International contacts

May, 19-20
On May 19-20, 2009 the Novosibirsk City CCI received a business mission from the North Kazakhstan region in Novosibirsk.

The members of Kazakh delegation were representatives of 10 enterprises of the following spheres: mechanical engineering, construction, hotel business, public catering, production of boiler equipment, insulating materials, heat and power engineering, drinking water, etc. The mission was headed by the chairman of the North Kazakhstan CCI Nelly Kukushkina.

Within the structure of the trade turnover of the Novosibirsk region with CIS countries over 44 per cent fall on the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the second largest buyer of our region.

Business talk between Kazakh and Novosibirsk business became the central event of the visit. From the Novosibirsk side over 60 enterprises, scientific, innovative, planning organizations took part in negotiations. Totally there were more than 120 business meetings. By preliminary estimates over 82 per cent of participants managed to find trade partners for their ompanies.

May, 3-9
On May 3-9, 2009 the Novosibirsk delegation headed by the Governor of the region Victor Tolokonsky paid an official visit to the Swiss Confederation. The NC CCI was represented by its vice-president Tatyana Bernadskaya.

One was the most important goal of the visit was to hold a presentation of trade, research and investment potential of the Novosibirsk region, which took place at the government of the canton of Zurich.

Nowdays the part of Switzerland in foreign trade turnover of the Novosibirsk region remains minor and amounts under 1 per cent. So it’s necessary to stir up bilateral cooperation in all spheres of economy.

Within the framework of the visit the parties signed a joint declaration on principles of cooperation between the canton of Zurich and the Novosibirsk region. The members of Novosibirsk delegation held individual business talks with their Swiss partners, visited two large Swiss enterprises.

The results of business talks of Novosibrsk and Swiss businessmen say about good perspectives in the development of long-term partnership, the strengthening of trade contacts and the effectiveness of business projects.

March, 4
On March 4, 2009 the Siberian entrepreneurs and the French company Leroy Merlin had a cooperation exchange. The event was organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Association of Graduates of the President’s program “Leader-Resource” and Logic Tour Co Ltd.

More than 100 Novosibirsk companies participated in the cooperation exchange. Among them are producers of construction materials, water systems, millwork, electrical products, floor covering, colors, etc. and companies providing associated services.

In the opinion of representatives of the Novosibirsk business circles this form of organization of business contacts with foreign companies will considerably enliven perspective sectors of the Siberian economy.

December, 2-8
On December, 2-8, 2008 a delegation from Novosibirsk paid a business visit to Malaysia. Within the framework of the visit the most perspective innovative projects of the Novosibirsk region were presented; the members of the delegation had business meetings in the Trade Mission of Russia in Malaysia, in the Malay Agency of Industrial Development. Directors and top managers of 20 Novosibirsk companies and about 100 representatives of Malay companies took part in the activities. The Novosibirsk delegation also visited the Techno-city and the free economic zone.

September, 11
On September, 11, 2008 the President of the NC CCI Yury Bernadsky and the President of the Association of Building Companies of the Novosibirsk region Konstantin Bokov met with a delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria headed by the governor of Shumen region Mr. Todor Todorov.
The Bulgarian part was represented by the officials, top managers of the Bulgarian building companies, architects, economists.
One of the key questions of the discussion during the meeting was the preparation for the Days of Bulgaria in Novosibirsk, which will take place in April, 2009 and will be organized by the Novosibirsk City CCI and the Embassy of Bulgaria. In addition, the parties discussed the possibility of establishing business connections with Novosibirsk entrepreneurs.
Though nowadays the commodity turnover between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Novosibirsk region is small ($ 94,6 mln. in 2007), the parties agreed that there is a great potential for trade cooperation. The foreign trade turnover of the Novosibirsk region with Bulgaria mostly consists of export deliveries of the Novosibirsk companies (machines, graphite , cosmetics), export-import of tourist services.
The Bulgarian guests invited the Novosibirsk entrepreneurs to Bulgaria for establishing and running a business: there are favorable conditions for investors on the territory of the republic.

