NEWS

In November, KAMAZ won second place in the prestigious category “Big Business: High-Tech Exporter of the Year” as part of the Exporter of the Year 2019 Award.

In total, more than 1600 applications from all federal districts were submitted for the Exporter of the Year Award established by the Russian Federation Government. Exporters claimed victory in such categories as “Exporter of the Year in Manufacturing Industry”, “High-Tech Exporter of the Year”, “Exporter of the Year in Agriculture”, “Exporter of the Year in Services”, “New Geography” and “Breakthrough of the Year”. More than 70% of participants are SMEs.

KAMAZ, world-famous for its trucks and automotive components, took silver in the big business hi-tech exporter category. The company, whose products are shipped to over 50 countries, recorded new exported products and the receipt of five European certificates of approval.

Winners of the Award will be granted various bonuses from the Russian Export Centre. Among them are personal support of negotiations with foreign partners in foreign markets; bonus tariff for servicing an export contract; registration at a foreign marketplace; training under the acceleration programme based on the Export School in Moscow, as well as a wide range of information support measures for exporters.

Based on information by Russian Export Centre

Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev met today with representative of the Technological Sovereignty Exports Association Mirjalol Khusanov.

The introductory meeting was held at a working level, the participants discussed the potential for cooperation between the Association and companies in Tatarstan.

Mirjalol Khusanov is responsible for the development of foreign projects in the Association. At the meeting, he spoke in detail about the features of this community.

According to him, the Association represents the “second step” of ensuring the entry of Russian manufacturers of high-value-added goods and services to the international market.

The Association is working to create centres of Russian technology as points of continuous presence of Russia’s companies and universities, channels for science and technology exports and imports of talent in foreign countries. Such centres are already being created in Vietnam and Turkey and are scheduled in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, South Africa, the UAE, and the CIS countries.

Aleksey Savelchev emphasised that the Association’s activities are of interest to industrial enterprises in Tatarstan, both for exporting their goods and services, and for obtaining new knowledge and technology from foreign partners.