The export of products from enterprises of the Vitebsk region to Russian regions increased by 4.2% in 2019
Product supplies increased in the regions of six out of eight Russian federal districts. An increase in the indicator by 1.5 times or more was ensured through cooperation with partners from 16 regions. At the same time, exports to remote Russian regions grew most dynamically: to the Magadan region, North Ossetia-Alania and Khakassia - more than 3 times, to the Amur, Irkutsk regions, Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais - 2.5-2.8 times, to the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Stavropolye - 1.5 times. After a break, shipments of Vitebsk goods to the Republic of Ingushetia, Kamchatka Krai, and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast have resumed.
Consumer goods predominated in the structure of exports to Russia, accounting for almost 47%, of which 24.4% were food products. Vitebsk manufacturers most actively supply products of the petrochemical and machine-tool industries, dairy products, knitwear, garments, and carpets, and linen fabrics. In 2019, sales of peat increased by almost 3 times, supplies of veterinary drugs doubled, exports of polyethylene grew by 40%, flax fiber - by 30%, linen fabrics - by 13%, metal structures - by 17.4%, medical instruments - by 7.2%.
In 2019, high-tech goods worth $285 million were shipped to Russian partners, which is 55% of the total volume of innovative exports from the Vitebsk region.
The main suppliers of products to Russia are enterprises of the Vitebsk Meat and Dairy Products Concern state concern, Naftan Open Joint-Stock Company, as well as residents of the Vitebsk FEZ, including Prodexim LLC, VIC - Animal Health Unitary Enterprise, Energokomplekt Production Association LLC, Allianceplast LLC, Vitebskiye Kovyry Open Joint-Stock Company, Vityaz Open Joint-Stock Company, Natrix Closed Joint-Stock Company, Polotsk-Steklovolokno Open Joint-Stock Company, Soyuz-kabel International Closed Joint-Stock Company, Novopolotsk Technological Metal Structures Plant Closed Joint-Stock Company.
The development of interregional cooperation is of great importance for strengthening business partnerships, the Foreign Economic Relations Department noted. There are 25 cooperation agreements between the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and Russian regions, and more than 100 documents are held by districts and cities that develop contacts with the corresponding territorial entities of Russian regions. In 2019, visits of Vitebsk delegations to 8 cities and regions of Russia were organized. Representatives of business circles from the Krasnodar Territory, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, and Astrakhan regions visited the northern Belarusian region. In addition, more than 20 delegations from Russian regions worked at the International Investment Forum, which is traditionally held in the spring in Vitebsk. In turn, representatives of the Vitebsk region participated in almost 180 business events of various formats and representations organized in Russia.