… A CITY OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS … ONE OF THE MOST VISITED CITIES IN EUROPE: OVER 7 MLN. TOURISTS ANNUALLY … 2nd LARGEST IN EUROPE BY CITY AREA, 4th LARGEST BY POPULATION … A CONNECTION HUB BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE … THE LARGEST SEA PORT IN RUSSIA
High education potential, qualified labor 1 Growing industrial potential 2 Developed innovation infrastructure 3 Positive experience of foreign investors 4
4 SAINT PETERSBURG GRP CITY’S TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN 2013 Saint Petersburg foreign trade turnover $ bln
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: 2.95 mln. people – economically active population (January-August 2013). unemployment rate of 0.4% is one of the lowest in the world.
IT-CLUSTER AUTOMOBILE POWER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTHCARESHIPBUILDING RADIO ELECTRONICS
more then 1 bn $ Total investments: Up to 400 tsd. Annual car production: 60-70% Annual production growth: > then 8000 employee Labor resources: car components manufacturers Cluster demands:
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:
Over 20,000 employees. Over 300,000 MW of installed capacity in 57 countries. The fourth place in the world by the volume of equipment installed. The largest design and engineering centre in the field of power plant engineering in Russia. Power machines
DEVELOPED INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE 10 scientific and educational potencial Developed industrial sector Management system Technological infrastructure Financial infrastructure High demand for innovations
KEY ELEMENT OF THE SAINT PETERSBURG IT CLUSTER 750 mln. euro Total investments into the project 68% Private investments >200 Planned residents sq.m Total area of buildings End of construction works
Priority spheres: ICT Pharmaceuticals Energy Instrumentation ICT Pharmaceuticals Energy Instrumentation Tax benefits profits tax, VAT, property tax, etc.profits tax, VAT, property tax, etc. Preferential rent rates Infra structure Full land engineeringFull land engineering Free customs zone Possibility to buy-out the land plot Neudorf Novoorlovskaya SEZ benefits and advantages Total area: ha Number of residents: 32 Investments by residents in 2013: $67.2 mln
Law of St. Petersburg № «On tax benefits»
TOTAL ANNUAL INVESTMENTS KEY FOREIGN INVESTORS $ bn. $ mln.
Agency provides free services for industrial investors: Selection of an appropriate land plot within industrial zones of Saint Petersburg. Providing all the necessary information on the land plot. Support in preparation of the necessary documentation for state auctioning regarding the selected land plot. Solving organizational issues on project design and construction stages. Attraction of investors into industrial zones of Saint Petersburg. Information support of investors planning to realize projects within industrial zones of Saint Petersburg. Over 8 years of successful work with Russian and foreign investors.
industrial zones cover over 13.6 per cent of the total city area land plots in city’s property are offered to industrial investors in land plots in city’s property will be offered to industrial investors in Karelia ~ 400 км Moscow ~ 700 км Belarus ~ 527 км Estonia ~ 300 км Finland ~ 200 км
Baltic Pearl China (695) Germany (2120) Finland (1163) Great Britain (1860) Luxembourg (4959) Netherlands (2475) Cyprus (3301) Key investors in St Petersburg ($ mln)