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TOMSK, Aug 16 – RIA Tomsk. Residents of the Tomsk
special economic zone (SEZ) let out in the first half of the year 2016
production worth 1 billion rubles; in 10 years of existence of the SEZ this
indicator exceeded 10 billion rubles, the press service of the SEZ reported on
Tuesday.
It is specified that in the SEZ the preliminary
results of activity of residents in the first half of the year 2016 are summed
up. Residents invested 1,2 billion rubles in implementation of own projects
that is 45% more, than for the similar period of the last year. In six months
of this year residents created about 200 new workplaces.
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"Residents actively develop projects, showing a
steady growth on the main indicators, especially by quantity of new workplaces.
Many companies have already started a mass production developed in the SEZ and
actively master not only the Russian, but also the world market, constantly
expanding geography of sales", – the CEO of the "Tomsk" SEZ
management company Konstantin Kaminsky is quoted in the message.
According to the press service of the SEZ, the volume
of production made by residents in the first half of the year 2016 totals 1
billion rubles, and in 10 years of work – 10 billion rubles. All made
production is based on own developments of residents, and sales markets of
innovative production – are 158 countries of the world.
Also tax revenues in the budget increased: only in six
months of 2016 residents paid 175 million rubles of taxes from which more than
60 million rubles have come to the budget of the Tomsk region. For comparison,
following the results of 2014 and 2015 tax revenues made about 300 million
rubles. The total amount of the taxes paid in 10 years exceeded 1,6 billion
rubles.
The Tomsk SEZ, is one of five technology development
zones of the Russian Federation, was officially opened on April 26, 2006. Now
residents of the SEZ are more than 60 companies; their main activities – are IT
and electronics, medicine and biotechnologies, nanotechnologies and new
materials, resource-saving technologies.