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

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

3. 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).

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

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

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

7. 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:

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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 (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

12. 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 № «On tax benefits»

13. 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

14. 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

15. COMPANIES LOCATED IN ST.PETERSBURG

16. Welcome to St Petersburg!