TOMSK, Feb 8 – RIA Tomsk. The total volume of investments in investment projects which are being implemented in the Tomsk region is expected to reach 90-100 billion rubles in 2018, the deputy governor on investment policy Yury Gurdin told journalists on Thursday.
Earlier it was reported that in 2017 in the Tomsk region were implemented more than 50 investment projects worth 350 billion rubles. The volume of investment in fixed assets of enterprises in the Tomsk region in 2017 amounted to about 100 billion rubles. State investment support was provided to 26 projects.
"We do not expect a growth in the volume of investments in 2018 due to the unfavorable macroeconomic situation and the fact that in 2017 the investment stage for a number of large projects was completed – the reconstruction of "Tomskneftekhim", the construction of the plants "Biaxplen" and "Tomlesdrev" ... Preliminarily we estimate investments in 2017 at 90-100 billion ... In 2018 we expect the same level of investments", – Gurdin said.
According to him, the drop in the volume of direct investments is also connected with the failure to fulfill the previously reached agreements from the part of the Chinese partners – the issue on the construction of the Beloyarsk Timber Industrial Park remains unresolved.The deputy governor also said that tax benefits for a total amount of about 35 billion rubles in 2018 will continue to be received by 25 organizations of the Tomsk region.
"Following the results of 2017 in the national rating of the investment climate the Tomsk region entered the top 25 in Russia and took the first place in the Siberian Federal District", – Gurdin noted.