665 billion rubles - the projected volume of investments in 2021
Taliya Ilgizovna Minullina, head of the Investment Promotion Agency, introduced these figures to the participants of the Final Board
The final collegium of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan was held today in the native walls of the Agency. The meeting was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Nigmatullin Rustam Kamilevich.
Taliya Minullina told the audience about the results of the Agency's activities in 2021 and introduced plans and forecasts for 2022.
“2021 continued the trend of the global financial crisis. Any attempt to interpret it as a post-coronavirus economy looks ridiculous, especially against the backdrop of a new wave. It is the costs of marketing and personnel, of course, investment costs that are cut down in times of crisis by entrepreneurs in the first place.
Most investments in other countries come from China, Luxembourg and Japan. At the same time, Luxembourg is more likely to be used as a financial transit hub, while Tatarstan has its own representative offices in China and Japan.
In Russia, we take the 6th place in terms of the volume of attracted investments in fixed capital. In 2021, we retained the 2nd place after Moscow in the federal investment climate rating. At the same time, I note the deterioration of the position of the republic in a number of indicators. For example, in terms of the “Efficiency of procedures for issuing construction permits” indicator, we have an increase from 62 days to 79, with an average of 43 days for the leading regions. Indicators on the effectiveness of procedures for connecting to electricity and some other positions deteriorated. A meeting of the government on the topic of national rating was held in the republic, since many departments of various levels are involved in this work, a work plan has been formed, in 2022 it is necessary to intensify work to eliminate these bottlenecks.
Work with the investor is being carried out actively, in terms of investments in general we have grown by 12 percent, in private investment, and this is the agency's indicator, by 13 percent, in private investment from Russian regions by 15 percent. Manufacturing is still our most attractive investment sector.
In 2021, Germany, the Emirates, the Czech Republic, the USA and Slovakia became our main foreign investors. In terms of the volume of private capital attracted to the economy, Nizhnekamsk district, Verkhneuslonsky and Kamskoye Ustye are leaders. This data does not include SMEs. Of the major projects of 2021 in Kazan, the construction of the Ob hypermarket can be noted. The reconstruction of the MEGA shopping center and a number of projects of the Kazan Helicopter Plant are planned for 2022 - the transformation of the production workshop, the construction of an assembly building.
The representative offices of the Republic of Tatarstan also have indicative management, a number of them have been set an indicator for attracting investments, while I thank the representative offices of Tatarstan in the Emirates, the Czech Republic, Germany, St. Petersburg, the Sverdlovsk region, Bashkortostan for the work on organizing a business mission and attracted capital. The growth zone here is, of course, China and Japan.
In the past year, 10 meetings of the Investment Council of the Republic of Tatarstan chaired by the President were held, where projects totaling 49 billion rubles were considered. Among other things, 10 positive decisions were made on the provision of land plots without bidding in order to implement large-scale investment projects.
In the second quarter of 21, 17 industrial parks with zero or low occupancy were transferred to the Agency for supervision. In 2021, an audit was conducted with a visit to the sites. The analysis showed a lack of accreditation for industrial parks, and some even lack management companies. Based on the results of the report to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, a management company for three parks will be created in an institution subordinate to the Agency.
The President of our republic, Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov, in his message outlined the importance of monitoring each investment project.
And 2022 was declared the year of digitalization in Tatarstan.
I consider the KIT (Investment Control of Tatarstan) system, which allows monitoring the implementation of projects at each stage, to be the main development of this year from digital products in the Agency.
Dear colleagues! In conclusion, I express my gratitude, first of all, to the investors of the Republic of Tatarstan for their perseverance and high efficiency. I also thank colleagues from various ministries and departments for their joint work - deputies, municipal teams, representative offices of Tatarstan, consulates general of foreign states on the territory of our republic. I wish you fruitful joint work in 2022 and, of course, investment projects!” the Head of the Agency opened the meeting of the Board.
Svetlana Chupsheva, General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, addressed the members of the Board and those present in the format of a video message with a welcoming speech. In her address, she noted the work of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of improving the investment climate in Russia
“The region has attracted and continues to attract a significant amount of private investment. This work is organized by the Investment Promotion Agency. We highly appreciate the republic's contribution to the formation and development of a system for improving the investment climate in Russia. The indicator is the National rating of the state of the investment climate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Tatarstan traditionally occupies a leading position in it. The key to such success is the ability to identify and adapt best practices. I wish success to the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan in the current year 2022, and to investors - the implementation of all your investment projects and plans,” shared Svetlana Chupsheva.
