Enterprises of the Vitebsk region cooperate with 77 regions of Russia
Between the regional executive committee and the administrations of the regions of Russia, there are 21 agreements in effect, and district and city executive committees, based on similar documents, cooperate with 41 districts of the neighboring state. Meanwhile, economic partnership of the region's enterprises is carried out with 77 regions of the Russian Federation, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk, Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Tula, and Samara regions. Trade turnover with the Russian Federation for 2009 reached $3.1 billion, of which exports amounted to $660 million. Mutual cooperation allows the region's enterprises to develop their own distribution network in the Russian Federation.31 March, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The Vitebsk region has concluded 62 regional cooperation agreements in economic and cultural spheres with the administrations of regions of the Russian Federation, the Economics Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
There are 21 agreements in force between the Regional Executive Committee and the administrations of Russian regions, and district and city executive committees cooperate with 41 districts of the neighboring state on the basis of similar documents. Meanwhile, economic partnership of the region's enterprises is carried out with 77 regions of the Russian Federation, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk, Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Tula, and Samara regions.
Russian partners account for 51% of the total export volume of enterprises in the Vitebsk region. Trade turnover with the Russian Federation in 2009 reached $3.1 billion, of which exports amounted to $660 million. A quarter of export deliveries are dairy and meat products, 13% are textiles, 12% are machine tools and instruments, construction materials account for 11%, and footwear supplies account for the same amount.
Mutual cooperation allows the region's enterprises to develop their own sales network in the Russian Federation. The joint venture "Belvest" has more than 30 retail outlets, and "Vitebskiye Kovry", "Vityaz", "Fortex", "Polimerkonstruktsiya", "Alyans-plast", "Marko" have created extensive dealer networks. The enterprises "Soyuz-kabel" and "Energokomplekt", which produce cable products, and "Beltubplast", specializing in the production of polyethylene pipes, couplings, and fittings, are part of Russian holdings that sell products on the European continent.
In 2009, Russian economic entities were the main investors in the region's enterprises. They accounted for 94.5% of all received investments. Direct Russian investments amounted to 30% of the total volume of direct investments. Several large projects with the participation of Russian capital are being implemented in the region: a logistics center for receiving, sorting, packaging, and temporary storage of potatoes is being created in the Gorodok district, and a hypermarket is under construction in Vitebsk.
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There are 21 agreements in force between the Regional Executive Committee and the administrations of Russian regions, and district and city executive committees cooperate with 41 districts of the neighboring state on the basis of similar documents. Meanwhile, economic partnership of the region's enterprises is carried out with 77 regions of the Russian Federation, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk, Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Tula, and Samara regions.
Russian partners account for 51% of the total export volume of enterprises in the Vitebsk region. Trade turnover with the Russian Federation in 2009 reached $3.1 billion, of which exports amounted to $660 million. A quarter of export deliveries are dairy and meat products, 13% are textiles, 12% are machine tools and instruments, construction materials account for 11%, and footwear supplies account for the same amount.
Mutual cooperation allows the region's enterprises to develop their own sales network in the Russian Federation. The joint venture "Belvest" has more than 30 retail outlets, and "Vitebskiye Kovry", "Vityaz", "Fortex", "Polimerkonstruktsiya", "Alyans-plast", "Marko" have created extensive dealer networks. The enterprises "Soyuz-kabel" and "Energokomplekt", which produce cable products, and "Beltubplast", specializing in the production of polyethylene pipes, couplings, and fittings, are part of Russian holdings that sell products on the European continent.
In 2009, Russian economic entities were the main investors in the region's enterprises. They accounted for 94.5% of all received investments. Direct Russian investments amounted to 30% of the total volume of direct investments. Several large projects with the participation of Russian capital are being implemented in the region: a logistics center for receiving, sorting, packaging, and temporary storage of potatoes is being created in the Gorodok district, and a hypermarket is under construction in Vitebsk.
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stitions are increasingly present in the agricultural processing sector and the production of veterinary drugs. As noted by the committee, economic cooperation with the border regions of Russia - Smolensk and Pskov regions - is among the priority areas of activity. More than 100 enterprises of the Vitebsk region of various forms of ownership have registered their representative offices in various cities of the Smolensk region. -0-