Romania currently has 73 industrial parks whereas Hungary, which is two and a half times smaller in size, had 220 industrial parks in 2013, said yesterday the deputy premier Costin Borc.

Poland has 210 such parks whereas the Czech Republic has 200, and Slovakia has 85 such facilities, reports local Profit.ro.

Borc said that Constanta, one of the largest cities in Romania and the country’s biggest port, doesn’t have an industrial park, and has lost several investment projects along the years because of this.

The minister said that Romania has a worse situation compared to the neighbouring countries in attracting foreign investments although it needs massive investments in order to develop. He also pointed out that Romania is also confronted with a workforce shortage and that the authorities must find solutions to solve that.

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