According to a survey published Thursday May 11 by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), 41 % of companies envisage to invest abroad in 2006, that is to say 1 % more than in 2005. The main zone concerned is Eastern Europe. (Réf. 06469)
This evolution would mainly be due to the expansion of world trade. Another stated argument is the need for 31 % of companies to lower their production costs “It is an alarming figure“, said yesterday the chief economist of the DIHK, Axel Nitschke. Indeed, many German companies give up investing in Germany because of the high labor costs and a legislation described as “too rigid“. 39 % of companies which invest abroad claim that they could carry out the same projects in Germany if the framewor
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