July, 10-12
On July, 10-12, 2008, the Days of the Chinese province Jilin took place in Novosibirsk.
The event was organized by the NC CCI, the administration of the region and the Department of Commerce of the city of Changchun of Jilin, China.
About 70 officials and top managers of the Chinese companies paid their visit to Novosibirsk. The delegation was headed by Vice-Governor of the province Mr. Chan Vejzheng.
On July, 11 an official opening ceremony of the Days of the Chinese province Jilin was begun by the President of the NC CCI Yury Bernadsky. Mr. Chan Vejzheng told about the main perspectives of development of Jilin. The Chinese part demonstrated a film on investment climate and economic potential of the province. The Novosibirsk region was represented by the Vice-Governor of the region V.A.Nikonov.
Within the framework of the event the Novosibirsk City CCI and the Department of Commerce of the city of Changchun signed a mutual cooperation agreement.
After the presentation the Siberian and Chinese businessmen had a possibility to have individual talks. From the Chinese part 14 companies participated in business meetings. There were companies dealing with building, production of trucks, cars, wood-processing, etc.
The Russian part was represented by over 50 large companies from Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Novokuznetzk. Totally more than 140 business meetings were held and more than a half of them proved to be productive.

July, 8-14
On July, 8-14, 2008 a delegation of the Novosibirsk region headed by the Governor Viktor Tolokonsky visited the Italian Republic by the invitation of the Trade Cooperation Department of the Foreign Trade Institute of Italy.
The delegation consisted of officials and top managers of 20 large enterprises of Novosibirsk. The Novosibirsk City CCI was represented by the Chairman of NC CCI Directorate Vladimir Zhenov.
During the visit there was a presentation of the Novosibirsk region in the Trade Cooperation Department of the Italian Embassy. More then 100 Italian companies took part in the presentation. After the presentation the Novosibirsk and Italian businessmen had individual talks.
The delegation visited several Italian enterprises dealing with wood-processing and agrotourism. On July, 11 our delegation met with the Government of Lombardy.
The visit allowed the Novosibirsk and Italian entrepreneurs to build direct mutually beneficial contacts which will lead to the realization of joint projects in the future.

April, 4-13
On April, 4-13, 2008 a business delegation from Novosibirsk headed by the president of the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yury Bernadsky paid its visit to Australia.
The business trip was organized by the NC CCI and the Guild of developers of Siberia. The delegation consisted of 16 heads of the leading construction, industrial, financial companies, educational institutions and officials.

The members of the delegation had the aim to get acquainted with the government system of SME’s support, the specifics of doing business in Australia, new technologies of building construction and educational projects.
The visit was rich with business meetings which were held at the Department of State and Regional Development of New Wales, in the Technopark of Sydney and the Sydney University.

September, 16-18
On September, 16-18, 2007 a business delegation from the federal land Lower Saxony (Germany) paid its visit to Novosibirsk. The delegation was headed by the Minister of Economy, Labor and Transport of Lower Saxony Mr. Walter Hirche.

The guests form Germany met with the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Siberian Federal District A.V. Kvashnin, the Governor of the Novosibirsk region V.A. Tolokonsky, the Mayor of Novosibirsk V.Gorodezky. They visited Akademgorodok, met with direction and students of the Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Informatics.

Opening the Days of Economy of Lower Saxony the 1st Deputy of the Governor V.A. Yurchenko spoke about the economy of our region, the most important investment projects and about the creation of IT-technopark.

In his turn Mr. Hirche introduced the economy of Lower Saxony, the land is situated in the center of Europe on the crossing of major transport lines. Its economic potential encloses natural resources (halite, oil, gas, coal, ironstone, etc.). The most significant industries are automobile building (plants of the world famous Volkswagen), shipbuilding and fishing.

