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Administrative andterritorialdivision The executive authorities of the Sverdlovsk Region are represented by its Governor and Government. The region has 47 towns, 26 workers’ and urban-type settlements and 1,843 villages. It is divided into five administrative districts: Gornozavodskoy, Severnyi, Zapadnyi, Vostochnyi and Yuzhnyi, with its administrative centre in Yekaterinburg, which is the capital of the Urals Federal District and Russia’s fourth largest city by population. Yekaterinburg ranked third in the 2010 Forbes rating of the best Russian cities for business. The city has confidently positioned itself as this Eurasian region’s centre and has the necessary international business infrastructure in place. As a result, the Sverdlovsk Region’s authority and recognition are growing exponentially. KEY ADVANTAGES OF THE SVERDLOVSK REGION High investment potential, low investment risks and stable financial position Leadership among Russia’s constituent regions in terms of economic development The largest transportation and logistics hub in the Urals Region Multi-industry manufacturing complex Developed infrastructure of foreign trade High level of academic knowledge, university and industry R&D potential Skilled labour and high innovative potential Investment and economic potential As a result of a positive trend in the region’s development over the last few years, its long-term credit rating has been continuously on the rise; this sustainable financial position has become one of the region’s most attractive aspects. The region has a high human and scientific potential, developed business infrastructure that meets all world standards, working to support legislation investing activities successfully implemented long-term regional strategy for social-economic development. As the fifth most populous region in Russia, the region occupies the 4th place among Russian regions in terms of shipped goods of domestic production, the turnover of retail trade - 4th place, wholesale - 4th place, according to the Regional Department of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Sverdlovsk region. According the ranking of the Forbes magazine Sverdlovsk region occupies the second place among the most attractive investment regions in Russia (excluding Moscow and Leningrad region) in 2011. At the same time the administrative center of the region – Yekaterinburg – selected by Forbes magazine as one of the best Russian cities for business (3rd place among Russian cities in 2010). Current indicators of social-economic development of the area show significant prospects for the economy of the Urals and its resistance to the changes at the world markets through a diverse range of regional industry and the ongoing processes of radical modernization of the economy of the Sverdlovsk region. Also, it should be noted that the result of the positive dynamics of the region development in recent years has been a systematic increase in long-term credit rating. In 2010, Standard & Poor’s rating agency once again affirmed the region’s BB credit rating. A low debt burden, the regional authorities’ pursuing a conservative debt management policy, financial support from the federal budget, significant industrial assets, and high liquidity and people welfare indicators that are above the Russian average have had a positive effect on the region's credit quality. Confirmation of this positive credit rating enhances the Sverdlovsk Region’s investment attractiveness, facilitates the expansion of the range of potential investors and creditors, and broadens access to borrowings and other sources of capital. This in turn contributes to the further growth of the region’s economy. There are 73 lending institutions operating in the Sverdlovsk Region, including those with foreign investment: Raiffeisen Bank, Barclays Bank, Banca Intesa, Societe Generale Vostok, Citibank, Home Credit and Finance Bank and others. Leading global audit, consulting, insurance and leasing companies also operate in the region. The implementation of large investment projects by foreign companies has demonstrated that the region’s economy is open to foreign capital. Over just the last three years, Boeing (US), Siemens (Germany), Buzzi (Italy), OMYA (Switzerland), Saint Gobain (France) and others have been launching and successfully implementing their investment projects in the region. The law “On state support for investors in the Sverdlovsk Region”, aimed at creating favourable conditions for investment overall and support for foreign investments, is in effect. The key investor support arrangements are state guarantees, tax exemptions and a number of other measures taken as part of governmental support. Key Eurasian transportation hub The Sverdlovsk Region is advantageously located where Europe and Asia meet, determining the region’s importance as a key transit centre in Russia. The region’s transport infrastructure is being developed in accordance with a number of federal and regional programmes. The Sverdlovsk Region Administration has adopted a framework for the development of the region’s transportation and logistics system for 2009-2015 (with an outlook up to 2030) in line with federal law. This framework is currently being implemented. According to this document, the Sverdlovsk Region is developing as a large international logistics centre with an interregional managing centre. It serves international and regional communications and transit traffic, such as the main latitudinal corridor (an extension of the International Transport Corridor No.2 Berlin- Moscow-Nizhniy Novgorod through Yekaterinburg to Beijing), made up of the existing Transsib railways and the Yekaterinburg-Tyumen and Yekaterinburg-Kazan highways. In developing a transportation hub linking Europe and Asia, the region intends to build an efficient transportation and logistics system, the components of which include: Koltsovo international airport, which is the largest airport hub in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg and facilitates the economic and social development of the Sverdlovsk Region and its integration into the global economy, as well as an expansion of business, culture and tourism; Sverdlovsk Railway is the main connecting and handling centre for freight and passenger traffic between Europe and Asia and has a unique geographical position and significant resources. Today, the market