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DEAR COLLEAGUES! Saint Petersburg is a modern, dynamic, and The city's administrative procedures, developed fast-growing metropolis with the necessary legislation and transparent investment policy infrastructure for business and investment. simplify the process of doing business. Projects in priority sectors of the economy benefit from a The city is one of the five leading regions in Russia, whole range of property and tax preferences, as which generate a third of all investments, including well as comprehensive support from the city both Russian and foreign investment. In the first government. half of 2017, the city's economy received USD 3.3 billion of direct foreign investment, which is 9% higher than the previous year. World-class companies SAINT PETERSBURG IS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS successfully operate on the banks of the Neva River, many of which highly value AND INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO STRENGTHEN the advantages and opportunities INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POTENTIAL, available to them in terms of doing DEVELOP CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND business here. As a result, they are INCREASE UALITY OF LIFE constantly expanding and increasing their production. The Northern capital of Russia has always attracted We are always happy to welcome new companies investors thanks to its convenient geographical and their endeavours. I wish all investors the best location, highly developed transport and logistics of success in business! Welcome to the Northern infrastructure, large consumer market, skilled capital of Russia — a city of great opportunities personnel and advanced research facilities. Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko 11 CONTENTS 4–5 12 REASONS FOR INVESTING IN SAINT PETERSBURG 6–19 20–33 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES INVESTMENT OF SAINT PETERSBURG CLIMATE LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE 08 INVESTMENT 22 CENTRE STRATEGY CONVENIENT TRANSPORT 10 SAINT PETERSBURG 24 AND LOGISTICS HUB IN RATINGS LEADING TOURIST CENTRE 12 SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE 26 HUMAN CAPACITY 14 INDUSTRIAL ZONES 28 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY 16 INDUSTRIAL PARKS 28 AND ATTRACTIVE MARKET KEY INDUSTRIES 30 KEY EVENTS 32 SPBINVESTMENT.RU 34–51 52–57 STATE SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF REAL OF INVESTMENT ESTATE. ROLE OF EXECUTIVE ACTIVITY AUTHORITIES INFORMATIONAL 36 IMPLEMENTATION STAGES 54 AND ORGANISATIONAL OF INVESTMENT PROJECT SUPPORT INVESTMENT PORTAL 36 SINGLE WINDOW FOR INVESTORS 37 CONTACTS 56 HEADQUARTERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 36 OF EXECUTIVE OF CONDITIONS FOR DOING BUSINESS IN SAINT AUTHORITIES PETERSBURG INVESTMENT COUNCIL UNDER THE GOVERNOR 37 OF SAINT PETERSBURG MEASURES 38 OF STATE SUPPORT STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROJECT 38 TARGETED PROVISION OF REAL ESTATE 42 TAX BENEFITS FOR INVESTORS 44 SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HOTEL 47 INFRASTRUCTURE SPIC 48 LOANS FROM THE INDUSTRY 49 DEVELOPMENT FUND 58 STATE AND PRIVATE 50 CONTACT PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION 11 4 // 5 12 REASONS FOR INVESTING IN SAINT PETERSBURG METROPOLITAN FIRST PLACE IN AVERAGE ANNUAL NORTHERN EUROPE IN GROWTH RATE OF GRP TERMS OF POPULATION OVER PAST 5 YEARS MLN PEOPLE exceeds Russia's overall growth rate population according of 6.5% 5.3 to Petrostat 9.5% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE ACTIVE POPULATION APPLICANTS CVs per vacancy in December 2017 15% 8.3 according to HeadHunter of the population works and studies in the field of vocational training * > 470,000 PEOPLE FAVOURABLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT A WIDE RANGE INTERNATIONAL OF MEASURES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF STATE SUPPORT Saint Petersburg beat Moscow in terms of the number of international business events held in 2016, according to the ICCA rankings * According to the Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg. SPBINVESTMENT.RU ACTIVE EXTERNAL RELATIONS CLOSE BORDERS FOREIGN TRADE WITH THE EUROPEAN TURNOVER UNION 200 km distance from Saint Petersburg 7.6% to Europe of Russia's foreign trade the city is at the intersection turnover in 2017 of international transport according to Rosstat corridors and Petrostat INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION TOURIST CENTRE DIVERSITY MLN TOURISTS place in terms of cargo 1 turnover for maritime influx of tourists in 2017 transport among indicators for 7.5 exceeding the population ports in Northern of Saint Petersburg ** place in terms of Europe 10 container transport volume POSITIVE DYNAMICS RANKED IN TOP 3 LARGEST IN WORLD RANKINGS RUSSIAN INNOVATIVE CENTRES Saint Petersburg is oſten high up on rankings such as Doing Business ***, Moody's Investors Service Limited, Fitch Ratings, etc. ** According to the Committee for Tourism Development of Saint Petersburg. *** Doing Business — a ranking for Saint Petersburg and Moscow together, indicators are summed up. