SaintPetersburg the City of Growing Economy

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Saint-Petersburg
The City of Growing Economy
The Government of Saint-Petersburg Fiveysky
Sergey The first deputy of the chairman of the
Committee for Economic Development, Industrial
Policy and Trade
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• Saint Petersburg
• Population 4.6 million p.
• Human resources 3 million p.
• Territory 1439 km²
• Area of industrial zones is 240 km²

Russia
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Investor Appeal

• In November 2006 Saint-Petersburg was awarded
  first places in the following nominations upon
  appraisal of the Russian-biggest independent
  rating agency Expert RA
• For Minimal Investment Risk in 2005/06
• For High Effectiveness of Regional
  Administration

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St. Petersburgs Gross Regional Product
bln.USD
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Socioeconomic Indicators in 1st half of the year
2007
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St. Petersburgs Industry
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Transport Logistics

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Major Infrastructure Projects Underway in
St. Petersburg
Orlovsky Tunnel Project timeline 20052010
Sea Passenger Terminal Project timeline
2004-2009
Elevated Express Railway Project
timeline20052010
Western Meridian Speedway Project
timeline20052011
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Culture
The historical centre of St. Petersburg is
included by UNESCO in the List of the world
heritage.
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Technological Innovation Centers in
St. Petersburg
Center of the Regional Fund for Scientific and
Technical Development of Saint-Petersburg
CJSC Innovations of Leningrad Institutes and
Enterprises
Fund TVN
GOI (State Optical Institute) named after
S.I.Vavilov
City Coordination Center
New Materials and Technologies
Technopark of LTA
High Technologies in Medicine
Aerokosmicheskiy
Baltiyskiy
Artes
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Special Economic Zone in St. Petersburg
Novo-Orlovskoe
St. Petersburg
Neudorf
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Main Investment Projects in Industry

Nissan
Pepsi-Cola
Baltika
Sea port
BAT
Wrigley
JTI
General Motors
Suzuki
Bosch-Siemens
Severstal
Toyota
Elcoteq
Coca-Cola
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Toyota Car Factory
Project timeline 2005 2007
InvestmentUSD 150 million
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General Motors Car Factory
InvestmentUSD 300 million
Project timeline 2006 - 2008
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Nissan Car Factory
Project timeline20062008
InvestmentUSD 200 million
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Suzuki Car Factory
InvestmentUSD 115 million
Project timeline 20072009
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Saint-Petersburg Government Incentives for
Investments in the City

• Guarantees of the City Administration
• Saint-Petersburg makes investments in territory
  infrastructure pre-development
• Tax incentives for the investors
• Individual maintenance of investment projects
• Special regimen for businesses in special
  economic areas

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Investment in 2000 2006

Total volume foreign investment
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Why St. Petersburg?

• Political and Economical Stability, City of
  Growing Economy
• Potential sales market is 10 mln. people of the
  North-Western region
• High investment ratings the city scored a BBB-
  rating (from Standard Poors rating agency) and
  Ba2 (from Moodys rating agency)
• Tourist center of the North-Western Europe
• Russian-highest concentration of technical and
  engineering universities

• Geographic location located in European part of
  Russia, has sea port, railroad connection to all
  Russia, developed road network
• Developed industrial center
• Possesses developed information and
  communication infrastructure
• Offers different types of governmental support
  of investment activities (guarantees, tax
  incentives)

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Welcome to Saint-Petersburg
Fiveysky Sergey The first deputy of the chairman
of the Committee for Economic Development,
Industrial Policy and Trade
Tel. [phone]
16, Voznesenskiy Av., Fax [phone]
66 St. Petersburg,
s.fiveysky_at_cedipt.spb.ru190000 Russia
www.cedipt.spb.ru