WELCOME TO THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN URALS EUROPE Ufa . ASIA THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN Geographical location of the republic: on the border of Europe and Asia POPULATION AND AREA OF THE REPUBLIC The capital – the city of UFA UFA The population of the region is 4,1 mln people The total area is 143 000 sq. km. The Republic ranks 7th in population in Russia The density of population is – 28,3 people per 1 square kilometer against average 8,3 people in Russia BASHKORTOSTAN: TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY PERM cities with a million-plus population 6 in a radius of 500 km KAZAN YEKATERINBURG SAMARA UFA population in 42 the Volga and Urals mln Federal Districts CHELYABINSK 32 Average wages th of the population BASHKORTOSTAN: TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY 2 federal motorways: M-5 Ural, M-7 Volga Perm 470 km Ekaterinburg Silk road St. Petersburg — Beijing is built 543 km on the territory of the Republic Moscow Kazan Railway Motorway 1342 km 529 km International airport River port Chelyabinsk Agidel is the easternmost port of Europe 418 km of the River-Sea class Ufa OVER 3000 km of railways ✓Kuybyshevskaya Gorkovskaya South Ural Over 30 mln ton cargoes Over 5 mln passengers (Transported enterprises of Kuibyshev Railways working in the Bashkir region.) Samara 460 km Astana The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the territory of Bashkortostan 1387km Direct access by rail to: Orenburg western Kazakhstan 373 km lower reaches of the Volga River the Northern Caucasus Uzbekistan Turkmenistan UFA AIRPORT Terminal capacity of internal airlines is More than 40 air companies 600 people per hour More than 70 destinations Terminal capacity of international airlines is 33 largest cities of Russia Terminal capacity 800 people per hour Comfort level of passenger service is “C” standard according to IATA classification. “E” category of ICAO enables to receive airplanes of any type including Boeing 747, 777. RICH MINERAL RAW MATERIAL BASE 3500 mineral deposits 250 oil deposits More than 60 kinds of mineral resources: NATURAL GAS (undiscovered resources of more than 300 bln m³), COAL (about 10 deposits, balance reserves up to 0.5 bln tons), IRON ORE (more than 20 deposits, balance reserves of about 100 mln tons), COOPER (15 deposits) ZINC, GOLD (more than 50 deposits) SODIUM CHLORIDE HIGH-QUALITY CEMENT raw material BASHKORTOSTAN: INDUSTRY 1st place 2nd place 3d place Caustic soda and sulfur Soda ash production Crude oil processing production Petroleum and diesel oil Synthetic rubber and plastic Production of tank trailers for production Concrete pumps petrochemicals, water and other liquids transportation BASHKORTOSTAN: INDUSTRY 1st place 2nd place 3rd place ✓ Construction of aviation ✓ Production of buses ✓ Production equipment and dump trucks of helicopters ✓ Mechanical engineering TOURISTIC ATTRACTION 300 solutional caves 1 national park 3 natural reserves 600 rivers More than 3000 cultural, art and archeological monuments 800 lakes More than 30 health resort institutions ACTIVE AND HEALTH RECREATION SKI CENTERS Ski runs length: from 300 m to 20 000 m Elevation: from 70 m to 300 m Ski runs complexity – all levels SANATORIUMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN Health complex capacity is 1,3 mln people a year BASHKORTOSTAN AGRICULTURE 1st place 1,1 199 in Russia 2,7 5,4 mln th th th heads tons tons tons Number Production Production Production of cattle of beef meat of koumiss of honey BASHKORTOSTAN AGRICULTURE: BEEKEEPING Today: 500 thousand of bee colonies Potential: Bashkortostan honey reserve allows to keep 1,5 mln bee colonies ➢ honey stock – 600 th tons; ➢ royal jelly - 10 tons; ➢ bee bread - 4 tons; ➢ cosmetics - 40 tons 47TH International congress of beekeepers “Apimondia” in 2021 year. Venue city is Ufa ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Gross regional product Industrial output 20,8 19,0 bln $ bln $ Volume of agricultural industry production Ranks 9 9th in gross regional 2,5 product in Russia bln $ FOREIGN TRADING VOLUME IN 2016 GENERAL FOREIGN Export : TRADING VOLUME 9,9% ✓ mineral products 0,6 bln $ ✓ products of chemical industry and rubber ✓ products of mechanical engineering ✓ metals and metalware ✓ wood and paper products, etc. 6,3 bln $ Import: ✓ products of mechanical engineering ✓ products of chemical industry 90,1% ✓ metalware ✓ Food and other products 5,7 bln $ INVESTMENT POTENTIAL Investments in fixed capital 607 [bln $ USA] projects 6,3 5,6 12,3 bln $ investments 2,5 36,9 th jobs 2014 2015 2016 INDUSTRIAL PARKS INVESTMENT SITES 735 113 UFA buildings land plots INDUSTRIAL PARKS New Greenfield 12 Brownfield Industrial parks MEASURES OF GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT Reduction of profit tax rate from 17% to 12.5% Subsidizing of credit interest rates and infrastructure For regional investment Remission of property tax projects – up to 10% development Subsidizing of expenses Accepting property in the process of business Provision of land in state ownership activities without bidding as pledge PSEDA, BENEFITS FOR PSEDA RESIDENTS Preferential Benefits for income tax rate regional taxes Reduced insurance The reduction factor contribution rate for the tax on (over 10 years) mineral extraction Kumertau and Belebey city are given the status of PSEDA Apply for creating PSEDA in monocities of 2 and 3 categories: Neftekamsk, Beloretsk, Uchaly and VAT preferences Blagoveshchensk PROJECTS REALIZED IN THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN MANUFACTURING PLANTS HOTELS TRADE INDUSTRY RATING POSITIONS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL th 4 place 8th place Minimal economic risks Minimal finance risks th 13 place 7th place National rating of the Rating of the Russian regions state of investment climate on the level of public-private in the subjects of Russia partnership development EXTERNAL TURNOVER OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN WITH THE SWEDEN 6,7% External turnover with Sweden 1,1 th dollars in 2017(1.01-30.06.2017): 16,5 th dollars 93,3% 15,4 th dollars 57 th place Export: Import: EXTERNAL TURNOVER OF supplies of oil products various equipment and machinery THE REPUBLIC OF wood products ferrous and non-ferrous metals products BASHKORTOSTAN (2016) chemical products food products COOPERATION IN THE TRADE AND ECONOMIC SPHERE OF ENTERPRISES 4 with capital from Sweden Oil production Construction Healthcare Trade INVESTMENT INTENTIONS Chemical products Construction Ferrous and non-ferrous metals products and Medicine equipment Forest industry Mechanical engineering Agriculture High and energy efficient technologies WELCOME TO THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN .