A.P. is a key State for Netherlands for investments, says Ambassador

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Marisa Gerards, Ambassador of the Netherlands, interacting with The Hindu successful  Visakhapatnam.

Marisa Gerards, Ambassador of the Netherlands, interacting with The Hindu successful Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

The economical maturation trajectory of the State of Andhra Pradesh is connected the emergence and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is superior connected the conception of ‘speed of doing business’, which provides america a cleanable level for investing and doing concern successful the State, said Marisa Gerards, ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

She was successful Visakhapatnam precocious with a delegation from the embassy and concern leaders. In an enactment with The Hindu, she said determination are a fig of sectors and areas, wherever Netherlands whitethorn cooperate and enactment unneurotic with A.P.

‘’A.P. has been connected our database for a agelong clip and it is an important State for us. The imaginativeness of the CM of having an integrated logistic web matches our vision,’‘ she added.

According to her, A.P. with its agelong coastline provides a batch of opportunities for the larboard and shipping industry.

“As an illustration to this, recently, APM Terminals has signed an statement with the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board (APMB) to make 3 large ports successful Andhra Pradesh — Ramayapatnam, Machilipatnam, and Mulapeta. The institution volition put astir ₹9,000 crore to found modern terminals and precocious cargo-handling systems astatine these ports, aiming to marque Andhra Pradesh a large maritime commercialized and logistics hub for India,” she said.

Other areas of interest

This isolated we tin look into different allied sectors specified arsenic shipbuilding, larboard design, and repairs, said Ms. Marisa.

The different areas that we tin look into are agriculture, innovation technology, greenish hydrogen, wellness care, aesculapian technology, acquisition and pharmaceuticals, she said.

“We tin besides enactment unneurotic connected issues specified arsenic clime change, discarded and h2o management,” added Ms. Marisa.

The ambassador besides spoke astir collaborating successful cardinal exertion areas, and semiconductors was 1 country wherever concern tin beryllium looked into, successful a large way.

“Not lone A.P., the Netherlands is looking to spouse with India besides successful the semiconductor sector,” she said.

According to her, nutrient processing and nutrient chain, dairy products and shrimp are the areas wherever the Netherlands is looking guardant to collaborating with A.P.

“We already person an NGO from the Netherlands moving successful A.P. and Telangana with the farmers. About 33,000 farmers are moving with this NGO connected regenerative agriculture,” she informed.

According to the ambassador, this is conscionable the opening and Indo-Dutch concern volition spell a agelong way.

Published - September 25, 2025 07:13 p.m. IST

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