CROATIAN AND BULGARIAN BUSINESSMEN MEET TO DISCUSS COOPERATION

ZAGREB, Jan 18 (Hina) - Croatian and Bulgarian businessmen and bankers met in the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) in Zagreb on Thursday to discuss cooperation between the two countries. The director of the HGK's infrastructure department, Zlatan Froelich, described current economic cooperation between Croatia and Bulgaria as insufficient, especially for Croatia. Froelich said that last year's import from Bulgaria reached USD 20 million while export to this country reached only USD 5 million. He added that the two countries traded in food, chemical, electronic and wood products. Kirl Velev, economic adviser to the Bulgarian president, said that Bulgaria mostly exported raw materials and imported finished products. Bulgarian businessmen stressed great possibilities of cooperation in the building industry. (hina) vm mm 181744 MET jan 96