The Development Corporation attracted 100% more investment projects to the republic over the year compared to last year
From January to November of this year, the Bashkortostan Development Corporation attracted twice as many investment projects to the republic as last year. Thus, 24 initiatives were presented to the Head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov and members of the investment committee in 2022 under the supervision of the department, last year there were 12 of them. This became known during a press conference of the General Director of the Development Corporation Nail Gabbasov, during which he also answered questions about the results of the department's work for the year, attracting investments to the region, interaction with foreign investors in the current economic conditions and ideas for further development of the investment potential of the republic.
- Today we support 140 projects with a total declared investment volume of 54 billion rubles and the creation of about 12 thousand jobs. Since the beginning of the year, 16 investment projects under the supervision of the Corporation have been included in the priority List, five have been recognized as large-scale, Nail Gabbasov explained.
During the press conference, the head of the department also answered questions concerning the development and effectiveness of the tools introduced by the Corporation in order to attract investors to the region, in particular, the formation and presentation of investment proposals.
- We are actively working in this direction. Business sheriffs help us in this, together with whom we identify the growth points of each municipality. Since June 2021, the Corporation's specialists have developed and posted on the Investment Portal 50 business cases in various areas, 39 of them were developed this year and we receive feedback on many of them. For example, negotiations are currently underway with investors to create brick production enterprises on the territory of Tatyshlinsky and Mishkinsky districts. Also, potential investors were interested in cases on the creation of wind and solar power plants, the construction of a vegetable storage, the creation of a boarding house for the elderly and disabled, as well as enterprises for the production of animal feed and personal hygiene products on the territory of the SEZ "Alga", - he noted.
In order to simplify the investor's interaction with the executive authorities, the Development Corporation, together with the republican MFC, opened an investor window.
- This idea was initiated by the Corporation and supported by the Regional Government at a meeting of the Project Office. Joint work with the MFC will simplify the way of implementing projects in the republic. So, potential investors will have priority access to services for registration of a legal entity, approval of the layout and registration of a land plot for rent, filing an application for concluding a contract on connecting a capital construction facility to engineering infrastructure networks, and much more," Nail Gabbasov said.
The Development Corporation is also the management company of the largest preferential zones of the republic – special Economic Zone «Alga» and the industrial park «Ufa». During the year, the number of SEZ residents increased from 10 to 13. Thus, the total investment volume of all residents now amounts to more than 40 billion rubles. In 2022, the resident status was granted to the companies "Bioron", "Bashkalyk", "Farus-Synthesis". 4 more companies are considered as potential residents. Relations with them are at various stages of negotiations. In the Ufa Industrial Park, the number of residents has also increased - from 10 to 15. The total investment volume of all residents of the park is over 35 billion rubles. This year "Ufa" became a participant of the accelerator for industrial tourism "Open Industry", organized by ASI and RANEPA with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. Now excursions will be organized to the residents' enterprises, where those who wish will be able to get acquainted with their activities and products.
