DEMONSTRATION OF THE REGION`S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT PROJECTS AREA AND POPULATION OF THE LIPETSK REGION

Territory: 24,1 тыс. Km 200 Km (0,14% RF) Population: 1171,3 th. people (64% in cities)

150 Km 2 AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN 2015 - $1.95 BILLION, WHICH IS 102,8% AS COMPARED TO 2014.

1939,66 1896,6 Million USD 1950 1751,72 1741,4 1608,62 1518,971453,45 1115,52

768,97 522,41

2005 y. 2006 y. 2007 y. 2008 y. 2009 y. 2010 y. 2011 y. 2012 y. 2013 y. 2014 y. 2015 y. ECONOMIC GROWTH AREAS IN THE LIPETSK REGION

"LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone (SEZ)

Regional SEZ

Industrial parks THREE-TEIR INVESTMENT-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM "LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone Number of residents: 44 - from , , Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, , the Netherlands, USA, , Israel, . Amount of declared investment: $2068.97 million Number of jobs: 18 000 Regional special economic zone There are 10 special economic zones: 4 industrial and manufacturing zones, 2 tourism and recreation SEZ, 1 techology innivative SEZ, 3 agro-industrial SEZ. Number of participants: 46 of which Russian, German, Austrian, Czech, Chinese Amount of declared investment: $1379.31 million Number of jobs: 18 800 Private. industrial parks Kuznetskaya Sloboda Industrial Park: There are 2 residents Rozhdestvo Industrial Park: There are 3 residents Sozidatel Industrial Park: There are 3 residents Number of jobs: 200 .

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7 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

Sustainable business, long-term outlook "LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone life cycle is 49 years Regional SEZ has perpetual existence.

Local authorities support at all stages of an investment project implementation.

• advanced preparation of up-to-date infrastructure for investment projects • duty-free zone regimen • reduced rates of land lease and buy-out • one contact principle • legal guarantees COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

Tax concession •Profit tax rate reduction: 0% for 5-7 years 5% for 5 years 13,5% for 30-32 years • Property tax remission for 7 years • Transport tax remission for 10 years • Land tax remission for 5 years Human resources • There are 20 Higher Education Institutions • with over 100 disciplines and specialties of Higher Professional Learning • There are 25 Secondary-level vocational training colleges • with 70 disciplines of Secondary Vocational Education and 62 disciplines of Elementary Vocational Education • The educational institutions produce 14000 specialists annually on the average • There are 8 regional contract training and retraining centers. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

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Lipetsk

Transport and logistics conditions: The distance to the sea ports of Saint-Petersburg and the Black Sea as well as to the border of the European Union is 1000 km. INVESTOR`S COMFORT

reduction of administrative barriers

mitigation of corruption risks

one contact principle

E-services MAIN INVESTING COUNTRIES

Irland The Netherlands

USA China

Lipetsk Luxembourg Germany

Japan Austria Italy France UK THE LIPETSK REGION RATINGS

2015 International foreign- and local-currency credit rating ВВ National long-term rating АA- (rus) Long-term rating forecast «STABLE»

Minor investment risk within 10 years TERRITORIAL CLUSTER FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES PRODUCTION

Russian market share over 24%

European market share over 13% Lipetsk Number of employees 7000 people Griazy

Production value is $603.45 million 22 enterprises WORLD-WIDE BUSINESS LEADERS - THE PARTNERS OF THE LIPETSK REGION WORLD-WIDE BUSINESS LEADERS - THE PARTNERS OF THE LIPETSK REGION FOCUS AREAS FOR ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS EMERGING CLUSTERS

Machine-building Car-making Farm machinery production

Tourism and recreation Caravaning Pharmaceutical THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Administration of the Lipetsk Region Address: 398014, Lipetsk, Lenina-Sobornaya square, 1 Tel.: (4742) 25-08-24 Fax: (4742) 72-24-26 Е-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.admlip.ru Investment portal: http://invest-lipetsk.com,