The head of the German delegation announced that top priorities of bilateral cooperation, to his mind, are logistics, machine building and construction. According to his words, the German companies are also interested in building of Technopark in Akakdemgorodok.

The culmination of the event was the ceremony of signing of Memorandum of Cooperation between the Novosibirsk region and Lower Saxony.

The Russian-German business forum organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry within the framework of the visit has gathered 11 representatives of the German business circles and over 90 directors and top managers of the Novosibirsk companies.

The German party was represented by the companies of different spheres: construction, consulting, telecommunications, education, transport services, production of industrial transport and trucks, production of building materials, etc. The Russian party was represented by major companies of the city such as CJSC “PSK Plant”, OJSC “Novosibirsk poultry farm”, OJSC “Novosibirskgrazhdanproekt”, OJSC “Glavnovosibirskstroy”, Group of Companies “Profil”, OJSC “RINET”, “Vork Center” Co. Ltd., OJSC Firm “Gornyak”, OJSC Plant “Sibselmash-Spetstehnika”, the Siberian Academy of Civil Service, the Novosibirsk State Technical University, etc.

The Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry summarized the results of business talks: there were over 150 business meetings, about 90 per cent of them proved to be effective.

Most participants of business forum expressed their sureness that this event would allow to strengthen the German-Russian economic relationships and would give the impetus to signing of new agreements, contracts and to realization of new investment projects.

June, 27-28
On June, 27-28, 2007 an official delegation from France headed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Russia Mr. Stanislas de Laboule paid its visit to Novosibirsk. The purpose of the two-day visit was to establish new business and cultural links and to support the development of the present ones.

The program of the visit was very rich: there were meetings with the Deputy Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian federal district L.I. Burda, the Governor of the Novosibirsk region V.A. Tolokonsky, the Mayor of Novosibirsk V.F. Gorodezky, with scientists of the Siberian department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc. Within the framework of the visit the French and Novosibirsk companies hold individual business talks organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The French party was represented by two major companies – Gorimpex (equipment for mountain tourism, public transport) and Schneider Electric (electro-technical products). Participants discussed joint plans on cooperation. There were over 30 business meetings, most of them proved to be effective.
In the context of the visit the President of the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yuri I. Bernadsky met with the General Representative of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Russia Mr. V. V. Barkin. They discussed ways of further cooperation, for instance, in the spheres of information and foreign relations. The parties agreed to organize two trade missions in 2008.

During the meetings it was noted that the development of direct links between the regions of Russia and France is one of the important courses of the Russian-French cooperation. Recently there is a growing interest of the French business circles in broadening trade contacts with Russia on the regional level.

Taking into account the fact that the Novosibirsk economy is on the rise at the moment and it is counted on high technologies we may affirm that economic cooperation between the Novosibirsk region and France has good prospects.

June, 14
Within the framework of the Year of China in Russia it is planned to hold a range of joint arrangements with Chinese partners in the Novosibirsk region.

One of the planned arrangements was the presentation of trade potential of Jilin province, China, which took place in Novosibirsk on June, 14, 2007.

The head of the Commerce Department of the city of Chanchun Mr. Lu Ja Chun told the Novosibirsk businessmen about the main tendencies in the economy of the province Jilin. According to his words, many Chinese companies are ready to broaden trade cooperation with the Novosibirsk region. The Novosibirsk region was represented by Vice-governor of the region Vladimir A. Nikonov. The President of the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry made a speech from the part of the Novosibirsk business circles.
After the presentation the Novosibirsk and Chinese companies had individual business talks organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

From the Chinese part there were 14 companies of different specialization: producers of building equipment, steel products, fertilizers, medical instruments, medicines, automobile producers, agricultural companies, etc.
The Novosibirsk region was represented by over 60 companies. Among them are CJSC “Zdravmedtekh”, CJSC “Health Institute”, OJSC “Novosibirsky myasokonservny kombinat” the Siberian Center of Cooperation with China, the Siberian agrarian holding, OJSC “Novosibholod”, etc (over 100 business meeting in all).

