エストニア経済ニュース
2014年3月8日～2014年4月4日のエストニア経済ニュース
●日・エストニア首脳会談：サイバーセキュリティ等の協力で一致
Japan will participate in work of NATO Collective Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn. Japan will also engage in bilateral cooperation with Estonia in cyber defence and wishes to join the Freedom Online Coalition, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said to Estonian President in Tokyo.
(Postimees, page 4, March 8, 2014)
●元把瑠都関，観光ビジネスへ
Baruto will launch a tourism business in Estonia. A tourism company Barto Tours, where the former sumo wrestler is one of the owners, will bring Japanese fans to Estonia to see his wedding and the song festival. Their plan is to bring about 500 Japanese tourists to Estonia. Company’s first step was to make a film linked to Baruto’s home that aired on FujiTV. A short version of the film will be displayed on JAL flights.
(Äripäev, pages 4-5, March 10, 2014)
●タリン工科大，三菱自動車，三菱商事等と協力
Tallinn University of Technology: we cooperate with Ericsson and Mitsubishi. Tea Varrak, Vice-Rector for Innovation and Internationalisation, Director for Innovation and Business Centre Mektory, notes that the university has good cooperation with many known industrial companies, starting from local companies like Eesti Energia and Elering, while from private sector they cooperate for instance with Ericsson Estonia, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation.
(Äripäev, page 10, March 10, 2014)
●２０１３年ＧＤＰ成長率：前年比＋０．８％
Economic growth slowed down in 2013. According to Statistics Estonia’s revised figures, the GDP of Estonia in 2013 increased annually 0.8 per cent. In the IV quarter of 2013, the Estonian economy grew 0.3 per cent compared to the IV quarter of 2012. In 2013, the GDP at current prices was € 18.4 billion. The growth of the trade activity contributed significantly to the increase. While in the first three quarters, it occurred due to an increase in the wholesale activity, then in the IV quarter the growth of the value added in retail trade had the biggest impact. In the four quarters of 2013, a decrease in the value added in transportation and storage slowed the economy down the most.
(Äripäev, page 11, March 12, 2014)
●２０１３年経常収支対ＧＤＰ比：－１％
Estonia's current account gap narrowed to 1 per cent of GDP. The Bank of Estonia reported that mainly as a result of a reduction in the outflow of income, the current account deficit of Estonia shrank to 1 per cent measured as a ratio to gross domestic product in 2013 from 1.8 percent in 2012.
(Äripäev, page 11, March 12, 2014)
●経済代表団，日本企業との関係を拡大
Enterprise Estonia reported that Estonian entrepreneurs found good contacts in Japan. The business delegation that accompanied President Toomas Hendrik Ilves established some useful ties in Japan and had meetings e.g. with Bridgestone, Softbank, Future Architect and Mitsubishi Motors.
(Äripäev, page 13, March 12, 2014)
●Telia Sonera社（テレコム），スマートハウス企業に投資
Telia Sonera invested € 2.3 million in Estonia. Telecom firm bought 25 per cent shares in Estonian company Yoga that is a developer and provider of innovative building management systems.
(Postimees page 9, March 13, 2014)
●スカイプは魅力的な就職先
Skype is the most appealing Estonian employer according to CV Centre survey. More than a quarter of Skype’s Estonian unit workers are foreigners. Skype’s employee Javier Aibar Romero says that after receiving his ID-card and bank account, everything went very smoothly and he rented a flat more easily than in Spain. For workers from third countries, like Ukraine or Turkey, the process is more complex.
(Postimees, pages 8-9, March 15, 2014)
●スタートアップ各社に出資３千万ユーロ
Estonian start-ups involved more than € 30 million in 2013. Estonia is one of the most successful countries in regards to collected capital per person, reports E-Estonia export cluster.
(Äripäev, page 11, March 18, 2014)
●GoSwift 社（出国管理システム），フィンランド進出
Estonia’s e-border queue creator won a public bid in Finland. GoSwift won the bid that will now allow its system to be used also on Finland-Russia border in addition to Estonia-Russia border.
(Äripäev, page 3, March 20, 2014)
●２０１３年タリン空港利用者：１９６万人
Tallinn Airport reached a record turnover of € 40.4 million that gave € 5 million in profit. In 2013 its turnover increased annually by a quarter and profit by € 300,000. Tallinn Airport was used by 1.96 million passengers who were served by 13 airlines.
(Äripäev, page 7, March 20, 2014)
●労働コスト急上昇
EU’s quickest growth in labour costs was in Estonia. In the IV quarter of 2013, Estonia’s labour expenses increased by 7.2 per cent, which was the biggest increase, followed by Latvia and Lithuania.
(Äripäev, page 9, March 21, 2014)
●ナチュラル・コスメが流行
Natural cosmetics are a growing trend in Estonia. In addition to most known brands like Ingli Pai and JOIK, Estonia has many other natural cosmetic producers due to the rising demand. JOIK is already an established brand that exports also to Japan. Marketing manager Kadri Mäesalu said that Estonians and Japanese have different scent preferences, e.g. Japanese prefer apricot and jasmine more.
(Postimees, pages 8-9, March 22, 2014)
●政府に対する信頼向上
Turu-uuringute survey shows that people trust more government and Parliament. A recent survey about the trust rating of EU, government, Parliament and Prime Minister shows an increase in trust after a fall since second half of 2011 and the lowest point at the end of 2012. The Rescue Board has the biggest trust rating with 96 per cent of population either completely or rather trusted the institution.
