Kemerovo Region State public institutions "Agency for Investments Promotion and Protection" Kemerovo region investment passport 1 Kemerovo region investment passport KEMEROVO REGION RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 Dear investors! I greet you in our hospitable region! Its task is to promote the potential of Kuzbass at interre- Kuzbass is the largest coal and metallurgical center gional and international levels, attract investment and in Russia and one of the main industrial regions of the support investment projects on the principle of "one win- country. Currently we create conditions for Kemerovo dow". What is important, the agency provides its servic- region to become also a territory of developed agricul- es free of charge. With the assistance of the agency the ture, fascinating year-round tourism and a scientific and Kuzbass Investors' Club was created. It is a platform for cultural center. exchanging information between entrepreneurs, inves- We set ourselves an ambitious goal to make Kuzbass tors and authorities. the region No. 1 in Siberia. Providing a favorable investment climate and sup- First of all concerning quality of people's lives. porting projects are the permanent priorities of our in- Our region has a great potential and a set of com- vestment policy. This is reflected in the strategy of at- petitive advantages for conducting economic activity. tracting investments in Kemerovo region until 2030. Three territories of advanced social and economic To maximize the region economic potential use, we development (TASED) have been created and are actively began a work on a large-scale program for region devel- operating on the territory of three Kuzbass mono cities. opment. We called it "Kuzbass No. 1. Update strategy". Jurga town became the first TASED in July 2016. The The main goal of the Strategy is to bring Kemerovo re- second TASED was established in Anzhero-Sudzhensk gion to the first place in Siberia in terms of living stan- in September 2016, and the third in the metallurgical darts. heart of Kuzbass – Novokuznetsk city in March 2018. We are always glad to investors and business part- TASED residents are provided with federal, regional and ners. We will continue to create all the necessary condi- local tax benefits. tions for investment projects successful implementation. There are two zones with economically preferable Dear investors! I invite you to visit our Kuzbass and terms (ZEPT) in Kuzbass - the industrial-production type get acquainted with its rich potential. I wish all of us a "Kuznetsk Sloboda" and the tourist-recreational type mutually beneficial and fruitful cooperation! "Gornaya Shoria". Their residents are granted regional tax benefits. Carbon, biomedical, agrocultural and tour- ism recreation clusters are actively developing. Best regards, To help investors, the regional "Agency for Invest- Governor of Kemerovo Region ments Promotion and Protection" was created. Sergei Tsivilev 3 Kemerovo region investment passport Content Section 1. Kemerovo region’s resource potential ..... 5 3.6. Microcredit company "State Fund for Entrepreneurship Support" 1.1. General information about Kemerovo Region 1.1.1. Geographical characteristics Section 4. Support for investment and innovation 1.1.2. Administrative-territorial structure and activity ............................................................................. 21 territorial zoning 4.1. State programs in the field of investment, 1.2. Natural resources innovation and entrepreneurship support 1.3. Human resources 4.2. Basic laws and basic supports (incentives) 1.4. Transport infrastructure 4.3. Companies with activity that is subject to state 1.4.1. Railway transport support 1.4.2. Motor roads 4.4. Investment projects supporting procedure on the 1.4.3. Air transport principle of "one window" 1.5. Power supply infrastructure 4.5. State support forms (in accordance with Kemerovo region laws) Section 2. Structural features of Kuzbass economy. 4.5.1. Tax breaks Avoiding mono-dependence ....................................... 13 4.5.2. Non-tax incentives 4.6. Necessary procedure to include subjects of 2.1. Development Programs for single-industry towns investment, innovation, manufacturing activity in 2.2. Territories with advancing socio-economic Kemerovo region’s investment projects list 4.7. The procedure for granting state support to development (TASED) Technoparks residents 2.2.1. TASED "Yurga" 4.8. Necessary procedure to conclude agreements on 2.2.2. TASED "Anzhero-Sudzhensk" activity implementation on territories with advancing 2.2.3. TASED "Novokuznetsk" socio-economic development (TASED) established in 2.3. Zones with economically preferable terms (ZEPT) Kemerovo region mono-core municipalities (mono- 2.3.1. Zone with economically preferable terms of cities) tourist-recreational type "Gornaya Shoria" 4.9. Agreement concluding procedure for economic Tashtagol District (ZEPT "Gornaya Shoria") activity in zones with economically preferable terms (ZEPT) Section 3. Infrastructure for investors attracting and 4.10. Investors activity in case of capital construction supporting ...................................................................... 