CONTENTS

•The eighth wonder of the world

•Saint Petersburg culture in figures

•Saint Petersburg intellectual potential

•Saint Petersburg's social and economic situation

•Saint Petersburg, a transport and logistics centre

•Saint Petersburg's foreign economic activity

•Foreign investment in Saint Petersburg

•Priority economic development areas in Saint Petersburg

SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD

Saint Petersburg, Russia’s economic gates, a multi-purpose centre with a diversified economy

Saint Petersburg

• scientific, cultural, industrial, and transport centre

• Russia's second city after Moscow

• the centre of North West Russia

• the only Russian city bordering the EU

• the fourth most populous and second largest city by area in Europe

• the highest quality of life in Russia

• Population — 5 027.7 million, economically active population — 2.6 million

• Area of the city — 1,439 km2

• Average temperature: July +25ºC, January –5ºC

SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD: DISTANCE

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Moscow

TokyoDüsseldorf

London

New York 7594 km

651 km

2070 km

10 400 km 1761 km

SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAPOF THE WORLD : DISTANCE

САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ НА КАРТЕ МИРА

Saint Petersburg is:• a centre of global culture and art;

• a leading Russian scientific and educational centre;

• one of the largest tourist centres in Europe;

• a city with a stable macroeconomic situation;

• a centre of state-of-the-art innovative production;

• a centre for attracting qualified workers;

• the largest Russian port;

• the leader in introducing and implementing advanced mechanisms for stimulating investment in Russia.

SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD

SAINT PETERSBURG, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

Saint Petersburg is the major centre of world and Russian culture. It has almost 10% of all state protected monuments in Russia.

Saint Petersburg's historical centre is a UNESCO world heritage site. The city is the eighth most popular and attractive city in the world (according to UNESCO data).

SAINT PETERSBURG, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

SAINT PETERSBURG CULTURE IN FIGURES

SAINT PETERSBURG CULTURE IN FIGURES

• State protected cultural heritage objects — 8,464

• Museums — 194

• Theatres — 73

• Libraries — 1,100

• Concert halls — 25

Events 2010 2011 2012

Exhibitions — 890 956 962

— modern art 610 649 652

— from museum collections 280 307 310

Premieres 127 121 123

Festivals 272 282 296

Cultural events in Saint Petersburg for 2010-2012

• Cultural centres — 53

• Schools — 70

• Cinemas — 58

• Parks — 4

• Zoo — 1

SAINT PETERSBURG, THEATRE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

SAINT PETERSBURG, THEATRE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

Saint Petersburg theatres:

•Mariinsky Theatre;

•Mikhailovsky Theatre;

•Hermitage Theatre;

•Alexandrinsky Theatre, etc.

CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: MUSEUMS

CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: MUSEUMS

Saint Petersburg museums:•The Russian Museum;

•The Hermitage;

•The Russian Ethnographic Museum;

•The Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps;

•Museum-monument Saint Isaac's Cathedral, etc.

CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: LIBRARIES

CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: LIBRARIES

Saint Petersburg libraries:•The Russian National Library;

•The Mayakovsky Central Public Library;

•The Pushkin Central City Children's Library;

•The Academy of Sciences Library;

•The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

SAINT PETERSBURG, TOURISM CENTRE

Every year millions of tourists visit Saint Petersburg (6 million visitors in 2012).

The city is one of the ten most popular cities in Europe.

Hotel sector:International operators: Kempinski, Corinthia, ACCOR, Rezidor SAS, Sokos Hotel, Marriott, etc.

•687 hotels (including mini hotels and hostels)

•33 637 rooms

Tourists who arrive by ferry can spend 72 hours in the city without a visa

SAINT PETERSBURG, A CENTRE FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND DECISION MAKING

Based here are:

•the Russian constitutional court, representatives from federal ministries and departments;

•more than 60 foreign consulates and 3 international organization offices;

•offices of more than 20 Russian subjects;

•branches of international cultural institutes, countries, cities, trade and industry chambers and foreign business centres;

•offices of major Russian companies and branches of international corporations.

Saint Petersburg is accumulating a number of important functions

SAINT PETERSBURG, A MAJOR CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION CENTRE

Saint Petersburg regularly holds major international events, such as:

•The G8 summit;

•The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum;

•The Saint Petersburg International Innovation Forum;

•The Saint Petersburg Technology Fair

•NEVA, the international exhibition and conference on shipbuilding, shipping, port activity and ocean and continental shelf development;

•International investment forum Pro Estate;

•International car exhibition Auto+ Automechanika;

•International tourism exhibition INWETEX.