served by Sverdlovsk Railway covers 10.5% of the country's territory, 7.4% of its population and ensures the operation of 7% of Russia’s basic production assets; A developed network of roads, including the West-East International Transportation Corridor and a system of highways; A network of international- and interregional level terminal and logistics complexes for transferring, storing and handling Eurasian commodity flows. Large industrial centre The region’s level of manufacturing industry concentration is considerably higher than the national average, allowing the Sverdlovsk Region to take pride in its role as Russia's industrial centre. The Sverdlovsk Region’s industries cover almost all existing types of economic activities. Traditionally, the region’s industrial specialization includes the ferrous and nonferrous metals industry, metal processing, machine building and power generation, including nuclear power. Themachinebuildingcomplexspecializes in the production of machines and equipment, electrical equipment, electronic and optical equipment, and transport vehicles. It includes 240 large and medium enterprises and is one of the core industries in the Mid-Urals’ economy. It has traditionally been the most innovative and technically advanced sector of the manufacturing industry, employing more than 180,000 people. The region’s machine-building enterprises are also large consumers of manufacturing products. Themetalscomplexspecializes in the production of metal and finished metal products, and includes the production of finished steel and steel pipes, pellets and ferroalloys. The nonferrous metals industry manufactures primary aluminum, titanium rolled products, refined copper and copper concentrate. Mining: The Sverdlovsk Region is among Russia’s most mineral resource-rich areas. The region accounts for 97% of the vanadium, 68% of the bauxites, 23% of the iron ore, 6% of the copper and 2% of the nickel extracted in Russia. It is known for its high level of extraction of alluvial gold and platinum, hard rock gold, raw materials for the construction industry, facing and fabricating materials, etc. Woodprocessingandwoodworking: The wood market, comprising mostly lumber and ply wood, is oriented towards the domestic market and export primarily to the US and Europe. Currently, the Mid-Urals area is also witnessing fast growth in the production of electronic and optical equipment, pharmaceuticals and health products International and foreign economy activity According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Sverdlovsk Region ranks third in the country in terms of the number of official consular and trade missions of foreign countries (over 20). The region has more than 130 trade partners. The number of countries – trade partners of the Sverdlovsk region – more than 130. Geographically, the region’s key foreign trade partners continue to be industrially developed countries, which account for over 50% of its total commodity turnover. These countries are the key consumers of metals and metal products, machine-building products and chemicals, which constitute the core of the region's exports. The region’s foreign trade is expressly export driven. Export accounts for 70,7% of the total commodity turnover while import totals 29,3%. The Sverdlovsk Region differentiates its export both geographically and by product type, thereby lowering its general exposure to market fluctuations. Foreign trade turnover (data are based on the statistics of the Ural Customs Administration, taking into account trade with Belarus, including export and import of services) for January – December 2010 in value terms amounted to USD 12 333,4 million. Exports amounted to USD 8 944,7 million and imports – USD 3388.7 million. The foreign trade balance was positive and amounted to USD 4 615,8 million. Data are presented without taking into account the mutual trade with the Republic of Kazakhstan from July 1, 2010 due to the lack of official statistical information in connection with the cancellation of July 1, 2010 customs clearance of goods at the Russia-Kazakhstan border of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belorussia. According to the Urals Customs Administration, foreign trade turnover in January-February 2011 amounted to 1 416 million, an increase of 2% above the result of the same period last year. The Sverdlovsk region is a major importer of high-tech goods. Imports of machinery products each year form up to USD 2 billion. The Sverdlovsk region has cooperation agreements with the following countries: Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Finland. Also, the Sverdlovsk region cooperates with the following regions and cities on the basis of agreements: Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany), Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany), Liguria (Italy), Piedmont (Italy), Carinthia (Austria), Baria Vung Tau-(Vietnam), the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China (PRC), Ararat Marz (Armenia), Harbin (China), Donetsk (Ukraine), Kiev Region (Ukraine), Kirovograd Oblast (Ukraine), Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine), Cherkassy (Ukraine). Research and innovation capacity of the Sverdlovsk region The Sverdlovsk Region is one of just a few Russian regions that have retained their high R&D potential and is a leader among them. The region has vast innovation resources that can be used for the production of new high-tech products that will be competitive in both the domestic and global markets. The region’s industrial science complex is made up of 92 industrial R&D institutes that employ more than 17,000 people. The academic science complex comprises 22 institutes of the Urals Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. There are also 32 universities and over 160 large and medium innovative manufacturing enterprises. More than 30,000 people are involved in R&D work in the region. In 2010, the Yeltsin Urals Federal University was founded on the basis of two old Yekaterinburg universities. This university is the core of research and innovation in the Urals Region. In the Sverdlovsk Region, there are 32 universities in total (21 of them are state or municipally owned and 15 of them are non-governmental). The Sverdlovsk Region has 4,200 educational institutions of all types, which teach more than 1 million people. The system of secondary and higher vocational education is also well developed. |