St. Petersburg SEZ

SEZ St. Petersburg"" is a platform for the implementation of large business projects for the development and production of high-tech products, offering profitable benefits, preferences and support. states

2024

The manufacturer of medical devices SmithHealthcare was expelled from the SEZ "St. Petersburg" with a maximum fine

On July 22, 2024, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region satisfied the claim of the city committee for industrial policy, innovation and trade (KPPIT) to deprive the status of a resident of the special economic zone "St. Petersburg" (SEZ) of the medical company SmithHealthcare (SmithHelskea JSC). The court decision also provides for the payment of a maximum fine of 5 million rubles for a significant violation of the terms of the agreement. Read more here

The area of ​ ​ the SEZ "St. Petersburg" has doubled in 5 years, the investments of residents reached 105 billion rubles

For five years, the area of ​ ​ the special economic zone (SEZ) "St. Petersburg" has doubled, the total investments of its residents reached 105 billion rubles, and their total revenue - 404 billion rubles. Such data in May 2024 were cited by the vice-governor of St. Petersburg Kirill Polyakov.

According to him, these data indicate that investments in the creation of new enterprises in the SEZ pay off and demonstrate their economic feasibility. Doubling the area of ​ ​ the SEZ will increase the number of companies, strengthen the production and technological potential of the city's economy, Polyakov emphasized.

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At the end of 2023, new land plots at sites in the Parnas and Shushary industrial zones became part of the St. Petersburg special economic zone, as a result of which the total area of ​ ​ the SEZ increased to 337 hectares. SEZ "St. Petersburg" is located in four sections - "Neudorf," "Novoorlovskaya," "Parnas" and "Shushary."

According to the press service of the administration, by St. Petersburg the beginning of 2024, the total number of jobs in companies that are residents of the SEZ "St. Petersburg" reached 7039.

Kirill Polyakov noted that St. Petersburg received federal compensation in the amount of more than 338 million rubles for the development of a special economic zone. In 2024, it is expected that the city will receive about 2.1 billion rubles from the federal budget as compensation for the costs of creating and developing the SEZ. It is noted that the amount of tax deductions paid by residents of the SEZ twice exceeds the amount of funds originally invested in the project.

On May 14, 2024, Fontanka reported that seven companies that promised to invest 7 billion rubles in projects could leave the St. Petersburg SEZ. The reason is the consequences of Western sanctions and the severance of supply chains.^[1]

2023

Growth of investments of residents by 72% to 20 billion rubles

Investments of residents of the SEZ "St. Petersburg" in 2023 soared by 72% compared to 2022 and exceeded 20 billion rubles. This was announced in mid-February 2024 in the press service of the government of St. Petersburg.

The total revenue of companies in the SEZ increased in 2023 by 11% and amounted to 86.5 billion rubles. The largest volume of investments among residents of the SEZ "St. Petersburg" in 2023 fell on the companies "Biocad," "Gazpromneft - Industrial Innovations" and "Rosseti Property Management." In particular, JSC Biocad in 2023 increased funding for research work by more than 30%. In addition, the company doubled the production of active pharmaceutical substances, which made it possible to increase the production of drugs for the therapy of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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In turn, LLC Gazpromneft - Industrial Innovations invested in equipping equipment and carrying out construction, installation and finishing work of the future laboratory and pilot complex. The company intends to open it in the second quarter of 2024 on leased areas in the SEZ.

The company "Rosseti Property Management" financing of construction made it possible to ensure access to the final stage of the implementation of its project - the intellectual laboratory of digital networks.

The special economic zone works successfully, increasing all key performance indicators. It sees the city and recognizes the federal center. Confirmation of this is the decision to create new sites of the Special Economic Zone in the next few years. These platforms will become drivers of economic development to fulfill the task set by the President of the country to achieve technological sovereignty, - said the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov.[2]

Approval of three new projects for 4 billion rubles

The Expert Council of the SEZ "St. Petersburg" approved for the implementation of three new investment projects in the amount of 4 billion rubles. The press service of the special economic zone announced this at the end of August 2023.

In particular, Pantes MT LLC plans to build a plant for the development and production of electronics (motherboards, drive control controllers, APCS controllers, Internet of Things system modules). The plant will produce ready-made electronic units and blocks for cooperation with other enterprises of the domestic industry. The volume of investments will amount to 1.5 billion rubles.

SEZ "St. Petersburg"

Semargl LLC plans to build a plant for the production of automated warehouse, lifting, transport and robotic systems designed to automate production processes in industry, warehouse logistics, retail pharmacological industries, food industry, etc. Automation of products is implemented on the basis software of own development of the DIACON™ WMS included in the "Unified for register of Russian programs Computers and Databases" and registered in. Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Russia The main customers of the company in the APTS segment will be aviation, shipbuilding, machine-building plants, enterprises of the military-industrial complex and others. The company invests 570 million rubles in the project.

In addition, Polex-Pharm LLC intends to build an enterprise for the development and production of ready-made generic drugs and innovative drugs that have not previously been produced in Russia. The product line will include drugs for the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract and metabolism, amino acids and their derivatives, direct anticoagulants for topical use, metabolic agents, systemic antibacterial agents, proteolysis inhibitors.^[3]

2022: Investment of 11.5 billion rubles by residents for the year

Residents of the special economic zone (SEZ) "St. Petersburg" in 2022 invested a total of 11.5 billion in their projects. rubles The press service of the administration St. Petersburg announced this in early February 2023.

The top three companies with the largest investments included Biocad, Pharmasintez-Nord and NIC UES (part of Rosseti). Both pharmaceutical enterprises are actively developing existing capacities. By February 2023, NIC UES is completing the construction of its new enterprise in the SEZ.

The total revenue of SEZ residents in 2022 reached 78.3 billion rubles. During the same period, the company paid taxes in the amount of 10.4 billion rubles, including 2.4 billion rubles - to the budget of St. Petersburg.

Neudorf - Office of Management

According to the published statistics, 874 new jobs were created at the enterprises of the resident companies of the SEZ "St. Petersburg" in 2022. The level of actual investments of residents and created jobs is comparable to the indicators of 2021. The leaders in the number of employed specialists are Biocad Pharmasintez-Nord and PANTES, which opened a new electronics plant in the summer of 2022.

By February 2023, 69 companies were registered as residents in the territory of the special economic zone of the technical and innovative type in St. Petersburg. The volume of declared investments in projects is about 170 billion rubles.

The SEZ is located in two sections - "Neudorf" (18.99 hectares, the village of Strelna, Petrodvortsovy district) and "Novoorlovskaya" (163.33 hectares, Primorsky district). The regime of the special economic zone "St. Petersburg" is valid until 2054.

For the entire period of operation of the SEZ, its residents by the beginning of February 2023 invested 85.2 billion rubles in projects, while receiving a total revenue of 318 billion rubles.^[4]

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