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Khabarovsky Krai Business Climate and Long-Term Development Trends Khabarovsky Krai Government Khabarovsky Krai Business Climate and Long-term Development Trends www.adm.khv.ru E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] ZINKIN Valery Alexandrovich Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Foreign Relations of Khabarovsky Krai Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug Magadanskaya Location Oblast Kamchatsky Republic of Sakha Krai of (Yakutia) Khabarovsky KHABAROVSKY Krai KRAI Sakhalinskaya Oblast Amurskaya Oblast JAR Primorsky Krai China JAPAN Mongolia DPRK Khabarovsky Krai Mineral Resources Khabarovsky Krai - structure of industrial production in 2008 Generation Petroleum and distribution products of electric energy, manufacture gas and water Metallurgical 8,9% 20,7% production 17,6% Other 8,8% Food products Machine building 11,5% Mineral and metal processing extraction 17,3% 15,2% Far Eastern regions investment potential ranking according to Investment Rating for Russia`s Regions in 2007-2008 (issued by «Expert RA» rating agency) 19th rank – Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 21st rank – Primorsky Krai 28th rank – Khabarovsky Krai 53rd rank – Sakhalinskaya Oblast 56th rank – Amurskaya Oblast 67th rank – Kamchatsky Krai 70th rank – Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug 73rd rank – Magadanskaya Oblast 80th rank – Jewish Autonomous Oblast Overseas investments inflow in Khabarovsky Krai (mln US$) 245,5 248,8 240,2 217,6 96,2 33,3 27,4 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 De-Kastri Oil Export Terminal, Sakhalin-1 Project Overseas investments inflow in Khabarovsky Krai, breakdown by regions (mln US$) EU countries 159,0 South and North- 127,2 East Asia countries 91,7 93,1 77,3 55,4 16,7 20,2 14,0 16,6 13,1 8,5 14,0 12,6 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Japanese investments inflow in Khabarovsky Krai (mln US$) 3,9 3,0 2,2 1,8 1,4 1,04 0,06 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Investment projects with the participation of Japanese capital in Khabarovsky Krai Expansion, reconstruction and retrofit of sawmill plant «Vanino-Tairiku» Ltd Construction of a veneer mill JSC «Komsomolsk Forest Products» Commercial production of organomineral fertilizers for export sales «Biotex Agro» Ltd Geographic structure of Khabarovsky Krai foreign trade in 2008 15,8% 2,8% 2,6% 42,4% 2,4% 5,7% 14,3% 14,0% China Cyprus Germany Republic of Korea Vietnam Other Japan USA Khabarovsky Krai-Japan foreign trade (mln US$) 583 531 472 Total turnover 357 374 426 395 247 Export 198 292 269 258 Import 169 180 141 157 116 136 88 57 78 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Business environment 1 Foreign Investment Promotion Agency Direct contacts with investors, Russian overseas 2 trade and diplomatic missions Law «On Investment Activities 3 in Khabarovsky Krai» Governor’s Advisory Board on foreign 4 investments International forums, conferences, overseas 5 business missions in Khabarovsky Krai, presentations of Khabarovsky Krai business opportunities overseas Sourcebooks: «Khabarovsky Krai Investment 6 Projects» and «Foreign Investor Guidebook» Khabarovsky Krai Government major guidelines 7 on foreign economic policy for the period of 2006-2010 Trend of overseas businesses registration in Khabarovsky Krai 105 88 78 58 61 62 35 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Khabarovsky Krai competitive advantages High industrial potential Substantial mineral resource potential Availability of highly-skilled labor Economically favorable location of the region Developed transport infrastructure Modern means of communication Diagram of Trans-Siberian Container Land Bridge Service from Europe to Asia Pacific Russia Kotka St. Petersburg 18 days Moscow Sovetskaya-Gavan Khabarovsk Vladivostok Busan 33 days Diagram of new trans-shipment complexes in Vanino - Sovetskaya Gavan transport-industrial hub ОАО Mechel Sakhatrans Ltd ОАО SUEK Prichal Ltd JSC Transbunker JSC Vanino Commercial Sea Port JV “Arkaim” Ltd Group of companies Petropavlovsk PORT SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LAYOUT A nascent port special economic zone (PSEZ) is located on the eastern shore of the Sovetskaya Gavan Bay and stretches for about 8 km from Vyacheslav cape in the north to Maria cape in the south. The total area is about 4,5 square kilometers. Development of the Far Eastern Railways, a branch of JSC “Russian Railways” utilizing public private partnership Implementation of the project “Upgrade of the Oune- Vysokogornay rail section including the construction a brand new Kuznetsovky tunnel at Komsomolsk-on-Amur – Sovetskaya Gavan railway section” Implementation of the project “Strategic Program of BAM Development till 2020” A testing ground for high-speed passenger operations in the Far Eastern Federal District High speed operations up to160 km/hour Khabarovsk airport development project Guidelines for the motorways development Okhotsk Yugoryonok «Khabarovsk-Lidoga-Vanino» motorway Nelkan with access to Komsomolsk-on-Amur «Selekhino-Nikolaevsk-on-Amur» motorway Ayan «Komsomolsk-on-Amur-Beryozovyi- Amgun-Mogdu-Chegdomyn» motorway «Ayay-Nelkan-Yugoryonok» motorway Nikolaevsk-on- Amur Beryozovyi Chegdomyn De-Kastri Komsomolsk-on-Amur Selikhino Lidoga Uktur Khabarovsk Vanino Diagram of a new border-crossing point at Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island Border-crossing point Attractive investment opportunities in timber industry Lumber production up to 200,000 м3 and veneer production up to 190,00 м3 per annum in Kharpichan settlement (by 2012) Rotary-cut veneer production up to 300,000 м3 per annum, lumber 3 production up to 230,000 м per annum, MDF board production up to 3 150,000 м per annum in Amursk (2009-2012) Pulp production facility with the capacity of up to 500,000 tones per annum in Amurk (2015) Kharpichan Particle board production up to 140,000 м3 per annum (2009) and 3 lumber production up to 600,000 м Amursk per annum in Oktyabrskiy settlement Oktyabrsky (2009-2015) Khabarovsk MDF/THDF board production with the capacity up to 300,000 м3 per annum Khor in Khor settlement (2009-2014) Khabarovsky Krai Government Khabarovsky Krai Business Climate and Long-term Development Trends www.adm.khv.ru E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] .
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