On 24 November 2015, Tatarstan Acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov attended the meeting between Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Head of the Korea-Tatarstan Association Su-Meng Kim.
Tatarstan Prime Minister presented Tatarstan economic opportunities to the Korean delegation. He noted that Tatarstan is one of the major industrial regions of Russia. The most developed sectors are oil production, oil refining, and mechanical engineering. Tatarstan ranks second in Russia for the output of agricultural products.