V International Forum "Made in Russia" - export achievements and new tasks

On November 24, the JCC in the WTC Congress Center hosted the anniversary Export Forum "Made in Russia". More than 3,000 people became its participants, among them exporters, representatives of government, media, Russian and foreign expert community.

On November 24, the JCC in the WTC Congress Center hosted the anniversary Export Forum "Made in Russia". More than 3,000 people became its participants, among them exporters, representatives of government, media, Russian and foreign expert community.

The key topics are the development of exports of civil defense products, the strengthening of the international and partner network of the REC, the removal of barriers to export through electronic commerce channels, the export development of regions and the introduction of a regional export standard, and the recognition of the results of the Russian conformity assessment abroad.

The forum opened with a plenary session "Made in Russia - Recognized Abroad" with the participation of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

Among other important topics mentioned by Petr Fradkov is support for small and medium-sized businesses (thanks to the activities of the Government and the Russian export center, the average annual growth of SME exporters exceeds the growth of SMEs), the development of regional infrastructure (REC has created an export support network that consists of 31 points presence in 27 regions of the country, including through partnership points of presence).

The experts discussed these and other topics during strategic sessions and roundtables united by the same idea - to identify instruments for overcoming barriers to export activities and to jointly offer new drivers for growth of foreign economic activity of Russian companies in various sectors: from the civilian direction of the OPK and online- trade to tourism services and the hospitality industry. Among the speakers are Deputy Head of the Government Office of the Russian Federation - Director of the Project Activities Department of the Government of the Russian Federation Andrey Slepnev, President of Delovaya Rossiya Alexey Repik, Head of the Udmurt Republic Alexander Brechalov, Regional Director of Accor in Russia, Georgia and CIS Alexis Delaroff, Practice of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (USA) Richard Sigman, Head of the Department of Government Affairs of Moscow of the Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Germany Sebastian Kiefer.

Signing of cooperation agreements aimed at developing the export system and improving the quality of the export environment also took place. In particular, the Russian Export Center signed agreements with the Vladimir Region, Roskaschestvo, Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, Soyuzmultfilm, OOO Cerebro, PJSC "VTB 24".

In the presence of the head of the Group of Companies of REC Petra Fradkov, several contracts were concluded: between the companies "Organica", "Kuban-wine" and the distribution company "Northern Spirits Private Limited" for the supply of alcoholic beverages to India. The total amount of the two agreements was 25 million rubles. An agreement worth $ 3 million on the issue of bank guarantees for the supply of Russian products to India was signed by Roseximbank and BL-Trade.

The Forum "Made in Russia" was concluded with the solemn ceremony of awarding the "Exporter of the Year 2016" prize. The top three winners this year were "Kamaz" (1st place), "Karelia Pulp" (2nd place), "Caustic" (3rd place). "Nefis-Bioproduct" won the nomination "Nefis-Bioproduct", "Vibrotechnik" was named the best dynamically developing exporter among SMEs, the Leningrad Region became the leader of export among the subjects of the Russian Federation, "VTB" - the best in export financing, the exporter of the year among the agro-industrial complex is named "Aleiskzerproduct" named after S. N. Starovoytov.

Summarizing the first results of the "Made in Russia" Forum, Petr Fradkov noted that the main thing was that the exporting companies themselves became the heroes.

"Those who demonstrate by their example that non-primary export from Russia is not a dream beyond the clouds, but a reality. It is these companies that work daily on foreign markets that are our main source of knowledge and a guide in the complex process of reforming the export environment in our country. Exporters themselves know how barriers prevent the export of Russian goods abroad, and they are often the initiators of changes that we later introduce as a government agent at the state level, "- Peter Fradkov, head of the group of companies of the REC