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF SAINT PETERSBURG Singer House LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE 08 CONVENIENT TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS HUB 10 LEADING TOURIST CENTRE 12 PROMISING HUMAN CAPACITY 14 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND ATTRACTIVE MARKET 16 11 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF SAINT PETERSBURG LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE SAINT PETERSBURG IS THE NORTHERNMOST OF THE MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES. THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF SAINT PETERSBURG COVERS 11,600 KM2 AND Historical city INCLUDES 35 URBAN SETTLEMENTS centre GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT AT BASIC PRICES — Share of investment in fixed capital, RUB bln — Gross regional product, 4,447.26 RUB bln* Wholesale and retail trade 746.25 3,563.30 Real estate, rent, and services operations 658.50 2,661.21 Manufacturing 2,280.43 523.33 352.12 Transport and communications Construction Other activities 2012 2014 2017 2020 (outlook) * According to Petrostat (Regional Body of Federal State Statistics Service in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast). 8 // 9 SPBINVESTMENT.RU PEOPLE км2 5,344.9k рopulation as of 1,439 total 1 December 2017 territory POSITIVE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC GRP INVESTMENT GROWTH STRUCTURE DISTRIBUTION Diversified economy structure 24% 5% A wide range of measures to support investors Read more on pages 36-51 20% 17% Timely response to changing market conditions 18% 17% 11% 38% 5% 3% 92.8% of funds within the targeted investment programme goes to developing transport, 5% 18% engineering and social infrastructure and cultural and sports facilities ** по данным GVA Sawyer 11 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF SAINT PETERSBURG CONVENIENT TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS HUB INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION AND Saint Petersburg Ring Road SERVES AS A SORTING CENTRE FOR FOREIGN CARGO FLOWS AND COMPANIES FROM OTHER REGIONS DIRECTED TOWARDS FINLAND,КАД THE BALTIC STATES AND BALTIC SEAPORTS Neva Bay VOLUME OF CARGO TRANSPORTATION * mln tonnes — Water transport By means — Railway transport of transport WATER CONNECTION — Air transport Access to the Baltic Sea 57.8157.81 57.9757.97 51.5151.51 53.6553.65 One of the largest transport hubs in the North-West Federal District 52.2152.21 50.1250.12 47.1547.15 49.8149.81 0.3110.311 0.3140.314 0.2550.255 0.3460.346 6.7% Big Port Saint Petersburg 2012 2014 2016 2017 constituted 6.7% of Russia's overall cargo turnover at seaports in 2016 PASSENGER TRAFFIC mln people 0.880.88 0.840.84 0.830.83 0.770.77 5,041.9 THOUSAND 59.5759.57 55.9055.90 57.6657.66 57.8457.84 TONNES cargo turnover in 2017 *** +8% to 2016 ** 11.1511.15 14.2614.26 13.2713.27 16.1316.13 Saint Petersburg Ring Road 2012 2014 2016 2017 ** According to the Association of Commercial Seaports. * According to the Saint Petersburg Committee on Transport. *** Federal State Budgetary Institution Administration of the Baltic Seaports. 10 // 11 SPBINVESTMENT.RU ROAD NETWORK THOUSAND KM 3.6 total length 2 international transport corridors North-South and Trans-Siberian Pan-European Corridor I The European route E18 connecting Scandinavia with Central Russia WHSD (Western High-Speed Diameter) Finlyandsky Big Port railway station Saint Petersburg Ladozhsky Saint Petersburg Ring Road City railway station centre Moskovsky railway station Vitebsky railway station Baltiysky railway station RAILWAY HUB 5 RAILWAY STATIONS 10 DIRECTIONS AIR TRANSPORT in terms of number of airport passengers in Russia Pulkovo 4th Airport +21.6% to 2016 MLN PEOPLE 16.1 passenger traffic for 2017 **** **** According to data from Northern Capital Gateway LLC. 11 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF SAINT PETERSBURG SAINT PETERSBURG IS THE LEADING TOURIST CENTRE Saint Petersburg is a global Alongside the traditional cultural cultural centre and one of the and educational attractions, largest tourist destinations in other sectors within the city's Europe. tourism industry are rapidly developing, such as business, The city's historical conventions, and cruise ship monuments exemplify Saint tourism. Petersburg's cultural image and are recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. TOTAL ANNUAL INFLUX OF TOURISTS * THE CITY HAS: mln people — foreign — Russian 48 THEATRES, INCLUDING: – Mariinsky Theatre – Mikhailovsky Theatre and others 2017 3.75 The Passenger Port of St. Petersburg 3.75 83 MUSEUMS, INCLUDING: 2.8 – The State Hermitage Museum – The State Russian Museum 2016 2.7 – Peterhof State Museum Reserve, 3.7 2.7 3 the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum 2012 and others 3.5 2014 * According to Gortys Info and Delovoy Peterburg newspaper. 12 // 13 SPBINVESTMENT.RU HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABILITY ** number of rooms — at the start of the year — new construction 320 15,511 2012 502 16,201 2014 634 16,703 2016 800 17,337 2017 THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN SAINT PETERSBURG EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS ** according to GVA Sawyer 11 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF SAINT PETERSBURG HUMAN CAPACITY STRUCTURE OF STUDENTS BY LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES * thousand people in 2017 294.40 92.10 Number of students studying Number of students studying in public in public universities and