How to change the approach to development and industrial parks in the near future?
Alex Besprozvanny: the Ministry of industry and trade jointly with other agencies working on the creation of a single architecture of measures of state support of industrial parks and technoparks and improved utilization of Federal resources.
the Task of the Ministry is to unify requirements within the country between different departments, or otherwise in charge of theme parks, industrial parks and clusters. We are now expanding the list of objects which can be included in the registry, including, for example, agricultural estates, agrobiotechnology.
Another very important part of the new policy in respect of infrastructure will be a large-scale use of the state system of industry GISIP. She was commissioned by the Ministry of industry and trade to monitor the development of regional industrial infrastructure, as well as demonstrations prepared sites investors when making decisions about opening new facilities. We have big plans for this system, I think it can be very effective for understanding a complete picture of industry in the country. Now we are working with the tools developed by the Rosstat statistical records to improve the completeness and accuracy of information about the development of the regional industrial infrastructure.
What is the dynamics on attracting residents? How many have managed to collect taxes and create jobs?
Alex Besprozvanny: of 2015, the Ministry of industry and trade jointly with the regional authorities and the enterprises are included in the register of 49 industrial clusters with an annual output of more than 1.3 trillion rubles. During this time, the Federal budget received more than 12 billion rubles in taxes and created more than 30 thousand jobs.
In 2013, for example, was created by 36 industrial parks, and in 2018, there were 227, and more than half of them – private. In industrial parks created 174 thousand high-performance workplaces. And in industrial parks come to the country and foreign partners is the business of the USA, Japan, Turkey, Germany. Already 14 countries have invested in our infrastructure industry. Just 2013-2019 years, private investors invested more than 600 billion rubles in the opening of new industries.
What kind of support gets the business?
Alex Besprozvanny: within the framework of the support mechanism now, we will compensate businesses up to 50% of the costs of implementation of cluster projects: R & d, pilot batch, interest on loans, leases, purchase of technological equipment, software and hardware systems. The mechanism is well established and popular among the regions. Governors support its use, and the local ��inistry the industry well informed about the work procedure. Together with them we spent gathering information about the plans of the cluster for projects of import substitution and saw a serious interest in the subject.
to be included in the registry, Park or cluster must meet a certain standard. KPIs are determined by the measure of support claimed by the investor, and the specialization, which is the region where the object functions. For example, in many regions, the advantage is given to small businesses.
does the new cluster policy of “smart specialisation” of regions – industry specific, the availability of skilled workers?
Alex Besprozvanny: Today, our main goal is to avoid a chaotic import substitution and to obtain a synergistic effect, utilizing key industrial specialization of regions. So that is the production competence of the subjects considered in this system.
Now there are seven interregional industrial clusters. For example, interregional Cluster of electronic devices, materials and components in Stavropol and Belgorod region is implementing a project to develop the world’s largest production of plates of synthetic sapphire crystals of large and ultralarge diameters. According to the results of its implementation in 2020 will be the localized production of products with high added value, created and upgraded more than 280 new high-tech jobs and generated more than 2 billion rubles in taxes. 95% of the final industrial product cluster intended for export to 25 countries.
The major inter-regional industrial cluster “Composites without borders” operating in Tatarstan, and the Saratov and Moscow regions in 2018. There is available production of carbon fibers. As a result of its implementation in 2022 will be localized competitive production of carbon fiber fabrics, prepregs on the basis of PAN fibers. Through this project, the enterprise cluster “Alabuga-Fiber” will increase industrial output by more than 3 billion rubles, the Federal budget will go further more than 500 million roubles of tax and customs payments. This will create 130 new high-performance workplaces.
How do you assess the work of the regional authorities for the development of industrial clusters?
Alex Besprozvanny: Today, the leading regions by the number of successful clusters is Tatarstan (10 clusters), Chelyabinsk oblast (7), Saint Petersburg (4), Ulyanovsk oblast (3) and Stavropol Krai (2). Reduction of administrative barriers and a variety of production competencies in the regions, actively contribute to the development of cluster structures.
however, given all the success of cluster policy in Russiathese, we still understand that the time has come to change the requirements and go to a new level of development. In particular, we propose to refocus the development program of clusters and set as criterion for granting state support a prerequisite to organize the production of products or components for projects and export potential.
it is Also important to move from compensation of expenses of the enterprises of industrial clusters to promote the achievement of results. Moreover, these points are understandable, and clear criteria: the growth of industrial production volumes relative to the size of the subsidy should be 5 to 1; increase industrial cooperation with other members of the cluster in relation to the size of the grants – 3-to-1; the increase of tax payments to the Federal budget relative to the size of the subsidy is 1.5 to 1.
it is Necessary to conduct the prioritization of state support for cluster projects with the participation of enterprises of the defense industry and focus on the commitment to increase industrial output of civil products.
Requirements regions to parks that receive subsidies vary considerably. Whether created by the same agreements with all regions?
Alex Besprozvanny: that is What we are actively doing. The purpose of signing now with the regional authorities additional agreements in the coordination of actions at all levels to ensure successful operation of industrial parks, technology parks and industrial clusters in the regions. Harmonize regional and Federal legislation.
supplemental agreement will provide further information about industrial goods necessary for the execution of regional projects, and opportunities for businesses to produce and supply such products. This will provide an opportunity to involve domestic producers in the market of regional and municipal procurement using GISIP that we are now actively reforming. An important element is the creation of possibilities of import substitution components of the final product.
What support is provided to residents and management companies of technoparks in the epidemic?
Alex Besprozvanny: During a pandemic, the Ministry contacted each region and issued recommendations in support of management companies parks and clusters. In particular, we proposed to compensate for lost revenues through subsidies or concessional loans for industrial infrastructure and working capital. We recommend to extend to management companies of industrial parks and technoparks continuous mode, measures to support SMEs, to exempt from property tax and land tax or��reduce rate to provide “rent holidays”, not to apply penalty sanctions in case of non fulfillment of the purposes or obligations.
See that many regions responded to our recommendations and implement them, thereby providing a Foundation for more rapid economic recovery.
Will there be subsidies for the creation of industrial and technological infrastructure private industrial technoparks?
Alex Besprozvanny: Yes, support for private industrial parks is one of our priorities. Take the example of Krasnodar region – a private industrial Park Wildberries. The Minister of industry and trade of Russia Denis Manturov took part in the ceremony of laying the symbolic Foundation piles in its Foundation. This ambitious project will help to create more jobs for small and medium business and increase the share of domestic products on the domestic market and abroad. Today, as never before, we are interested in the emergence of a large number of such initiatives, and developing mutually beneficial cooperation of big business with the regions.
we are ready to compensate regions for the cost of construction of industrial parks and technoparks, tax deductions residents of these facilities to the Federal budget.
the Entry in the register of industrial parks allows the project proponent to apply for granting tax exemptions, property tax, transport tax, land tax. You can also obtain other preferences, in particular, the provision of land targeted way, reducing rents, administrative support of the project.
How it works?
Alex Besprozvanny: the Scheme is as follows: the private investor builds an industrial Park and attracts residents. The region is starting to recover some of the investor’s cost for creating the Park, or starting to build part of the external infrastructure for the Park: access roads, electrical substation, external linear facilities. After that the region can apply to the Ministry for compensation of costs in support due to the return of tax and customs payments to the resident in the Federal budget. It will return the invested funds, while in the region will be an industrial facility, providing new jobs.
