Republic of Tatarstan:

13. special economic Zone in yelabuGa
13. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE IN yELABUGA 14. INNOvATION ACTIvITIES
The Special Economic
Zone of Industrial Production
Type Alabuga is
located in the territory of
the Yelabuzhsky District of
the Republic of Tatarstan,
25 kilometres away from
Naberezhnye Chelny and
40 kilometres away from
Nizhnekamsk. There are
two SEZs of industrial production
type in Russia, the
SEZIPT Alabuga being the
largest with an area of 20
square kilometres.
The territory of SEZIPT
Alabuga is divided into a certain number of land plots, or modules. The area
of the module can be 5, 10, 20 or more hectares. All necessary communications
are brought to each module: motorways, electricity, heating network,
gas, water, sewage, high-speed communication lines, etc., and a resident
receives the junctions of these utilities near its land plot.
One of the best advantages of the SEZIPT is that the residents are guaranteed
considerable tax privileges and steady rules of business for the entire
period of existence of the Zone, i.e. for 20 years.
Residents are granted a number of preferences:
• Free customs area treatment, which means that foreign equipment is
installed and used within the SEZIPT without
payment of customs duties and VAT.
• They shall not pay export duties for their products.
• They shall be exempted from the property and
land taxes.
In order to ensure the most favourable treatment
and to cut bureaucratic expenses, the SEZIPT
Alabuga employs a “single window” approach. The
customer service area located in the SEZIPT business
centre hosts offices of 16 State regulatory
authorities. Residents of the SEZIPT Alabuga enjoy
the opportunity of solving all routine problems of
interaction with governmental authorities within
SEZIPT borders. For the first time in Russia this kind
of system is being arranged in the territory of an industrial
site.
As of today, residents registered in the SEZIPT Alabuga
are implementing large-scale projects in the
fields of automotive industry, petrochemical sector,
construction industry, and engineering equipment.
In addition to the already registered residents, there
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are a number of companies engaged in the production of automotive components,
mechanical engineering, woodworking, chemistry and other sectors
who have plans to place their production facilities in this territory in
the near future.
As of January 1, 2010, the following residents have been registered in
the SEZIPT Alabuga:
• OOO Sollers-Yelabuga (launching the Fiat Ducato vans production);
• ZAO Severstal Auto-Isuzu (production of trucks);
• ZAO Polimatiz (production of nonwoven Spanbond and Spanmelt materials);
• OOO Rockwool-Volga (production of mineral wool);
• ZAO Engineering Equipment Plant (production of heat pumps and elements
of climatic control systems);
• OOO Septal (production of equipment for local and small sewage systems);
• OOO P-D Tatneft-Alabuga Steklovolokno (production of fibreglass);
• OOO Air Liquide Alabuga (production of technical gases: liquid oxygen,
liquid nitrogen, gaseous oxygen);
• OOO Akulchev-Alabuga (launching the confectionery and bakery production);
• Kastamonu Entegre (launching the MDF and particle board production);
• ZAO Trakaya Glass Rus (building the plant for production of float glass,
automotive glass and mirrors);
At December 1, 2009, capital investments of the SEZIPT residents totalled
RUR 1.18 billion (some US$ 37 million).
seZipT iz located near yelabuga, yelabuga District of the Republic of Tatarstan, 25 km away from naberezhnye
chelny, 40 km away from nizhnekamsk, and 215 km away from Kazan (the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan)
Total seZipT area is 20 square km
The key aspect in the creation of the competitive national economy is
the innovation approach, that is, the changes in the economy management
formats and methods, introduction of new, innovative technologies
into production, and the creation of the system of innovation education.
Starting in 2005, the Republic is implementing a Programme for Social
and Economic Development which is aimed at the transition from the raw
material-based economy to the economy of innovation.
The Republic of Tatarstan concentrates a considerable industrial and
scientific potential in over 90 institutions of higher education and some
100 scientific research institutions and design bureaus, the Academy of Sciences
of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Kazan Scientific Centre of the
Russian Academy of Sciences uniting a number of academic institutions of
national importance.
The proportion of active innovation enterprises in Tatarstan is higher
than the Russia’s average (12.5% in Tatarstan versus 9.0% of Russia’s average),
and the republic is quite high in this list, ranking fourth among the
constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Within the framework of the Programme for Innovation Activity Development
in the Republic of Tatarstan, a network of technoparks is being created
in the republic in 2 basic areas: commercialisation of scientific developments
and innovation development of industrial production.
To date, Tatarstan has created a Special Economic Zone, technoparks,
industrial parks, a technopolis, and business incubators.
In 2009, a technopark in the sphere of high technologies was opened –
the IT-Park, with a mission of ensuring the accelerated innovation development
of high-tech sectors of economy and production of new knowledgeintensive
products based on the scientific, educational, and industrial
potential of the republic.
With an aim of accumulating investment resources and focusing them on
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the implementation of innovative
projects, the republic
established a state-run noncommercial
organisation,
Investment & Venture Fund
of the Republic of Tatarstan.
For attracting long term investments
to major projects
in Tatarstan by means of investment
risks mitigation, a
state-run non-commercial
Stabilisation Pledge & Insurance
Fund of the Republic of
Tatarstan was established in
the republic.
Active integration of science
and business, introduction
of the newest scientific
achievements into the industrial
production is an indicator
of efficient national innovation
system, which means
the successful economic development. In this respect, Tatarstan is a good
strategic location to create and introduce high-tech manufacturing facilities,
including those with the participation of foreign capital.
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