- The eighth wonder of the world - Saint Petersburg culture in figures - Saint Petersburg intellectual potential - Saint Petersburg's social and economic situation - Saint Petersburg, a transport and logistics centre - Saint Petersburg's foreign economic activity - Foreign investment in Saint Petersburg - Priority economic development areas in Saint Petersburg

2. CONTENTS
•The eighth wonder of the world
•Saint Petersburg culture in figures
•Saint Petersburg intellectual potential
•Saint Petersburg's social and economic situation
•Saint Petersburg, a transport and logistics centre
•Saint Petersburg's foreign economic activity
•Foreign investment in Saint Petersburg
•Priority economic development areas in Saint Petersburg

4. SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD
Saint Petersburg, Russia’s economic gates, a multi-purpose centre with a diversified
economy
Saint Petersburg
• scientific, cultural, industrial, and transport
centre
• Russia's second city after Moscow
• the centre of North West Russia
• the only Russian city bordering the EU
• the fourth most populous and second
largest city by area in Europe
• the highest quality of life in Russia

5. • Population — 5 027.7 million, economically active population —
2.6 million
• Area of the city — 1,439 km2
• Average temperature: July +25ºC, January –5ºC
SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD: DISTANCE
Saint Petersburg

6. Saint Petersburg
Moscow
Tokyo
Düsseldorf
London
New York 7594 km
651 km
2070 km
10 400 km 1761 km
SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAPOF THE WORLD : DISTANCE

7. САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ НА КАРТЕ МИРА

8. Saint Petersburg is:
• a centre of global culture and art;
• a leading Russian scientific and educational
centre;
• one of the largest tourist centres in Europe;
• a city with a stable macroeconomic situation;
• a centre of state-of-the-art innovative
production;
• a centre for attracting qualified workers;
• the largest Russian port;
• the leader in introducing and implementing
advanced mechanisms for stimulating
investment in Russia.
SAINT PETERSBURG ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD

10. SAINT PETERSBURG, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
Saint Petersburg is the major centre of world and Russian culture. It has almost 10% of all state protected
monuments in Russia.
Saint Petersburg's historical centre is a UNESCO world heritage site. The city is the eighth most popular
and attractive city in the world (according to UNESCO data).

11. SAINT PETERSBURG, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

13. SAINT PETERSBURG CULTURE IN FIGURES

14. SAINT PETERSBURG CULTURE IN FIGURES
• State protected cultural heritage objects — 8,464
• Museums — 194
• Theatres — 73
• Libraries — 1,100
• Concert halls — 25
Events 2010 2011 2012
Exhibitions — 890 956 962
— modern art 610 649 652
— from museum collections 280 307 310
Premieres 127 121 123
Festivals 272 282 296
Cultural events in Saint Petersburg for 2010-2012
• Cultural centres — 53
• Schools — 70
• Cinemas — 58
• Parks — 4
• Zoo — 1

15. SAINT PETERSBURG, THEATRE
CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

16. SAINT PETERSBURG, THEATRE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
Saint Petersburg theatres:
• Mariinsky Theatre;
• Mikhailovsky Theatre;
• Hermitage Theatre;
• Alexandrinsky Theatre, etc.

18. CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: MUSEUMS

19. CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: MUSEUMS
Saint Petersburg museums:
• The Russian Museum;
• The Hermitage;
• The Russian Ethnographic Museum;
• The Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and
Signal Corps;
• Museum-monument Saint Isaac's Cathedral, etc.

20. CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: LIBRARIES

21. CULTURE OF SAINT PETERSBURG: LIBRARIES
Saint Petersburg libraries:
• The Russian National Library;
• The Mayakovsky Central Public Library;
• The Pushkin Central City Children's Library;
• The Academy of Sciences Library;
• The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

22. SAINT PETERSBURG, TOURISM CENTRE
Every year millions of tourists visit Saint Petersburg
(6 million visitors in 2012).
The city is one of the ten most popular cities in Europe.
Hotel sector:
International operators: Kempinski, Corinthia, ACCOR,
Rezidor SAS, Sokos Hotel, Marriott, etc.
• 687 hotels (including mini hotels and hostels)
• 33 637 rooms
Tourists who arrive by ferry can spend
72 hours in the city without a visa

23. SAINT PETERSBURG, A CENTRE FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITY
AND DECISION MAKING
Based here are:
• the Russian constitutional court, representatives from federal
ministries and departments;
• more than 60 foreign consulates and 3 international
organization offices;
• offices of more than 20 Russian subjects;
• branches of international cultural institutes, countries, cities,
trade and industry chambers and foreign business centres;
• offices of major Russian companies and branches
of international corporations.
Saint Petersburg is accumulating
a number of important functions

24. SAINT PETERSBURG, A MAJOR CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION
CENTRE
Saint Petersburg regularly holds major international
events, such as:
• The G8 summit;
• The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum;
• The Saint Petersburg International Innovation Forum;
• The Saint Petersburg Technology Fair
• NEVA, the international exhibition and conference on
shipbuilding, shipping, port activity and ocean and continental
shelf development;
• International investment forum Pro Estate;
• International car exhibition Auto+ Automechanika;
• International tourism exhibition INWETEX.

26. SAINT PETERSBURG SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL
Saint Petersburg is the centre of academic,
industry and higher education science.
Over 165 thousand scientists work in the city
9000
26000
Doctors of science Candidates of science

27. HIGHER EDUCATION, THE PRIDE OF
SAINT PETERSBURG
Universities:
96 universities:
• 47 state universities;
• 5 branches of state universities;
• 44 private universities;
• 495.6 thousand students, including more than 13 thousand
foreign students;
• 29.5 thousand teachers, including 9 thousand doctors of
science and 26 thousand candidates of science.

28. SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN SAINT PETERSBURG
Secondary vocational education institutions
in Saint Petersburg:
• 53 state secondary vocational education institutions;
• 26 state institutions;
• 5 private institutions;
• 63.2 thousand students;
• 4.6 thousand teachers, including 5 doctors of science
and 192 candidates of science.

29. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Saint Petersburg's education system:
Nursery's and pre-school centres — 1,027
General education schools, including specialised — 697
Supplementary children's education institutions — 56
Children's homes — 22
Basic vocational education institutions — 37
Secondary vocational education institutions — 12
• 66 thousand teachers;
• There are 355.7 thousand pupils in schools and specialized
high schools;
• 177 thousand children go to nurseries.

30. THE NORTHERN CAPITAL'S SPORTING GLORY
In March 1911 the Russian Olympic Committee was
founded in Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg has provided 118 Olympic champions
who have won 139 gold medals.
Saint Petersburg sports men and women won 1,547
medals at official international and Russian
competitions in 2012 (12 Olympic medals, 9
Paralympic medals and 18 medals at the World
Championships).
Today, there are 64 competitors fighting for the right to
join the Russian team for the XXII Summer Olympic
Games and Paralympics 2014 in Sochi, Russian
Federation.

31. POPULAR SPORT IN SAINT PETERSBURG
Sport facilities:
17 stadiums with 1,500 seats and above
Sports fields — 2,270
Sports halls — 1,573
Sports palaces — 11
Covered sports facilities with artificial ice — 17
Cycle track— 1
Swimming pools — 94
Ski bases — 20
Facilities for shooting sports — 60
Rowing facilities and canals — 12
Adapted, non standard sporting facilities — 1,556
Every year over 100 international and Russian sporting
events are held in Saint Petersburg.
854 thousand people regularly do sports.

33. MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Major economic indicators 2012
Business turnover, RUR 7.193 billion including:
• manufacturing activity — RUR 2490.38 billion;
• investment in fixed assets — RUR 351.9 billion;
• retail trade turnover — RUR 843.9 billion;
• catering trade turnover — RUR 55.7 billion;
• volume of construction type works — RUR 345.6 billion;
• completed housing, — 2576.5 thousand sq. meters;
• freight turnover (large and medium sized transport organizations), billion ton-km —
411.9;

34. SAINT PETERSBURG'S BUDGET FOR 2013–2015
The main budget priorities for 2013:
•social and cultural sphere;
•housing maintenance and utilities;
•national economy;
•nationwide issues;
•national security and law enforcement.
Saint Petersburg's budget for 2013-2015
(RUR, billion)
385.9
413.3
445.5
411
435.3
464.5
-25.1 -22 -19
2013 2014 2015
Revenue
Expenses
Deficit

35. SAINT PETERSBURG GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT
Gross regional product of Saint Petersburg
in 2012 was RUR 2 137.9 billion .
GRP per capita in 2012 was RUR 434.78
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
970,3
1413, 6
1497,3 1512,8
1673.7
1917.4
2137.9
GRP growth for 2006-2012 (RUR, billion)

36. 16%
24%
15%
9%
6%
16%
14%
Wholesale and retail trade, car and motorbike
repairs, household goods and personal use items
Manufacturing
Real estate, rental operations and services
Transport and communication
Construction
State management and control of military security, obligatory
social services
Other
Sectors
SAINT PETERSBURG GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT

37. SAINT PETERSBURG'S INDUSTRY
More than 700 large and medium size
companies, including leading Russian
companies
Key manufacturing sectors:
•power machine building;
•shipbuilding;
•aviation, space and radio electronic manufacturing;
•food industry, including drinks and tobacco;
•machine, equipment and vehicle production;
•electrical equipment, electronics and optics.

38. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN SAINT
PETERSBURG'S INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
• Admiralty Shipyards JSC;
• Baltiysky Zavod JSC;
• Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Plant JSC;
• Branch of Power Machines JSC Leningradsky
Metallichesky Zavod in Saint Petersburg;
• Branch of Power Machines JSC Electrosila in Saint
Petersburg;
• Sevcable JSC;
• Electropult Plant JSC;
• Kirovsky Zavod JSC;
• MZ Arsenal JSC;
• Izhorskiye Zavody JSC;
• HC Leninets JSC;
• Svetlana JSC;
• Khlebny Dom JSC;
• British American Tobacco SPB CJSC;
• Krupskaya Confectionary Plant CJSC
• Baltika Brewery JSC;
• Branch of Heineken, Incorporated Breweries Heineken
LLC;
• Rubezh Group;
• Kirov Leningradsky Bread-Baking Complex JSC;
• Karavay JSC;
• Petro CJSC.

39. SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS SAINT
PETERSBURG
• 16.9 thousand small and medium enterprises;
• ~345.3 thousand jobs created;
• 10 thousand small and medium sized businesses have
received support;
• 16 specialised small business support programs;
• House of Entrepreneurs
Small enterprises and start ups play
a major role in implementing innovations

40. INVESTMENT IN FIXED ASSETS
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
350,3
393,7
193.7
381,3
372.6
334.1
375
293.6
342.4
Investment growth in fixed assets, 2007-2012 (RUR, billion)
Investment in fixed assets last year approached pre-crisis economic levels.

41. SAINT PETERSBURG INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE
The city has:
• a regional venture fund for investment in small enterprises in
the research and development sphere in Saint Petersburg;
• 12 innovation and technology centres;
• 22 collective use centres;
• 4 business incubators;
• Innovation information and consultation centre.
Projects being implemented in the city:
•high-tech science park;
•science city;
•Saint Petersburg special technical and innovation
economic zones.

44. SAINT PETERSBURG'S TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS COMPLEX
Saint Petersburg transport and logistics complex includes:
• 12 railway lines;
• 15 highways;
• sea and river ports;
• 1 airport;
• 5 train stations.
Three transport corridors cross Saint Petersburg:
•North-South;
•Transsib;
•Pan-European corridor No. 9.

