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Daugavpils
Size:
- City – 72,5 km2
- Industrial zone – 250 ha
- Inhabitants in the city – 105 958
- Inhabitants in the region – 38 574
Distance to:
- Riga – 220 km
- Port of Riga – 235 km
- Port of Ventspils – 400 km
- Port of Liepaja – 420 km
- Lithuanian border – 20 km
- Russian border – 160 km
- Belarusian border – 80 km
- Moscow – 690 km
- St. Petersburg – 530 km
- Stockholm – 634 km
Main road/railway intersections:
Motorway:
- Kaunas (Lithuania) – Daugavpils – Rezekne – St. Petersburg (Russia) (E 262)
- Riga – Daugavpils – Vitebsk (Belorussia) (A 6)
Railway:
- Panevezys (Lithuania) – Daugavpils – Vitebsk (Belorussia)
- Riga – Daugavpils – Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Vilnius (Lithuania) – Daugavpils – Rezekne – Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Largest foreign enterprises operating in Daugavpils:
- AXON Cable Ltd. (Sweden) produces ultra-high-frequency coaxial cables.
- Glaskek Latgale Ltd. (Estonia) engaged in PVC window and door production.
- Skinest Latvija Ltd. (Estonian, Latvian and Russian joint venture) engaged in railway car engineering and repair.
- JSC Daugavpils Lokomotivju Remonta Rupnica /Locomotive Maintenance Depot/ (Estonian, Latvian and Russian joint venture) engaged in railway car maintenance.
Largest Latvian enterprises operating in Daugavpils:
- JSC DITTON Driving Chain Factory produces driving chains for bicycles, elevators, agricultural equipment.
- Svente Holding Ltd. provides construction services.
- Fedak Ltd. produces thermo-shrinkage films and covers, green house and construction films.
- JSC Daugavpils Dzirnavnieks processes and provides feed to live-stock companies.
- Belmast Ltd. specializes in design and manufacture of high-altitude metal constructions.
Labour skills and education:
In 2008, 71 853 of Daugavpils residents were of active working age. Approximately 20% of all employed in 2007 were engaged in manufacturing, 17% in wholesale and retail trade and 13% in transport, storage and communication sector. There are 12 higher education institutions in Daugavpils, where high-profile specialists are being trained in variety of sectors: biology, computer science and design, environmental science, mathematics, physics and many more. Daugavpils’ academic and research potential is further developed at multitude of research institutions under the University of Daugavpils.
Incentives and developments:
50% real estate tax allowance for investment projects. Daugavpils City Municipality is planning to develop City Business and Technology Park by 2011 with the required infrastructure for immediate commencement of business operations. Business Incubator for new start-ups will offer its support starting 2009.
Municipality can offer:
- Rapidly developing logistic hub
- Research and education centres
- Tax allowances
- Multi-lingual residents
Contact information:
Daugavpils Business Information Centre
Daugavpils City Council
Phone: (+371) 654 76060
Fax: (+371) 654 76064
fea@daugavpils.lv
www.daugavpils.lv
Real Estate offers for your project:
- Brownfield (194 000 m2)
- Greenfield (634 000 m2)
For more information see full profile of Daugavpils
If you have selected Daugavpils as best potential location for your investment project, please fill out our Investment Project Assessment Form, and our Investment Promotion Team will be glad to help you with your business development.