(Eesti Päevaleht, page 4, March 22, 2014)
●Transferwise 社（電子海外送金），英国で表彰
Estonian company Transferwise received the Boldness in Business award. The award is given out by the UK economic newspaper Financial Times and steel producer Arcelor Mittal. Among others Apple and Google have received the award in the past.
(Eesti Päevaleht, page 16, March 25, 2014)
●不動産投資
Estonians prefer to invest in real estate. A survey by Swedbank concludes that people in Estonia believe real estate investments to be safer than placing money in stocks as nearly 50 per cent of people questioned said real estate was the most profitable way to invest. This is linked to country’s past.
(Postimees, page 9, March 26, 2014)
●国内初のクラウドサービス
Estonia’s first cloud service is offered by Zone Cloud. While the service is offered for a fee, its advantage is that people know where their documents are stored.
(Eesti Päevaleht, pages 18-19, March 26, 2014)
●企業賃金ランキング
Overview of companies that have highest pay in Estonia. The highest average monthly wage is paid by Eesti Telekom with € 10,375, followed by MCB Finance with € 9807, Modirum MdPay with €7909 and Enefit Outotec Technology with € 5789. Among top leaders, the highest pay was paid to Vladimir Volohhonski from DBT until his death in May 2013 with € 64,049, followed by Oleg Ossinovski and Siarhei Psiola in Spacecom with € 51,347. These figures are based on 2012 monthly gross wage.
(Äripäev, pages 4-5, March 26, 2014)
●燃料電池メーカー，日本へ輸出
A new trend in energy equipment production - environmental friendly fuel elements. One of such companies, Elcogen, plans to expand to Ülemiste City and increase its production by tenfold in order to meet the increasing demand. Elcogen’s main clients are in Japan and recently sales were launched also to China, but clients are also in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and France. Another such company Ensto Ensek also plans investments and expects increase in sales from outside the EU.
(Äripäev, pages 6-7, March 31, 2014)
●Elering社（国営送電会社），３０％増益
Transmission operator Elering’s business profit increased annually almost 30 per cent in 2013. Elering’s net profit increased 28.6 per cent to € 49 million greatly thanks to decreasing company’s financial costs. Company’s revenue in 2013 was € 134.4 million. Firm’s average wage was € 1892.
(Äripäev, page 11, March 31, 2014)
●闇賃金率：５％
Eurobarometer survey shows that 5 per cent of Estonians get pay in envelope. In Latvia the relevant percentage is 11 per cent and in Lithuania 6 per cent. EU average is 3 per cent.
(Eesti Päevaleht, page 18, April 1, 2014)
●ＰＩＳＡ問題解決能力調査：エストニアは世界で１２位（欧州１位）
Estonian students show strong overall performance. The recent PISA problem solving survey puts Estonian 15 year olds among the best in Europe and 12th in the overall ranking. The survey concludes that while the average level of Estonian students is very good, more attention should be paid to talented individuals as the relative importance of top performers equalled the OECD average. "The freer the school environment and the stronger the relationship between students and teachers, the better the results," said education minister Jevgeni Ossinovski. The test revealed differences between Estonian and Russian language schools with the lowest problem solving skills being especially among girls in Russian schools. In general Russian language schools students’ had 49 points lower result.
(Postimees, page 3, April 2, 2014)
●バルト地域最大の食費増加
Food price increase is the biggest in Estonia among the Baltics. A Swedbank study about household costs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania showed that 4-member family expenditure on food has annually increased the most in Estonia with 4.3 per cent. In Latvia it was 4.1 and in Lithuania 3.2 per cent. However, among Baltic capitals, people in Tallinn spent the smallest proportion of salary on food.
(Postimees, page 4, April 3, 2014)
●不動産価格，過去５年間で倍増
Price of one square meter of Tallinn real estate has doubled in the past five years. While in July 2009 the square meter price was € 701, in March it was already € 1433, i.e. 104 per cent increase.
(Postimees, page 9, April 3, 2014)
●ＩＴでの成功を工学分野でも
Estonia plans a Tiger Leap vol.2. As Estonia lacks engineers, state aims to increase the popularity of sciences in a way that 60 per cent of high school graduates would continue with engineering studies. The plan is to repeat IT-success story also in engineering and technology fields. Former CEO of Skype Estonia Tiit Paananen says early contact with computer sciences helps raise interest. In addition to influencing students, Technology leap promotes life-long learning among adults. Paananen believes that 40-year-olds could easily learn how to become analysts or testers.
(Eesti Päevaleht, pages 2-3, April 3, 2014)
●月収当たりの義務的経費の割合：バルト三国の首都でタリンが最低
Comparison of three Baltic capitals shows that Tallinners spend less on obligatory costs than people in Riga or Vilnius. Swedbank survey shows that people in Tallinn spend 29 per cent of their salary on obligatory costs. One reason for this is that public transport is free of charge. 4-member family obligatory costs in Riga are 587 €/month, in Tallinn and Vilnius 520 €/month. In Tallinn average family net income is about 1785 €/month, which is € 600 more than in Vilnius and € 538 more than in Riga. In regards to household costs, Tallinn is most expensive among three capitals.
(Äripäev, page 10, April 3, 2014)
●モンゴル企業，エストニアのオイルシェール産業を視察
Eesti Energia was visited by Mongolian major company Narantuul leaders. The latter got acquainted with Estonian oil shale industry as Mongolia has great oil shale reserves.
(Äripäev, page 13, April 3, 2014)
●食品企業，トヨタのハイブリッド車を導入
Estonian food production companies Kalev and Põltsamaa Felix made a major deal and bought 51 new Toyota Yaris and Auris hybrid cars.
(Äripäev, page 28, April 4, 2014)