45. SAINT PETERSBURG, SEA CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
Big Port Saint Petersburg:
• a key role in providing international sea transport;
• third largest Russian port for freight turnover;
• the largest Russian port for transshipping dry, container and
refrigerated freight;
• the port's freight turnover in 2012 was 53 733.1 tons;
• an icebreaker is used for piloting vessels during winter navigation;
• about 30 stevedore companies;
• the furthest north port (which freezes), with container turnover over 1.9
million. TEUs;
• added value volume — 4.2% of GRP;
• Saint Petersburg passenger port;
• an international standard port;
• 226 liners in 2012;
• winner of the Best Transit Port of the Year in the annual Seatrade
Insider Cruise Awards 2009.

46. RAILWAY TRANSPORT HUB
Saint Petersburg's railway network:
• 10 railway lines;
• 5 train stations;
• a developed manufacturing base for maintaining the railway.
Volume of freight carried in 2012 —114.9 million tons.
Passenger volume for 2012:
• long distance — 22.3 million people;
• local — 110.6 million people.

47. CITY GATEWAY
In 2012 a large scale project was begun on
modernizing Pulkovo airport complex and the
development of an interregional airport hub.
By 2020 a light rail system will connect Pulkovo
airport with the centre of Saint Petersburg.
Pulkovo airport passenger traffic
(million people)

48. CITY GATEWAY
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
4,7
5,1
6,1
7.1 6,3
8,4
9.6
11.1
Pulkovo airport passenger traffic (million people)

49. SAINT PETERSBURG COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
In Saint Petersburg there are:
• 2 million 849 thousand land line phones;
• 16 million mobile phones;
• 2.9 million internet users.
The internet in Saint Petersburg:
• 685 public internet access places;
• 3,540 computers in public access places;
• 98 thousand people use public access services every month;
• 84% of families in the region have a home computer.

51. SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADE
IMPORT AND EXPORT GROWTH, BILLION US DOLLARS
Saint Petersburg is the leading region in North West Russia for imports and exports
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
4,9
12,5
17,8
23,6
13,4
11,8 20.6
10,1
14,2
20,7
25,7
17,8
24,7
35.9
Export Import

52. Saint Petersburg's foreign trade turnover (US$, million)
SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADE
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
15030
26835
38471
49377
31276
36337
53311
56605

53. SAINT PETERSBURG'S FOREIGN TRADE

54. SAINT PETERSBURG'S EXPORT FEATURES
Saint Petersburg's exports in 2012 were US$ 11.8 billion

55. SAINT PETERSBURG'S EXPORT FEATURES
16.2%
12.3%
12.9%
9.4%
7.2%
5.2%
5.7%
4.1%
4.5%
4.9%17.7%
The Netherlands
Finland
Germany
United Kingdom
Czech Republic
Italy
Latvia
Sweden
Spain
Estonia
Other
Leading export partners:

56. SAINT PETERSBURG'S IMPORT FEATURES
Saint Petersburg's imports in 2012 were US$ 20.6 billion

57. SAINT PETERSBURG'S IMPORT FEATURES
21.1%
8.8%
4.5%
3.9% 3.8% 6.9%
3.5%
6.4%
3.7%
4.8%
32.6%
China
Germany
Finland
USA
Italy
Japan
Brazil
Republic of Korea
France
United Kingdom
Other
Leading export partners:

58. SAINT PETERSBURG'S CREDIT RATING
Rating agencies Saint Petersburg rating from rating agencies
BBB (stable) — foreign and national currency rating, 31.05.2012
Baa1 (stable), 17.05.2011
BBB (stable) — long term national and foreign currency rating,
17.01.2013
1А(high potential — minimal risk), 16.12.2011