SAINT PETERSBURG SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL

Saint Petersburg is the centre of academic, industry and higher education science.Over 165 thousand scientists work in the city

9000

26000

Doctors of science Candidates of science

HIGHER EDUCATION, THE PRIDE OF SAINT PETERSBURG

Universities:96 universities:

•47 state universities;

•5 branches of state universities;

•44 private universities;

•495.6 thousand students, including more than 13 thousand foreign students;

•29.5 thousand teachers, including 9 thousand doctors of science and 26 thousand candidates of science.

SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN SAINT PETERSBURG

Secondary vocational education institutions in Saint Petersburg:•53 state secondary vocational education institutions;

•26 state institutions;

•5 private institutions;

•63.2 thousand students;

•4.6 thousand teachers, including 5 doctors of science and 192 candidates of science.

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Saint Petersburg's education system: Nursery's and pre-school centres — 1,027

General education schools, including specialised — 697

Supplementary children's education institutions — 56

Children's homes — 22

Basic vocational education institutions — 37

Secondary vocational education institutions — 12

•66 thousand teachers;

•There are 355.7 thousand pupils in schools and specialized high schools;

•177 thousand children go to nurseries.

THE NORTHERN CAPITAL'S SPORTING GLORY

In March 1911 the Russian Olympic Committee was founded in Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg has provided 118 Olympic champions who have won 139 gold medals.

Saint Petersburg sports men and women won 1,547 medals at official international and Russian competitions in 2012 (12 Olympic medals, 9 Paralympic medals and 18 medals at the World Championships).

Today, there are 64 competitors fighting for the right to join the Russian team for the XXII Summer Olympic Games and Paralympics 2014 in Sochi, Russian Federation.

POPULAR SPORT IN SAINT PETERSBURG

Sport facilities:17 stadiums with 1,500 seats and above

Sports fields — 2,270

Sports halls — 1,573

Sports palaces — 11

Covered sports facilities with artificial ice — 17

Cycle track— 1

Swimming pools — 94

Ski bases — 20

Facilities for shooting sports — 60

Rowing facilities and canals — 12

Adapted, non standard sporting facilities — 1,556

Every year over 100 international and Russian sporting events are held in Saint Petersburg.854 thousand people regularly do sports.

MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Major economic indicators 2012

Business turnover, RUR 7.193 billion including:

•manufacturing activity — RUR 2490.38 billion;

•investment in fixed assets — RUR 351.9 billion;

•retail trade turnover — RUR 843.9 billion;

•catering trade turnover  — RUR 55.7 billion;

•volume of construction type works — RUR 345.6 billion;

•completed housing,  — 2576.5 thousand sq. meters;

•freight turnover (large and medium sized transport organizations), billion ton-km — 411.9;

SAINT PETERSBURG'S BUDGET FOR 2013–2015

The main budget priorities for 2013:• social and cultural sphere;

• housing maintenance and utilities;

• national economy;

• nationwide issues;

• national security and law enforcement.

Saint Petersburg's budget for 2013-2015 (RUR, billion)

2013 2014 2015

385.9413.3

445.5

411435.3

464.5

-25.1 -22 -19

RevenueExpensesDeficit

SAINT PETERSBURG GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT

Gross regional product of Saint Petersburg in 2012 was RUR 2 137.9 billion .

GRP per capita in 2012 was RUR 434.78

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

970,3

1413, 6

1497,3 1512,81673.7

1917.4

2137.9

GRP growth for 2006-2012 (RUR, billion)

16%

24%

15%

9%

6%

16%

14%

Wholesale and retail trade, car and motorbike repairs, household goods and personal use items

Manufacturing

Real estate, rental operations and services

Transport and communication

Construction

State management and control of military security, obliga-tory social services

Other

Sectors

SAINT PETERSBURG GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT

SAINT PETERSBURG'S INDUSTRY

More than 700 large and medium size companies, including leading Russian companies

Key manufacturing sectors:

• power machine building;

• shipbuilding;

• aviation, space and radio electronic manufacturing;

• food industry, including drinks and tobacco;

• machine, equipment and vehicle production;

• electrical equipment, electronics and optics.

THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN SAINT PETERSBURG'S INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

• Admiralty Shipyards JSC;

• Baltiysky Zavod JSC;

• Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Plant JSC;

• Branch of Power Machines JSC Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod in Saint Petersburg;

• Branch of Power Machines JSC Electrosila in Saint Petersburg;

• Sevcable JSC;

• Electropult Plant JSC;

• Kirovsky Zavod JSC;

• MZ Arsenal JSC;

• Izhorskiye Zavody JSC;

• HC Leninets JSC;

• Svetlana JSC;

• Khlebny Dom JSC;

• British American Tobacco SPB CJSC;

• Krupskaya Confectionary Plant CJSC

• Baltika Brewery JSC;

• Branch of Heineken, Incorporated Breweries Heineken LLC;

• Rubezh Group;

• Kirov Leningradsky Bread-Baking Complex JSC;

• Karavay JSC;

• Petro CJSC.

SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS SAINT PETERSBURG

• 16.9 thousand small and medium enterprises;

• ~345.3 thousand jobs created;

• 10 thousand small and medium sized businesses have received support;

• 16 specialised small business support programs;

• House of Entrepreneurs

Small enterprises and start ups play a major role in implementing innovations

INVESTMENT IN FIXED ASSETS

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

350,3

393,7

193.7

381,3

372.6

334.1

375

293.6

342.4

Investment growth in fixed assets, 2007-2012 (RUR, billion)

Investment in fixed assets last year approached pre-crisis economic levels.

SAINT PETERSBURG INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE

The city has:

•a regional venture fund for investment in small enterprises in the research and development sphere in Saint Petersburg;

•12 innovation and technology centres;

•22 collective use centres;

•4 business incubators;

•Innovation information and consultation centre.

Projects being implemented in the city:

• high-tech science park;

• science city;

• Saint Petersburg special technical and innovation economic zones.

SAINT PETERSBURG'S TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS COMPLEX

Saint Petersburg transport and logistics complex includes:

•12 railway lines;

•15 highways;

•sea and river ports;

•1 airport;

•5 train stations.Three transport corridors cross Saint Petersburg:

• North-South;

• Transsib;

• Pan-European corridor No. 9.

SAINT PETERSBURG, SEA CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

Big Port Saint Petersburg:•a key role in providing international sea transport;

•third largest Russian port for freight turnover;

•the largest Russian port for transshipping dry, container and refrigerated freight;

•the port's freight turnover in 2012 was 53 733.1 tons;

•an icebreaker is used for piloting vessels during winter navigation;

•about 30 stevedore companies;

•the furthest north port (which freezes), with container turnover over 1.9 million. TEUs;

•added value volume — 4.2% of GRP;

•Saint Petersburg passenger port;

•an international standard port;

•226 liners in 2012;

•winner of the Best Transit Port of the Year in the annual Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards 2009.

RAILWAY TRANSPORT HUB

Saint Petersburg's railway network: •10 railway lines;

•5 train stations;

•a developed manufacturing base for maintaining the railway.

Volume of freight carried in 2012 —114.9 million tons.

Passenger volume for 2012:

•long distance — 22.3 million people;

•local — 110.6 million people.

CITY GATEWAY

In 2012 a large scale project was begun on modernizing Pulkovo airport complex and the development of an interregional airport hub.

By 2020 a light rail system will connect Pulkovo airport with the centre of Saint Petersburg.

Pulkovo airport passenger traffic (million people)

CITY GATEWAY

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

4,7 5,16,1

7.1 6,3

8,4

9.6

11.1

Pulkovo airport passenger traffic (million people)

SAINT PETERSBURG COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

In Saint Petersburg there are:

•2 million 849 thousand land line phones;

•16 million mobile phones;

•2.9 million internet users.

The internet in Saint Petersburg:

•685 public internet access places;

•3,540 computers in public access places;

•98 thousand people use public access services every month;

•84% of families in the region have a home computer.

SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADEIMPORT AND EXPORT GROWTH, BILLION US DOLLARS

Saint Petersburg is the leading region in North West Russia for imports and exports

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

4,9

12,5

17,8

23,613,4

11,8 20.6

10,1

14,2

20,7

25,7

17,8

24,7

35.9

Export Import

Saint Petersburg's foreign trade turnover (US$, million)

SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADE

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

15030

26835

38471

49377

31276

36337

5331156605

SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADE

SAINT PETERSBURG'S EXPORT FEATURES

Saint Petersburg's exports in 2012 were US$ 11.8 billion

SAINT PETERSBURG'S EXPORT FEATURES

16.2%

12.3%

12.9% 9.4%

7.2%

5.2%

5.7%

4.1%

4.5%

4.9% 17.7%

The Netherlands

Finland

Germany

United Kingdom

Czech Republic

Italy

Latvia

Sweden

Spain

Estonia

Other

Leading export partners:

SAINT PETERSBURG'S IMPORT FEATURES

Saint Petersburg's imports in 2012 were US$ 20.6 billion

SAINT PETERSBURG'S IMPORT FEATURES

21.1%

8.8%

4.5% 3.9% 3.8%

6.9%

3.5%

6.4%

3.7%

4.8%

32.6%

China Germany

Finland USA

Italy Japan

Brazil Republic of Korea

France United Kingdom

Other

Leading export partners:

SAINT PETERSBURG'S CREDIT RATING

Rating agencies Saint Petersburg rating from rating agencies

BBB (stable) — foreign and national currency rating, 31.05.2012

Baa1 (stable), 17.05.2011

BBB (stable) — long term national and foreign currency rating, 17.01.2013

1А(high potential — minimal risk), 16.12.2011

SAINT PETERSBURG'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOREIGN CITIES

AustraliaMelbourneAustriaGrazAzerbaijanBakuArab Republic of EgyptAlexandriaArgentina Mar-del-PlataBuenos AiresArmeniaYerevanBelarusMinskBelgiumAntwerpBulgariaPlovdivBrazilRio de JaneiroGreat BritainManchesterEdinburgh (Scotland) VietnamHo Chi MinhHai Phong

HungaryDebrecenGermanyHamburgDresdenGreecePiraeus SalonikaDenmarkAarhusIsraelHaifaIndiaMumbai (Bombay)JordanAqabaIranIsfahanTehranSpainBarcelonaItalyMilanTurinGenoaVenice

KyrgyzstanOshBishkekChinaShanghaiQingdaoBeijingDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaNamp'oRepublic of KoreaDaeguBusanCubaSantiago de CubaHavanaLatviaRigaDaugavpilsLithuaniaVilniusKaunasMexicoGuadalajaraThe NetherlandsRotterdamNorwayOsloStavanger

Palestinian National AuthorityBethlehemPolandGdanskKrakowRomaniaConstanţaSlovakiaKošiceSloveniaMariborUSALos AngelesSaint Petersburg (Florida)SudanKhartoumTajikistanDushanbeThailandBangkokTurkeyIstanbulUkraineSevastopolKievOdessaMykolaivKharkivLvivUruguayMontevideo

FinlandTurkuTampereHelsinkiMikkeliKotka FranceLe HavreBordeauxParisLyonNiceCroatiaZagrebCzech RepublicPragueSwedenGothenburg StockholmSri LankaColomboEstoniaTallinnSouth AfricaCape TownJohannesburgJapanOsaka

SAINT PETERSBURG'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOREIGN REGIONS

BelarusMogilev RegionBulgariaPlovdiv RegionVarna RegionVietnamKhanh Hoa ProvinceGermanySaxony Federal StateItalyLombardy RegionMarche RegionRepublic of KoreaChungcheongbuk-do ProvinceNorwayFinnmark CountySlovakiaKošice RegionNitra Region

UkraineAutonomous Republic of CrimeaDonetsk RegionDnipropetrovsk RegionThe PhilippinesSebu ProvinceFinlandKymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, South Karelia regionsSwitzerlandTicino CantonSwedenNorrbotten, Stockholm, Södermanland, Uppsala, Västmanland and Örebro counties

BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTERS

• Hamburg (Germany)

• Kiev (Ukraine)

• Riga (Latvia)

• Yerevan (Armenia)

• Jyväskylä (Finland)

• Kotka (Finland)

• Astana (Kazakhstan)

• France (Paris)

• Ozimo (Italy)

19 Saint Petersburg business information centers

• Turku (Finland)

• Hämeenlinna (Finland)

• Rakvere (Estonia)

• Kohtla-Järve (Estonia)

• Oslo (Norway)

• Haifa (Israel)

