Export & investment potential of st. petersburg GOVERNMENT OF SAINT-PETERSBURG Committee for Industrial policy and innovations

ST PETERSBURG GEOGRAPHIC POSITION Finland ~ 200 км Karelia ~ 400 км Estonia ~ 300 км Moscow ~ 700 км Belarus ~ 527 км

HIGHLY QUALIFIED LABOR EDUCATION POTENTIAL: 82 universities. each 10th citizen is a student. over 90 tsd. graduates annually. 13 Nobel laureates live in Saint Petersburg. over 40% of city’s population are highly educated LABOR POTENTIAL: 2.9 mln. people – economically active population (January-July 2016).

DEVELOPED INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE Technological infrastructure Financial infrastructure Developed industrial sector High demand for innovations Scientific and educational potential Management system

LEADING INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AUTOMOBILE PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTHCARE SHIPBUILDING POWER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IT RADIO ELECTRONICS

United Shipbuilding Corporation SHIPBUILDING CLUSTER 43 shipbuilding companies with over 50 000 experts Shipbuilding cluster produces 50% of all defense industry output in Saint-Petersburg United Shipbuilding Corporation Northern Shipyards Baltic Shipyards Admiralty Shipyards

PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTHCARE including 100 production companies. 150 companies over $1 bln. Total investments St.Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical academy, St.Petersburg State Medical university, St.Petersburg State Medical academy, 5 research institutions. Labor resources R&D suppliers, new GMP pharmaceuticals producers. Cluster demands:

POWER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Over 300,000 MW of installed capacity in 57 countries. The fourth place in the world by the volume of equipment installed. Power machines The largest design and engineering centre in the field of power plant engineering in Russia. JSC “REP Holding” ZVEZDA-ENERGETIKA

Peterburgsky Traktorny Zavod The plant’s products are modern technologies aimed at agricultural producers, mining companies, construction and public utility companies. Founded in 1924 - modern reliable machinery - a system of client financing - servicing and warranty maintenance

Export OPPORTUNITIES Key industries: over 1 billion dollars - volume of export from St. Petersburg in mechanical engineering in 2015 Key industries: production of vehicles and equipment manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco manufacture of machinery and equipment metallurgical production and production of finished metal products

Investments by residents in 2016 (6 months): Preferential rent rates SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE Priority spheres: Total area: 129.4 ha Number of residents: 43 Investments by residents in 2016 (6 months): $ 42,7 mln ICT Pharmaceuticals Energy Instrumentation Tax benefits profits tax, VAT, property tax, etc. Preferential rent rates Infra structure Full land engineering Free customs zone Possibility to buy-out the land plot Novoorlovskaya Neudorf SEZ benefits and advantages

TAX BENEFITS FOR INVESTORS Profits tax = 13,5 % Property tax = 0 Investments over 50 mln rubles in high-tech products Investments more than 800 mln rubles Law of St. Petersburg № 81-11 «On tax benefits»

PERSPECTIVE INDUSTRIAL ZONES More than 60 industrial zones industrial zones cover over 13.6 per cent of the total city area Direction for support of industrial projects

CENTER FOR IMPORT SUBSTITUTION AND LOCALIZATION Center is a unique platform for communication and agreements among key players in city economy SHORT LIST OF THE RESULTS IN 2016 (6 month) Agreements OVER 150 Industrial exposition of St Petersburg leading manufacturers OVER 750 COMPANIES Business events on key topics in wide range of spheres (tourism, industry, innovations etc.) OVER 650 EVENTS IN 2015-2016

COMPANIES LOCATED IN ST.PETERSBURG

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