60. SAINT PETERSBURG'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOREIGN CITIES
Australia
Melbourne
Austria
Graz
Azerbaijan
Baku
Arab Republic of Egypt
Alexandria
Argentina
Mar-del-Plata
Buenos Aires
Armenia
Yerevan
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Antwerp
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Great Britain
Manchester
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Hai Phong
Hungary
Debrecen
Germany
Hamburg
Dresden
Greece
Piraeus
Salonika
Denmark
Aarhus
Israel
Haifa
India
Mumbai (Bombay)
Jordan
Aqaba
Iran
Isfahan
Tehran
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Venice
Kyrgyzstan
Osh
Bishkek
China
Shanghai
Qingdao
Beijing
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea
Namp'o
Republic of Korea
Daegu
Busan
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Latvia
Riga
Daugavpils
Lithuania
Vilnius
Kaunas
Mexico
Guadalajara
The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Norway
Oslo
Stavanger
Palestinian National Authority
Bethlehem
Poland
Gdansk
Krakow
Romania
Constanţa
Slovakia
Košice
Slovenia
Maribor
USA
Los Angeles
Saint Petersburg (Florida)
Sudan
Khartoum
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Thailand
Bangkok
Turkey
Istanbul
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Kiev
Odessa
Mykolaiv
Kharkiv
Lviv
Uruguay
Montevideo
Finland
Turku
Tampere
Helsinki
Mikkeli
Kotka
France
Le Havre
Bordeaux
Paris
Lyon
Nice
Croatia
Zagreb
Czech Republic
Prague
Sweden
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Estonia
Tallinn
South Africa
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Japan
Osaka

61. SAINT PETERSBURG'S PARTNERSHIPS
WITH FOREIGN REGIONS
Belarus
Mogilev Region
Bulgaria
Plovdiv Region
Varna Region
Vietnam
Khanh Hoa Province
Germany
Saxony Federal State
Italy
Lombardy Region
Marche Region
Republic of Korea
Chungcheongbuk-do Province
Norway
Finnmark County
Slovakia
Košice Region
Nitra Region
Ukraine
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Donetsk Region
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The Philippines
Sebu Province
Finland
Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, South Karelia
regions
Switzerland
Ticino Canton
Sweden
Norrbotten, Stockholm, Södermanland,
Uppsala, Västmanland and Örebro counties

62. BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTERS
• Hamburg (Germany)
• Kiev (Ukraine)
• Riga (Latvia)
• Yerevan (Armenia)
• Jyväskylä (Finland)
• Kotka (Finland)
• Astana (Kazakhstan)
• France (Paris)
• Ozimo (Italy)
19 Saint Petersburg business information centers
• Turku (Finland)
• Hämeenlinna (Finland)
• Rakvere (Estonia)
• Kohtla-Järve (Estonia)
• Oslo (Norway)
• Haifa (Israel)
• Vienna (Austria)
• Kharkiv (Ukraine)
• Melbourne (Australia)
• New-York (US)

64. FOREIGN INVESTMENT
IN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY
The volume of foreign investment in Saint Petersburg's economy in 2012
US$ 10 767.5 million
The growth of foreign investment, 2005 - 2012 (US$, billion)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1417
5255
6284 5928 5,522 5,231
6120
10767.5

65. FOREIGN INVESTMENT
IN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY
Investment in January-December 2012, US$, million
2.9%
5.3%
0.5%
34.4%
56.9%
contribution to capital loans from foreign co-owners of portfolio trade credits other loans

66. FOREIGN INVESTMENT
IN SAINT PETERSBURG'S ECONOMY: BY INDUSTRY
Distribution of foreign investment by economy sector:
8%
12%
1%
3%
3%
73%
Production of food products, drinks, tobacco Production of vehicles and equipment
Construction Wholesale and retail trade, car repairs
Invested in January-December 2012, million US dollars

67. CONDITIONS FOR ATTRACTING INVESTORS
•welcoming attitude towards investors;
•balanced public and private interests;
•access to information needed by investors;
•clear and simple investment process;
•mutual responsibility.
State support for investment activities:
•tax benefits;
• property rental subsidies;
• payment deferrals and instalments;
• support for investors from Saint Petersburg's budget.
Saint Petersburg's investment policy principles:

68. FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
PROJECTS
•public-private partnership;
•special technical and innovation economic zone.
Key advantages for SEZ residents:
•reduced profit tax rate;
•exemption from property, vehicle and land taxes;
•reduced rate on social insurance contributions;
•exemption from customs duty and VAT;
•no prohibition or limitation (for example, licensing, quota allocation) on bringing foreign goods into the zone, etc.
Other ways of stimulating investment activity:

69. INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVE SECTORS OF SAINT PETERSBURG'S
ECONOMY
•research intensive production;
•research and development and technical and innovation activities;
•transport infrastructure;
•housing maintenance and utilities;
•manufacturing industry;
•power industry;
•communications and telecommunications;
•medicine and health care;
•education;
•tourism.
Cluster policy:

70. THE LARGEST INVESTMENT PROJECTS
IN SAINT PETERSBURG TERRITORY AND TRANSPORT
Transport:
• Western High-Speed Diameter;
• Pulkovo airport development;
• passenger sea terminal on Vasilievsky Island.
Territory development:
• western part of Vasilievsky Island;
• multi-purpose complex Baltic Pearl;
• Apraksin Dvor;
• New Holland Island;
• Moskovskaya-Tovarnaya station zone;
• New Admiralty Island;
• Izhorskiye Zavody industrial zone.

71. THE LARGEST INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN SAINT
PETERSBURG POWER INDUSTRY AND MACHINE BUILDING
Machine building (sites under construction):
•power equipment production plant in the Metallostroi industrial
zone;
•stamping components production plant and a metal service
centre;
•large diameter pipe production complex, reconstruction
of a sheet-rolling shop.
Power and utilities:
•construction and maintenance of the south west heat power
plant;
•construction of a power equipment production plant in
the Izhorskiye Zavody industrial zone.

73. KEY ECONOMIC CLUSTERS
PharmaceuticalShipbuilding
Power machine building
IT technology
Radiology
Car
Municipal services

74. CAR CLUSTER
There are five car construction plants operating
in Saint Petersburg:
• Toyota (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia LLC);
• General Motors (General Motors Auto LLC);
• Nissan (Nissan Manufacturing RUS LLC);
• Hyundai (Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Russia LLC);
• Scania (Scania-Piter LLC).

75. CAR CLUSTER — CAR PARTS
Car parts production
• Magna-Technoplast;
• Johnson Controls International;
• Toyota Boshoku;Toyota Tsusho Machinery;
• Eberspächer;
• Vlankas;
• SPAZ Plaza plant;
• Kvadrat SG plant;
• АЕР plant;
• Interkos-IV CJSC.

76. PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER ON THE MAP OF SAINT
PETERSBURG
• Development strategy for Russia's pharmaceutical industry to 2020 (October 2009)
• Development concept for the pharmaceutical cluster in Saint Petersburg (April 2010)
• Action plan for implementing the development concept for the pharmaceutical cluster in
Saint Petersburg (May 2010)
• Coordination council for developing the pharmaceutical cluster in Saint Petersburg (December 2010)
Key documents:

77. PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER ON THE MAP OF SAINT
PETERSBURG
Pharmacluster development plan:
Pushkinskaya industrial zone:
• 400 million roubles investment in infrastructure by 2012;
• Geropharm, Samsom-Med, Neon plants.
Neudorf SEZ:
• research laboratories;
• business incubator and centre for collective equipment use;
• congress centre;
• Biokad plant.
Novo-Orlovskoye SEZ:
• main resource for implementing R&D и and Greenfield projects;
• construction of Novartis, Vertex, Pharmasyntez, Vital Development plants;
• administrative and laboratory production block;
• customs infrastructure.

78. PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER
ON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG
Pushkinskaya industrial zone
Neudorf SEZ
Novo-Orlovskoye SEZ

79. SAINT PETERSBURG'S PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER
• Cytomed;
• Immuno Gem;
• Novartis;
• Vertex;
• Vital;
• Pharma syntez;
• Medpolymer SPb;
• Galeno Pharm;
• Biocad;
• Pharm Holding;
• Pharmakor;
• Polisan;
• SPB NIIVS;
• Samson-Med LLC;
• Neon;
• Technolog;
• Anvi.

80. SAINT PETERSBURG'S PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER

81. HIGH TECH CLUSTER ON THE MAP
OF SAINT PETERSBURG
Neudorf SEZ + Novo-Orlovskoye department:
• 130 ha;
• 36 resident companies
IT park in Nevsky district Saint Petersburg — offices and production
+ infrastructure for residents;
Business incubator Ingria — the engine for developing the IT cluster:
• Area 2,325.03 sq. m;
• 776 jobs for small businesses;
• 86 residents— their clients Sony, IKEA, MTS, Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Sochi-2014 and others;
• Agreements with 8 of the largest Saint Petersburg universities;
• 10 student projects have become residents.
Joint production of Foxconn and Hewlett-Packard personal computers.
The first technology park of the Finnish company Technopolis, intended for high-tech
enterprises.

82. HIGH TECH CLUSTER ON THE MAP
OF SAINT PETERSBURG
Neudorf SEZ
Novo-Orlovskoye
IT park
Business incubator Ingria
Foxconn and Hewlett-Packard
Technopolis

83. SHIPBUILDING CLUSTER
ON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG
•43 shipbuilding industry companies;
•over 50 thousand specialists work in the industry.
A key project is the state-of-the-art shipbuilding
complex United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC on Kotlin
Island
•project implementation period — 8 years;
•total workforce — 6,500;
•taxes paid to Saint Petersburg — about 3.5 billion per
annum;
•annual revenue — 38 billion roubles;
•investment — about 35 billion roubles.

84. RADIOLOGY CLUSTER
ON THE MAP OF SAINT PETERSBURG
•highly qualified personnel and training of new employees;
•developed scientific and production and medical base;
•the greatest concentration in Russia of developers and producers of diagnostic equipment;
•developed allied industries for building cooperation and subcontracting.
Cluster
• 11 Petersburg enterprises, universities, research and
public organizations;
• 7 core industry partners.
Strong points

85. Operating conditions Saint Petersburg SEZ
SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
SEZ residents must correspond to the clusters:
• biomedicine, including pharmaceutical;
• precise and analytical instrument making;
• IT;
• energy saving technology;
• microelectronics;
• communication equipment;
• nanotechnology.
The SEZ will operate for 20 years
(18.01.2006-18.01.2026)

86. SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
Novo-Orlovskoye department
S = 110.8 ha
Neuford department
S = 20 ha

87. SAINT PETERSBURG SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
Free
customs
zone
Customs relief
for SEZ residents
Movement of Russian
goods
Movement of foreign
goods
Imports from abroad
Exports to Russia
Exports abroad
special tax 0, VAT 0%
special tax, VAT 18%, excise
special tax, VAT 0%
SEZ
Imports from Russia
Exports to Russia
Exports abroad
special tax 0, VAT 0%, excise
VAT 18%, excise
special tax, VAT 0%

88. ADVANTAGES FOR SEZ RESIDENTS
• protection from a worsening tax situation;
• tax and customs preferences;
• simplified land acquisition procedure, subsidised rent for land
and office facilities, possibility of purchasing the site after
bringing it into operation;
• the OEZ is fully provided with utility resources paid by the
Russian and Saint Petersburg governments (piping
infrastructure);
• subsidised connection to power sources (exemption from
payment for connection to power grids of 0.6 MW on 1 ha);
• use of staff potential, scientific and research
bases of universities and RAS institutes.
Guaranteed utility resources
maintenance
Legal guarantees to
residents, benefits
Possible cooperation with
scientific research centres

89. Welcome to Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Committee for External Relations