• Vienna (Austria)

• Kharkiv (Ukraine)

• Melbourne (Australia)

• New-York (US)

FOREIGN INVESTMENTIN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY

The volume of foreign investment in Saint Petersburg's economy in 2012

US$ 10 767.5 million

The growth of foreign investment, 2005 - 2012 (US$, billion)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

1417

52556284 5928 5522 5231

6120

10767.5

FOREIGN INVESTMENTIN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY

Investment in January-December 2012, US$, million

2.9%

5.3%

0.5%

34.4%

56.9%

contribution to capital loans from foreign co-owners of portfolio trade credits other loans

FOREIGN INVESTMENTIN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY: BY INDUSTRY

Distribution of foreign investment by economy sector:

8% 12%

1% 3%

3%

73%

Production of food products, drinks, tobacco Production of vehicles and equipment ConstructionWholesale and retail trade, car repairs Real estate transactions Manufacturing

Invested in January-December 2012, million US dollars

CONDITIONS FOR ATTRACTING INVESTORS

•welcoming attitude towards investors;

•balanced public and private interests;

•access to information needed by investors;

•clear and simple investment process;

•mutual responsibility.

State support for investment activities:

•tax benefits;

• property rental subsidies;

• payment deferrals and instalments;

• support for investors from Saint Petersburg's budget.

Saint Petersburg's investment policy principles:

FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROJECTS

•public-private partnership;

•special technical and innovation economic zone.

Key advantages for SEZ residents:

•reduced profit tax rate;

•exemption from property, vehicle and land taxes;

•reduced rate on social insurance contributions;

•exemption from customs duty and VAT;

•no prohibition or limitation (for example, licensing, quota allocation) on bringing foreign goods into the zone, etc.

Other ways of stimulating investment activity:

INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVE SECTORS OF SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY

•research intensive production;

•research and development and technical and innovation activities;

•transport infrastructure;

•housing maintenance and utilities;

•manufacturing industry;

•power industry;

•communications and telecommunications;

•medicine and health care;

•education;

•tourism.

Cluster policy:

THE LARGEST INVESTMENT PROJECTSIN SAINT PETERSBURG TERRITORY AND TRANSPORT

Transport:•Western High-Speed Diameter;

•Pulkovo airport development;

•passenger sea terminal on Vasilievsky Island.

Territory development:• western part of Vasilievsky Island;

• multi-purpose complex Baltic Pearl;

• Apraksin Dvor;

• New Holland Island;

• Moskovskaya-Tovarnaya station zone;

• New Admiralty Island;

• Izhorskiye Zavody industrial zone.

THE LARGEST INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN SAINT PETERSBURG POWER INDUSTRY AND MACHINE

BUILDING

Machine building (sites under construction):•power equipment production plant in the Metallostroi industrial zone;

•stamping components production plant and a metal service centre;

•large diameter pipe production complex, reconstruction of a sheet-rolling shop.

Power and utilities:•construction and maintenance of the south west heat power plant;

•construction of a power equipment production plant in the Izhorskiye Zavody industrial zone.

KEY ECONOMIC CLUSTERS

PharmaceuticalShipbuilding

Power machine building

IT technology

Radiology

Car

Municipal services

CAR CLUSTER

There are five car construction plants operating in Saint Petersburg:

• Toyota (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia LLC);

• General Motors (General Motors Auto LLC);

• Nissan (Nissan Manufacturing RUS LLC);

• Hyundai (Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Russia LLC);

• Scania (Scania-Piter LLC).

CAR CLUSTER — CAR PARTS

Car parts production

• Magna-Technoplast;

• Johnson Controls International;

• Toyota Boshoku;Toyota Tsusho Machinery;

• Eberspächer;

• Vlankas;

• SPAZ Plaza plant;

• Kvadrat SG plant;

• АЕР plant;

• Interkos-IV CJSC.

PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER ON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG

•Development strategy for Russia's pharmaceutical industry to 2020 (October 2009)

•Development concept for the pharmaceutical cluster in Saint Petersburg (April 2010)

•Action plan for implementing the development concept for the pharmaceutical cluster in Saint Petersburg (May 2010)

•Coordination council for developing the pharmaceutical cluster in Saint Petersburg (December 2010)

Key documents:

PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER ON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG

Pharmacluster development plan:

Pushkinskaya industrial zone:

• 400 million roubles investment in infrastructure by 2012;

• Geropharm, Samsom-Med, Neon plants.

