Moscow, October 31, 2013

On the progress in implementation of the priority project relative to forming «new image» of trade missions

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

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Concept of forming «new image» of trade missions

August-September, 2012 – Developing the draft Concept

October 31, 2012 – Approving the draft Concept on the Board of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

November 14, 2012 - The Priority project of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation «On the formation of the new image of the trade representative of the Russian Federation in foreign states» was approved by the decree № 729

February 28, 2013 – Coordinating the draft Concept with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

March 13, 2013- Approving the draft Concept at the meeting of the sub-commission on economic integration of the Government

Commission on Economic Development and Integration

April 29, 2013 - Summing up the results of the first phase of the project

December 5, 2013 - Report to the Government on results of implementation of the Concept

January, 2014 - Summing up the results of realization of the priority project

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Agreements on cooperation in the foreign economic sphere

  Agreements that have been signed by

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With large Russian companies

47With subjects of the Russian

Federation 40With business associations

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TOTAL: 97

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Companies that have concluded the agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

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regions, with which Agreements have been signed

regions, with which Agreements have been signed, and there are approved projects

Map of the regions

- Tula region- Yaroslavl region- Vladimir region- Murmansk region- Bryansk region- Kirov region- Rostov region- Leningrad region- Ivanovo region- Voronezh region- Kaliningrad region

- Novosibirsk region

- Arkhangelsk region- Stavropol Krai- the Republic of Adygea- Samara region- the Komi Republic - Orel region- Orenburg region- Kurgan region- Vologda region- the Republic of Karelia

- Kaluga region- Sverdlovsk region- Nizhny Novgorod region- Ulyanovsk region- Volgograd region- the Republic of Tatarstan- Chelyabinsk region- Lipetsk region- Krasnodar Krai- Tomsk region

- Penza region- the Republic of Mordovia- the Chuvash Republic - Tver region- the Republic of

Bashkortostan - Saratov region- the Republic of Dagestan

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Number of approved project passports

  Number of the project passports that have been approved by 31.10.2013

Countries of Asia 53

Countries of Near East and Africa

19

Countries of Europe 44

Countries of North America 5

Countries of South America 24

Countries of the CIS 72

All countries 24

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Asia22%

Near East and Africa

8%

Europe18%North America

2%

South America10%

CIS30%

All countries10%

By 31.10.2013