention Relating to Temporary Admission
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
- International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption (GRECO)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is an observer country of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)
Examples of the Subject - Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina:


Bosnia and Herzegovina-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

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