DEMONSTRATION OF THE LIPETSK REGION`S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT PROJECTS

200 Km

150 Km

Territory: 24,1 тыс. Km(0,14% RF)

Population: 1171,3 th. people(64% in cities)

AREA AND POPULATION OF THE LIPETSK REGION

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AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN 2015 - $1.95 BILLION,

WHICH IS 102,8% AS COMPARED TO 2014.

522,41

768,97

1115,52

1518,971453,45

1751,721939,66

1608,621741,4

1896,61950

2005 y. 2006 y. 2007 y. 2008 y. 2009 y. 2010 y. 2011 y. 2012 y. 2013 y. 2014 y. 2015 y.

Million USD

ECONOMIC GROWTH AREAS IN THE LIPETSK REGION

"LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone (SEZ)

Regional SEZ

Industrial parks

THREE-TEIR INVESTMENT-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

"LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone

Regional special economic zone

Private industrial parks

Number of residents: 44 - from Russia, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, USA, China, Israel, Ukraine.Amount of declared investment: $2068.97 millionNumber of jobs: 18 000

There are 10 special economic zones:4 industrial and manufacturing zones, 2 tourism and recreation SEZ, 1 techology innivative SEZ, 3 agro-industrial SEZ.Number of participants: 46 of which Russian, German, Austrian, Czech, ChineseAmount of declared investment: $1379.31 millionNumber of jobs: 18 800.

Kuznetskaya Sloboda Industrial Park: There are 2 residents Rozhdestvo Industrial Park: There are 3 residents Sozidatel Industrial Park: There are 3 residents Number of jobs: 200

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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

Sustainable business, long-term outlook

Local authorities support at all stages of an investment project implementation.

"LIPETSK" industrial and manufacturing special economic zone life cycle is 49 years

Regional SEZ has perpetual existence.

• advanced preparation of up-to-date infrastructure for investment projects• duty-free zone regimen• reduced rates of land lease and buy-out• one contact principle• legal guarantees

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

Tax concession•Profit tax rate reduction:

0% for 5-7 years

5% for 5 years13,5% for 30-32 years

• Property tax remission

for 7 years• Transport tax remission

for 10 years• Land tax remission

for 5 years• There are 20 Higher Education Institutions

• with over 100 disciplines and specialties of Higher Professional Learning

• There are 25 Secondary-level vocational training colleges

• with 70 disciplines of Secondary Vocational Educationand 62 disciplines of Elementary Vocational Education

• The educational institutions produce 14000 specialists annually on the average

• There are 8 regional contract training and retraining centers.

Human resources

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN THE LIPETSK REGION

Transport and logistics conditions:The distance to the sea ports of Saint-Petersburg and the Black Sea as well as to the border of the European Union is 1000 km.

Moscow

Lipetsk

INVESTOR`S COMFORT

reduction of administrative barriers

mitigation of corruption risks

E-services

one contact principle

MAIN INVESTING COUNTRIES

Lipetsk

The Netherlands

USA

Luxembourg

JapanAustria Italy France UK

Germany

China

Irland

THE LIPETSK REGION RATINGS

2015

«STABLE»

ВВ

АA-(rus)

National long-term rating

Long-term rating forecast

International foreign- and local-currency credit rating

Minor investment risk within 10 years

TERRITORIAL CLUSTER FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES PRODUCTION

Lebedyan

Yelets

Griazy

Lipetsk

22 enterprises

Russian market shareover 24%

European market share

over 13%

Number of employees

7000 people

Production value is$603.45 million

WORLD-WIDE BUSINESS LEADERS - THE PARTNERS OF THE LIPETSK REGION

WORLD-WIDE BUSINESS LEADERS - THE PARTNERS OF THE LIPETSK REGION

FOCUS AREAS FOR ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS

EMERGING CLUSTERS

Car-making Farm machinery productionMachine-building

Tourism and recreation Caravaning Pharmaceutical

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Administration of the Lipetsk Region

Address: 398014, Lipetsk, Lenina-Sobornaya square, 1Tel.: (4742) 25-08-24Fax: (4742) 72-24-26Е-mail: office@admlr.lipetsk.ruWeb-site: www.admlip.ruInvestment portal: http://invest-lipetsk.com,