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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. Saint Petersburg Population – 4 .6 million p. Human resources – 3 million p.
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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
Saint Petersburg • Population – 4.6 million p. • Human resources –3 million p. • Territory – 1439 km² • Area of industrial zones is 240 km² Russia
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”
Major Infrastructure Projects Underway in St. Petersburg «Orlovsky Tunnel» Project timeline: 2005–2010 «Sea Passenger Terminal»Project timeline: 2004-2009 «Elevated Express Railway» Project timeline:2005–2010 «Western Meridian Speedway» Project timeline:2005–2011
Culture The historical centre of St. Petersburg is included by UNESCO in the List of the world heritage.
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”
Special Economic Zone in St. Petersburg «Novo-Orlovskoe» St. Petersburg «Neudorf»
Main Investment Projects in Industry Nissan Pepsi-Cola Baltika Sea port BAT Wrigley JTI General Motors Suzuki Bosch-Siemens Severstal Toyota Elcoteq Coca-Cola
Toyota Car Factory Project timeline: 2005 – 2007 Investment:USD 150 million
General Motors Car Factory Investment:USD 300 million Project timeline: 2006 - 2008
Nissan Car Factory Project timeline:2006–2008 Investment:USD 200 million
Suzuki Car Factory Investment:USD 115 million Project timeline: 2007–2009
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
Investment in 2000 – 2006 Total volume foreign investment
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 & Poor’s rating agency) and Ba2 (from Moody’s rating agency) Tourist center of the North-Western Europe Russian-highest concentration of technical and engineering universities Why St. Petersburg? • 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)
Welcome to Saint-Petersburg Fiveysky Sergey The first deputy of the chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade Tel.: +7 (812) 570 37 47 16, Voznesenskiy Av., Fax: +7 (812) 314 41 66 St. Petersburg, s.fiveysky@cedipt.spb.ru190000 Russia www.cedipt.spb.ru