Further on the agenda of the meeting were large investors who are already implementing their projects in the territory of the republic.
This is a speech by Vladimir Goncharevich, Deputy Managing Director of Internet Solutions LLC (OZON in Tatarstan). He spoke about the work of the fulfillment center in Kazan with an area of more than 22 thousand square meters. m, including the opening of a network of dark stores OZON Express, which will allow residents of Tatarstan to receive their orders even faster.
Speech by the General Director of the Manzara group of companies Artem Belkin, in which he noted the work carried out with the Investment Promotion Agency in several projects in Nizhnekamsk: this is a socially oriented investment project to open a Ferris wheel in the city, as well as the opening of a shopping center of the same name. He also presented a new service for finding goods and services for motorists.
“An emerging trend is the creation of private industrial parks on the basis of empty land plots.” This idea was expressed by the head of the executive committee of the Mendeleevsk region Radmir Belyaev in his report on the investment attractiveness of Mendeleevsk. The design code of the city, the visit of delegations to Mendeleevsk, the signing of various agreements, the development of construction, where plans for 2022 to build 13,000 sq. m. m of housing - the head of the executive committee spoke about such plans for the development of the Mendeleevsky district at a meeting of the Collegium of the AIR RT.
“SAATBAU Rus plans to launch a new SAATBAU Volga plant with an annual capacity of 30 thousand tons of seeds, an investment of 1.3 billion rubles, the commissioning of which is scheduled for mid-2022,” Ruslan, regional sales manager of SAATBAU, shared these data. Chernov.
What were the results of the work in 2021 of the largest domestic manufacturer of household chemicals in Russia, NEFIS Group, said the General Director of JSC Nefis Cosmetics, Dina Lavrikova herself. Two major milestones she noted in the company's performance were the increase in laundry gel production capacity from 54,000 to 132,000 tons per year and the launch of laundry capsules with a capacity of 180 million units per year. For example, the launch of the investment project last year “Line for the production of liquid laundry capsules”, with a capacity of 15 million units per month, gave its results in the start of production of the first laundry capsules in Russia in eco-friendly cardboard packaging without plastic. Lavrikova also added that over the past year, the company has released more than 150 new types of products.
Mr. Wang Ge, Deputy General Director of Sichuan Railway Investment Modern Development of Agriculture JSC, spoke about his major intentions to open the Sichuan-Volga dairy-industrial complex to those present at the Board.
“We call the goal of the project the construction of a milk processing plant with a processing capacity of 500 tons per day; sale and sale of powdered milk in the foreign market by creating modern international logistics of food products,” notes a guest from the Republic of China. He also announced a total investment of 5.7 billion rubles, which makes the project one of the key ones in the investment, industrial and agricultural sectors of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The company is focused on the production of whole milk powder. Products will be manufactured in accordance with Chinese regulations and European standards. The current market is China. And the export will be carried out through the international transport ground bridge channel (railway).
The closing speech on behalf of the Government of Tatarstan was made by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Nigmatullin Rustam Kamilevich. He reminded the members of the Board, heads of ministries and departments about what positions the republic occupies in the federal arena, how investments contribute to these positions and why it is worth working more closely with each new investor.
“Investments promote competition, products, new jobs appear, and the well-being of the population is generally growing. Now we see the real competition of employers for workers. It is necessary to increase productivity and the production itself. All this increases our competitiveness not only in Russia, but also in the world. We still have room to grow in terms of these indicators.
On behalf of the President of our republic, on behalf of the Government, I would like to express gratitude to every investor. We will continue to support you. I am sure that together we will be able to achieve the goals that we set for ourselves and that the President of Russia sets for us. Only by joint efforts will we ensure further improvement of the investment climate, strengthen the positions of the republic and the country as a whole. I want to wish everyone fruitful work in the coming year and good health,” Rustam Nigmatullin summed up the meeting.
The final collegium of the Agency ended with the traditional presentation of awards. Thus, Damir Shakirov, a resident of the Zelenodolsk district of the Republic of Tatarstan, became the winner in the republican social competition for the “Best Investment Video of a Municipal District and Urban Formations of the Republic of Tatarstan”, which was held by the Agency with the support of Haier. He received the main prize - a washing machine.
Also, a number of government awards with gratitude from the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and certificates of honor from the Investment Promotion Agency were awarded to: Andrey Georgievich Pavlov, Director General of Drylock Technologies LLC; Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Valiullin Renat Nakifovich, General Director of Nefis Cosmetics JSC Lavrikova Dina Faridovna. Congratulations!