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Investments and commerce

The investments in Sălaj County have been steadily rising in recent years, products and related services to
the best represented (as tangible assets) being those in the manufactu- the oil and gas industry, the auto-
ring industry, such as waste recovery, publishing and printing, wood and motive industry, the energy sector,
wood processing, construction materials. Net, representative investments and many other industrial appli-
- as a trend in recent years - are those in the construction, transport, hotel cations, and MICHELIN Romania
and restaurant sectors and in the industry and agriculture sectors. - world leader in the tire industry
At the level of 2015 , 42 % of the value of investments was made in manu- - present with two plants in Zalău,
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facturing, followed by investments in transport, warehousing and postal Sălaj County.
and courier activities by approximately 12 %, construction and wholesale
and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles by approxi-
mately 11 % each. Industrial area, Zalău

Industrial area, Zalău

The agricultural potential of the
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county is favorable to fruit growing,
flaxen oil, flax and hemp fiber. For
viticulture, cereal crops, soybean,
sugar beet and potato cultivation,
Sălaj county has a medium poten-
tial, and for vegetable growing, the
The foreign trade of Sălaj included in the first five sections, in 2016, the potential of the county is low. Ag-
exports of common metals and their products, textiles and textiles arti- ricultural production is character-
cles, followed by various commodities and products, electrical machinery, ized by cereal crops, potatoes and
apparatus and equipment, then the apparatus for registration or repro- vegetables. Fruit production places
duced sound and images and vegetal products. The value of exports in apples first, followed by plums,
Sălaj county represents 0,72 % of the total value at national level. Between cherries and sour cherries and for
1 of January and 30 of September 2017, according to the estimates of farm animal production, cow’s milk
th
st
the National Institute of Statistics in Sălaj County, FOB exports increased and buffalo’s milk is placed first,
by 29,0 % compared to the corresponding period in 2016 and CIF imports followed by the production of wool
followed the same trend, registering an increase of 16 ,5 %. The coverage and honey extracted. Although
level of imports with exports (FOB export / CIF import) was 173,3 %. only 26 % of the land is farmed
by agricultural holdings with legal
The number of SMEs registered significant increases in recent personality, extensive plots of land
years, most of them doing business, followed by those in the manufac- with modern technology, the rest
turing, construction, real estate, renting and other service activities, as of the land is made by small indi-
well as those with transport, storage and communications activities . The vidual owners and there is a high
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manufacturing industry is dominated by several large foreign companies potential for investment in the sec-
- TenarisSilcotub - world leader in the production and supply of tubular tor.

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9 www.salaj.insse.ro www.statistici.insse.ro
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11 Sălaj County Development Strategy 2015-2020