NOVGOROD REGION NOVGOROD REGION GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 1000 k

NOVGOROD REGION

NOVGOROD REGION GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 1000 kм 500 kм Territory – 54, 500 km 2, 250 kм St. Petersburg Veliky Novgorod Moscow population – 657, 600 people, Local centre – Veliky Novgorod populated by 216, 700 inhabitants

TRANSPORT SYSTEM Murmansk St. Petersburg Kirishi Vologda Chudovo Kirov Tallinn, Riga Tallinn Warsaw Vilnius Minsk Malaya Vishera Luga Veliky Novgorod Valdai Pskov Borovichi Bologoye Yaroslavl Ostrov Tver’ Warsaw Riga Vilnius Minsk Brest Nevel’ Kiev Per’m NOVGOROD REGION Helsinki Moscow

NOVGOROD REGION NATURAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF THE REGION (9) (2) (10) (4) (5) (11) (4) (4) (6) (3) (8) (2) (6) (4) (3) ( ) The number of available industrial sites within a municipality

NOVGOROD REGION CONSOLIDATED OBLAST BUDGET REVENUES

NOVGOROD REGION THE STRUCTURE OF GROSS REGION PRODUCT IN 2007

NOVGOROD REGION INDUSTRIAL MIX IN 2007

NOVGOROD REGION CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMPOSITION (2008 -2010) Capital investment in 2008 -2010 will amount to 82 billion ruble.

COMMUNICATION NOVGOROD REGION St. Petersburg Chudovo Malaya Vishera Batetsky Volot Khvoivnaya Veliky Novgorod Pestovo Okulovka Krestsy Shimsk Sol’tsy Lyubytino Parfino Staraya Russa Borovich Valdai Demyansk Poddorye Moshenskoye Moscow Maryovo ISDN, Rospack, Sprint Kholm digital long distance wire connection, Rosnet и Internet

NOVGOROD REGION CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENT

MAJOR INVESTING COUNTRIES NOVGOROD REGION Over 50% of the authorized capital Russia Great Britain Denmark Poland Finland Germany USA Spain France Slovenia Austria The Netherlands Cyprus

NOVGOROD REGION COMPANIES WITH FOREIGN CAPITAL PARTICIPATION THE LARGEST COMPANIES INVESTORS MAIN OUTPUT PRODUCTS JSK ‘Acron” Cyprus Mineral fertilizers LLC “UPM-Kymmene Chudovo Finland Large-sized laminated plywood, sliced veneer JSC “Novtruck” Germany Car bodies, trailers and semi-trailers LLC Joint venture “NBI Transport Service" Germany Freighting LLC “Madok” LLC “ Dirol Cadbury” OJSC “URSA Chudovo” LLC “Amcor Rentsch Novgorod Austria Great Britain, Denmark Logging and woodworking Chewing gum and confectionary Spain Heat insulating materials Germany Rigid cigarette packaging LLC “Setnovo” Finland Carving wood LLC “UPM Kymmene Pestovo” Finland Carving wood CJSC «Novgorodskii metallurgical plant” Cyprus Copper rolled wire and cathode copper Ltd “Pfleiderer” Ltd “Amcor Flexibles Novgorod” “Sibelko” CJSC “Russkaya Gornaya Kompaniya” Germany Great Britain Belgium Chipboards Flexible cigarette packaging Construction of mining and processing complex for sand gravel aggregate

NOVGOROD REGION EXPORT AND IMPORT OF GOODS 608 469 330 166 614 655

NOVGOROD REGION INVESTMENT-FRIENDLY REGION § Advantageous location § Investment-friendly environment l statutory tax incentives for investors l established business support patterns l freedom from administrative barriers l comprehensive transport network l ramified telecommunication network

NOVGOROD REGION INVESTMENT CLIMATE § Investment Strategy Efficiency l l l political stability non-regression of initial terms of investment project implementation equal rights for investors 1997 – Novgorod was awarded “The Region of the Year” title as a recognition of successful implementation of economic reforms (by decision of American Chamber of Commerce) 1997 – Flag of Honour of the Council of Europe, 2001– Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe for efficient integration into European Community

NOVGOROD REGION RATING § Since 1995 on the region has been amongst top 10 Russian regions with the highest investment appeal § 3 rd place (2005) in the key nomination «For Low Investment Risk Over Decade» § Winner in the Key Nomination «For the Lowest Investment Risk» (2000 -2001, 2001 -2002, 2003 -2004); 3 rd place (2004 -2005) 8 th place (2006)

NOVGOROD REGION W E L C O M E ! region. adm. nov. ru