– There are more than 400 companies operating in Slovakia with some share of German capital; they employ 86,000 people.*
– German companies generate 24 percent of Slovakia’s GDP*
– German companies have invested a total of €3.5 billion in Slovakia.**
– The volume of German-Slovak trade amounted to €14.45 billion in 2009.**
* estimate from the German-Slovak Chamber of Commerce
** official figures from the National Bank of Slovakia or the Slovak Statistics Office
Source: German-Slovak Chamber of Commerce
6. Sep 2010 at 0:00 | Compiled by Spectator staff