18 Section 5. International and interregional 3.1. Agency for Investments Promotion and Protection cooperation .................................................................... 35 3.2. Department of Kemerovo Region investments and strategic development 5.1. Agency for investments attraction and protection 5.2. The Kuzbass Chamber of Commerce and Industry 3.3. Kuzbass Technopark 5.3. Customs 3.4. Regional Engineering Center 3.5. Cluster Development Center Section 6. Recreation, sports and health tourism and 3.5.1. Innovative regional cluster "Coal and leisure .............................................................................. 37 industrial waste complex processing" 3.5.2. Biomedical cluster 6.1. Recreational resources 3.5.3. Agriculture cluster 6.2. Winter sports and tourism development Centers 4 3.5.4. Tourism and recreation cluster 6.3. The most famous Kemerovo region sightseeing Section 1 Kemerovo region’s resource potential 1.1. General information about 1.1.2. Administrative-territorial structure and Kemerovo Region territorial zoning 1.1.1. Geographical characteristics In 1943 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by its Edict No. 5 of 26.01.43 separated Kuzbass from Lying in the southeast of Western Siberia, Kemerovo Novosibirsk Region and established Kemerovo Region Region is almost equidistant from the western and the there. eastern borders of the Russian Federation. The region is On 01.01.2018 the region had a population of located at a latitude between 52°08' and 56°54' North 2,708,844 people, accounting for 14.04% of the Si- and a longitude between 84°33' and 89°28' East, in the berian Federal District (SFD) (the 3rd place in the SFD) fifth time zone. It is 3,482 km away from and 4 hours and 1.85% of the Russian Federation (the 16th place ahead of Moscow. in the RF). Kuzbass has the highest population density Occupying an area of 95,700 sq. km, which accounts of 28.6 people per 1 sq. km in the Siberian Federal for 4% of Western Siberia and 0.56 % of the Russian Fed- District and the East of the Urals. 85.6% of the popu- eration, Kemerovo Region is the 10th largest territory in lation is concentrated in urban areas. As population the Siberian Federal District (SFD). It borders Republic of density Kuzbass takes the 1st place in the Siberian Fed- Altai in the South, Altai Krai in the southwest, Novosibirsk eral District. Region in the West, Tomsk Region in the North, Krasno- Administratively, Kemerovo Region is divided into yarsk Krai in the northeast and the Republic of Khakassia 220 municipalities, including 16 urban districts and 18 in the East. Kuzbass stretches for almost 500 km from municipal districts (raions). Kemerovo with a population north to south and 300 km from west to east. of 559,000 people is its administrative center. Kemerovo Region is located mainly in the Kuznetsk Depression between the Salair Ridge (567 m) and the In addition, there are 3 more urban districts with pop- Kuznetsk Alatau (2178 m). The main river is the Tom. ulation of over 100 thousand inhabitants, besides regional Climate is continental with average temperatures bet- center. They are: Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk, Belovo. ween -10 and -13°C in January and between 18 and By urbanisation level Kuzbass takes the 1st place in 20°C in July. Annual precipitation amounts to 300-500 mm. the Siberian Federal District. Soils are podzolic. Kuzbass has the largest deposits of Kemerovo Region location and natural resources coal in Russia accounting for a quarter of all energy resources offer a number of economic advantages, namely: of the country. The South of the region is famous - the federal railway and motor roads running across for its unique tourist and recreational resort, “Gornaya the north and a dense transport network covering the (Mountainous) Shoria”. developed parts of the region; 5 Kemerovo region investment passport The Kuznetsk Coal Basin (Kuzbass) is the major coal producing region in terms of its reserves and coal quality. - proximity to regions with highly developed industrial of 26,700 square kilometres could be so rich in coal de- sector (Krasnoyarsk Krai), agriculture (Altai Krai) and a sig- posits with a wide range of coal grades suitable for cok- nificant scientific potential (Tomsk, Novosibirsk); ing, producing liquid fuels, being used as raw materials - opportunities for developing a diversified