Due to the business meetings the Novosibirsk and Chinese enterprises established direct mutually beneficial contacts which could stimulate economic exchange between China and the Novosibirsk region and realization of joint projects.

June, 6-7
On June, 6-7, 2007 a business delegation from Finland visited Novosibirsk. The visit was organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce. The delegation was headed by General Director of the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce Ms. Mirja Tiri.

Among the members of the delegation were representatives of the Finnish companies Ensto Control, Nanten Oy, Formica IKI Oy, Kotera Oy.
Within the framework of the visit there was a round table discussion dedicated to the investment attractiveness of Novosibirsk. In the course of the discussion President of the NC CCI Yuri I. Bernadsky represented Novosibirsk as the largest industrial, transport, scientific and cultural center of Siberia and the most investment-attractive region of Russia.

Individual business talks between the Finnish and Novosibirsk entrepreneurs were the most important part of the Finnish business mission. Among the Russian participants were Production Company “Sever”, “Novosibirsk instrument building plant”, CJSC “SibKOTES”, Interregional Association of Electro-technical Enterprises, “Novosibirsk electro-technical company”, etc. (over 50 business meetings in all).
Besides, the representatives of the Finnish delegation held a range of constructive business talks during the visits to the Novosibirsk leading enterprises (“Kamea” furniture factory, “Novosibkhimfarm”, chocolate factory “Novosibirskaya”, CJSC “Electrocomplectservis”, “Evrostroy” Co. Ltd., etc.

The business talks proved to be effective for most Russian and Finnish companies. Most of them established direct mutually beneficial contacts which can be a start for close partnership in the future and a step to the realization of joint business projects.

April, 26
On April, 26 the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the representatives of PROMA Co. held the presentation of the Czech equipment and instruments for steel- and wood processing.

To present the new foreign equipment to the Novosibirsk business circles the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry invited top managers of wood-processing and steel-processing, industrial and building companies, suppliers of steel- and wood-processing equipment, leasing firms. Specialists of PROMA Co. presented to the participants varied range of machines and equipment which amounts to more than 600 names of products. More than 40 Novosibirsk businessmen participated in the presentation.

March, 21
On March, 21, 2007 a business delegation from South Korea headed by Mr. Zhung Young Kong – the director of the Korean Business Centre (Moscow) visited Novosibirsk.

The Korean Business Centre in Russia represents interests of the Korean Small Business Corporation. The organization was established in 1979 to support the dynamic development of small and middle business in Korea and abroad.
Within the framework of the visit representatives of the Korean business circles met with the Governor of the Novosibirsk region V.A. Tolokonsky. During the meeting it was marked that both parties are interested in development of mutual cooperation, first of all, in economic and research spheres.

Specially for the delegation a presentation of social and economic potential of the Novosibirsk region was organized in the administration of the region.

The head of the delegation Mr. Zhung Young Kong said that a great number of the Korean companies are interested in cooperation with the Novosibirsk companies, and also in opening representative offices of the Korean companies in Novosibirsk. The main purpose of he Korean Business Centre is to coordinate and stimulate these processes.
After the presentation the Novosibirsk and Korean businessmen had individual talks organized by the Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

More than 50 top managers of the Novosibirsk enterprises participated in business meetings with the representatives of the Korean companies. There were manufacturers of food, different equipment for building companies, printing offices, for light and reprocessing industries, etc. The companies of special interest were DAISAN Industrial, HYUNDAI MEPOL PIPE, Seyoung, DAEWON GSI.
Due to the business talks the Novosibirsk and the Korean parties established new trade and economic links, discussed the realization of joint business projects. Both parties are sure that these contacts will lead to long-term mutually beneficial cooperation.
The Novosibirsk City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Korean Business Centre will hold in the future similar meetings which are aimed at broadening of trade and research cooperation.