Neudorf SEZ:

• research laboratories;

• business incubator and centre for collective equipment use;

• congress centre;

• Biokad plant.

Novo-Orlovskoye SEZ:

• main resource for implementing R&D и and Greenfield projects;

• construction of Novartis, Vertex, Pharmasyntez, Vital Development plants;

• administrative and laboratory production block;

• customs infrastructure.

PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTERON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG

Pushkinskaya industrial zone

Neudorf SEZ

Novo-Orlovskoye SEZ

SAINT PETERSBURG'S PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER

• Cytomed;• Immuno Gem;• Novartis;• Vertex;• Vital;• Pharma syntez;

• Medpolymer SPb;• Galeno Pharm;• Biocad;• Pharm Holding;• Pharmakor;• Polisan;

• SPB NIIVS;• Samson-Med LLC;• Neon;• Technolog;• Anvi.

SAINT PETERSBURG'S PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER

HIGH TECH CLUSTER ON THE MAPOF SAINT PETERSBURG

Neudorf SEZ + Novo-Orlovskoye department:

•130 ha;

•36 resident companiesIT park in Nevsky district Saint Petersburg — offices and production+ infrastructure for residents;

Business incubator Ingria — the engine for developing the IT cluster:

• Area 2,325.03 sq. m;

• 776 jobs for small businesses;

• 86 residents— their clients Sony, IKEA, MTS, Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Sochi-2014 and others;

• Agreements with 8 of the largest Saint Petersburg universities;

• 10 student projects have become residents.

Joint production of Foxconn and Hewlett-Packard personal computers.

The first technology park of the Finnish company Technopolis, intended for high-tech enterprises.

HIGH TECH CLUSTER ON THE MAPOF SAINT PETERSBURG

Neudorf SEZ

Novo-Orlovskoye

IT park

Business incubator Ingria

Foxconn and Hewlett-Packard

Technopolis

SHIPBUILDING CLUSTERON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG

•43 shipbuilding industry companies;

•over 50 thousand specialists work in the industry.

A key project is the state-of-the-art shipbuilding complex United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC on Kotlin Island

•project implementation period — 8 years;

•total workforce — 6,500;

•taxes paid to Saint Petersburg — about 3.5 billion per annum; 

•annual revenue — 38 billion roubles; 

•investment — about 35 billion roubles. 

RADIOLOGY CLUSTERON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG

•highly qualified personnel and training of new employees;

•developed scientific and production and medical base;

•the greatest concentration in Russia of developers and producers of diagnostic equipment;

•developed allied industries for building cooperation and subcontracting.

Cluster• 11 Petersburg enterprises, universities, research and

public organizations;

• 7 core industry partners.

Strong points

Operating conditions Saint Petersburg SEZ

SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

SEZ residents must correspond to the clusters:

•biomedicine, including pharmaceutical;

•precise and analytical instrument making;

•IT;

•energy saving technology;

•microelectronics;

•communication equipment;

•nanotechnology.

The SEZ will operate for 20 years(18.01.2006-18.01.2026)

SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Novo-Orlovskoye department S = 110.8 ha

Neuford departmentS = 20 ha

SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Freecustoms

zone

Customs relief

for SEZ residents

Movement of Russian goods

Movement of foreign goods

Imports from abroad

Exports to Russia

Exports abroad

special tax 0, VAT 0%

special tax, VAT 18%, excise

special tax, VAT 0%

SEZSEZ

Imports from Russia

Exports to Russia

Exports abroad

special tax 0, VAT 0%, excise

VAT 18%, excise

special tax, VAT 0%

ADVANTAGES FOR SEZ RESIDENTS

•protection from a worsening tax situation;

•tax and customs preferences;

•simplified land acquisition procedure, subsidised rent for land and office facilities, possibility of purchasing the site after bringing it into operation;

• the OEZ is fully provided with utility resources paid by the Russian and Saint Petersburg governments (piping infrastructure);

• subsidised connection to power sources (exemption from payment for connection to power grids of 0.6 MW on 1 ha);

• use of staff potential, scientific and research bases of universities and RAS institutes.

Guaranteed utility resources maintenance

Legal guarantees to residents, benefits

Possible cooperation with scientific research centres

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