Business in Finland, Helsinki. Welfare State

1. Introduction to the Republic of Finland (EU)
2. Finnish Economy: one of the highest welfare system in the world
3. Doing Business in Helsinki
4. Finnish International Trade
5. Transport and Logistics
6. Investment in Finland
7. Main Finnish companies
8. Access to the Finnish Market
9. Business Plan for Finland

International Trade and Business in Finland:

The goals of the subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Finland” are, through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

1. To analyze the Finnish Economy, Logistics and Foreign Trade
2. To research business opportunities in the Finnish Market
3. To research trade relations of Finland with the student's country
4. To know the Finnish free trade agreements as a member of the European Union
5. To develop a business plan for the Finnish Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Finland” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: + Finlandia Finlande Finlândia.

1. Credits of the Subject “Doing Business in Finland”: 1

Transport Corridors related to Finland:

1. North Sea-Baltic Corridor (Finland, Belgium)
2. Pan-European Transport Corridor IX (Finland-Greece)
3. Access to the:
   1. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, North Korea)
   2. Pan-European Corridor II

Finnish Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Finland and the European Economic Area
2. European Union
   1. As a member of the EU, Finland is a beneficiary of the EU Trade Agreements
   2. European Single Market
   3. The European Union Services Directive
   4. European Digital Single Market
   5. Economic and Monetary Union
   6. European Customs Union
3. Council of the Baltic Sea States
4. Regional Cooperation Council
5. Finland is an observer country of the Association of Caribbean States (AEC)

Sample:

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. COTIF Convention (Rail)
4. BIC
5. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
6. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
7. Customs Convention on Containers
8. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   1. TIR Convention
   2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
9. CMR Convention (UN)
10. Hamburg Rules
11. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
12. CIM, CIT Rail Rules
13. International Chamber of Shipping
14. International Chamber of Commerce

European Trade and Economic Organizations of Finland

1. European Union
   1. European Investment Bank
   2. Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption
   3. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
3. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2. United Nations
3. Inter-American Development Bank
4. World Bank
5. International Monetary Fund
6. Asian Development Bank
7. African Development Bank
8. Asia-Europe Meeting
9. World Trade Organization (WTO)

1. Finnish Capital: Helsinki
2. Official Language of Finland: Finnish and Swedish
3. Finnish Area: 338,145 km²
4. Finnish Population: 5.5 million people (the second country of the EU in relation to population density)
5. Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
6. Borders of Finland: Norway, Sweden and Russia.
   1. Estonia by sea
7. Finland was part of Sweden until 1809

Main religion in Finland: Lutheran Protestantism (Christianity).

Finland belongs to the European Economic Area.

Economy of Finland.

1. The Republic of Finland has one of the highest welfare states in the world
2. Finland is a highly industrialized Economy
3. The main Finnish economic sectors are wood industry, engineering, telecommunications, metals and metal products, electronics, machinery and scientific instruments, shipbuilding, paper, foods, chemical products, textiles, clothing
4. Finland has virtually no mineral resources
5. Finland is one of the less corrupt countries in the world
6. Currency of Finland: Euro
7. Finland is a member of the EU since 1995
8. Microsoft Mobile acquired the Finnish company Nokia in 2014

Finnish Foreign Trade.

1. Main Finnish Exports are paper, machinery and electrical equipment
2. Top Finnish exports destinations are Germany, Sweden and the UK
3. Main Finnish imports: consumer goods and raw materials
4. Top Finnish suppliers: Germany, Sweden and Russia
5. As a member of the EU, Finland is beneficiary of the EU trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, Mexico, MERCOSUR, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia etc