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Slovenia Infrastructure Report 2010Published by: Business Monitor International Published: Jan. 20, 2010 - 67 Pages Table of Contents
AbstractThis quarter BMI has introduced a new data series for infrastructure and its subsectors (transport and energy & utilities). This is an effort to address a significant deficiency in the availability of globally comparable, infrastructure-specific indicators and forecasts across a wide range of countries. BMI's new infrastructure data series enables users to quantify trends and growth patterns in the infrastructure sectors of the 35 main emerging and developed markets out of the 62 countries in BMI's infrastructure service. The Slovenian construction industry has been hit hard over the course of 2009 with year-on-year (y-o-y) growth falling by 12.80%. Overall, however, the sector displays signs of resilience, and the latest figures follow several years of exceptional expansion.Positive growth is expected to return in 2010 with the sector being valued at US$3.12bn. The sector is then expected to continue this trend of growth over the forecast period, reaching a value of US$3.90bn by 2014. EU commitments to funding Slovenian infrastructure projects, along with a relatively stable business environment, have helped sustain investment. Major projects in Slovenia are dominated by motorway construction. At present road and bridge building accounts for over two-thirds (68.49%) of total infrastructure value. This reflects the country’s position as a transport hub linking Eastern and Western Europe. Slovenia boasts five key freight corridors that stretch to the country's borders with Italy, Austrian, Hungary and Croatia. In 2009 the National Roads Programme produced results with the completion of the A1 motorway project valued at EUR 272mn. This was inaugurated in August with the opening of the section between Pesnica and Slivnica. Slovenia is also working to take advantage of tie-ups with neighbouring states to improve energy infrastructure with the development of improved transmission grids with Hungary, Italy and Austria along with the signing of an agreement for the proposed South Stream pipeline in October. Slovenia rates well for its business environment, ranking third behind Poland and the Czech Republic. It scores 59.9 overall in BMI’s rating, thanks to its score of 70.0 for country risk, which was the highest within the region. Slovenia slipped from first place in the design and construction rating for project finance. Its score (63.5) is down on last year's (66.37) as a result of weaker inputs due to long-term currency volatility. Slovenia’s scores are consistent across the indicators, with a stable political environment being its strongest suit, and economic risks being weakest. Overall, it scores 60.3 for project finance, placing it third in the region. Infrastructure in Slovenia appears to be in robust health given the issues facing other countries in the region. The announcement in July of continued finance in the form of extensive loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) adds to the credibility of the sector. The EIB has already loaned EUR380mn to the Slovenian development bank SID Banka for development projects, and expects to have awarded a total of EUR538mn by the end of 2009. The small size of the Slovenian market does still leave the country susceptible to external risk. Get Full Details About This Report >> |
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