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Main sectors of Kostroma Region economy Economic structure In 2013 Russian rating agency «Expert RA» affirmed Kostroma Region ratings: investment potential «Stable», investment risks «Insignificant» The GRP’s structure of the Kostroma Region http: 2

Priority directions of economic development Priority economic sectors http: 3 Processing industriesTimber processing complexAgro-industrial complexSmall businessTourism Kostroma Region enterprises’ products (of Russian Federation general amount)

http: Favourable transport and geographical location Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region 4 KOSTROMA ST.-PETERSBURG 960 km Kirov 600 km Yaroslavl’ 70 km MOSCOW 320 km Ekaterinburg 1450 km - 2,5 hours - 10 hours - 16 hours - 1,5 hours - 5 hours - 6 hours Area - 60,2 thousand sq. km Population - 660,3 thousand people Possibility of products’ delivery to any part of the world

http: Kostroma Region is a large transit center 5 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Transport corridor St.-Petersburg – Ekaterinburg, North-West – Ural The Trans-Siberian railway connects Kostroma region with Moscow, St.-Petersburg, eastern regions of the Russian Federation The main water way is the Volga river. It ensures links with Black, Baltic, North seas There is a regular air service established via the “Sokerkino” airport

http: Skilled personnel 6 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region  The population of the Kostroma Region amounts to 660,3 thousand people  Kostroma Region takes the first place in Central Russia by the birth rate – 12.7 newborns per 1000 people  4 universities, 26 professional educational institutions and qualification improvement centers train specialists of all professional directions

http: Large reserves of wood 7 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Kostroma Region has large wood reserves with total area of 4,5 million ha Annual volume of cutting area is about 12 million cub. m Volume of unused cutting area is 7 million cub. m

http: Natural resources 8 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Peat deposits Building materials deposits Sapropel deposits Probable deposits of gold, salt, hydrocarbon raw materials Percentage of forest land is 74.1 %. The region takes the 6th place in wood reserves among Russian European regions and the 1st place – in Central Russia.

http: Tourism 9 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region

http: High level of environmental protection 10 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region High level of environmental protection Favourable climate Projects implementation in agricultural sector

http: Investment projects implementation Examples of mutually advantageous cooperation 11 «KRONOHOLDING AG» (Switzerland) Wood boards production for furniture and construction industry «SPECTA AG» (Finland - Switzerland) Enterprise for metalware production «KOKHLOMA» Technical re-equipment of spinning factory’s productive premises «NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO» (USA) Production of drilling rigs for the oil and gas sector

Foreign economic activity 12 http: Export Import Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region

http: Investment activity support 13 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Improved legislative basis“One-Window” principleMultilingual Investment PortalRegister of investment sites

http: Industrial parks There are several industrial parks on the territory of Kostroma Region operating in the following sectors:  machine-building;  metallurgy;  production of building materials;  wood-processing industry;  autocomponents production 14 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region

http: 15 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Investment proposals High-quality plywood production Project’s value – 3 billion roubles Payback period – 5 years Laminated lumber production (300 thousand cub. m per year) Total investments – 2 billion roubles Payback period – 5-6 years

http: Glassware production (250 tons per day) Total investments – 2 billion roubles Payback period – 7 years Bricks production (60 million pcs. per year) Total investments – 1,3 billion roubles Payback period – 7 years Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Investment proposals 16

http: Metal constructions production Total investments – 100 million roubles Payback period – 5 years Dry building mixes production Total investments – from100 million to1 billion rub. Payback period – 5-8 years Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Investment proposals 17

http: Cathedral houses ( ) Kostroma City, Tchaikovskogo Street, 21a Two-storey brick building Total area – 1029,3 sq. m Residential house (XVIII – XIX centuries) Kostroma City, Ostrovskogo Street, 53 Two-storey brick L-shaped building Total area sq. m Water and electric supply station (XIX – XX centuries) Kostroma City, 1 st of May Street, 1a, 3a Two-storey brick building Total area – 1359,5 sq. m Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Investment proposals in the sphere of hotels construction 18

http: 19 Investment advantages of the Kostroma Region Investment proposals feasibility study variants of industrial sites transport and engineering infrastructure necessary natural resources basis Every investment proposal has:

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