OREANDA-NEWS. March 18, 2014. As is it is reported in the Ministry of economy, according to the report of the special economic zone in 2013, presented during the working visit of the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of economy Valeriu Lazar in Ungheni, the volume of investment and net sales of industrial products was provided by FEZ "Ungheni-business", which took the 1st place among other areas.

These results were presented during the meeting of the Minister of economy with the city dwellers, residents of the regional leaders and representatives of the local administration of customs. Valeriu Lazar discussed with businessmen the possibilities of trade liberalization with the EU, an agreement on establishing a deep and comprehensive free trade zone between the EU and Moldova, Free trade Agreement with Turkey.

The Minister also spoke about the European model of business that demands clear rules of doing business, competitiveness and export orientation. During the meeting such issues as trade after signing the agreement with the EU, the internal measures of protection of domestic market, business support, financing programs were discussed. Valeriu Lazar told about the decisions included in the Road map for competitiveness and specific programs such as the world Bank's "Improving the competitiveness II” (RAS II).

The project with total cost of USD495,5 thousand funded from the multilateral trust Fund to strengthen the economic potential in the countries of Europe and Central Asia. The PAC II aims to increase the competitiveness of domestic enterprises, especially small and medium sized enterprises by facilitating access to medium - and long-term finance to new markets, as well as through improving the business environment.