Agenda: Support for enterprises producing feed and food additives, assistance to industrial enterprises in the Kursk Region, and the establishment of a priority development area in the Magadan Region.
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
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Good afternoon, colleagues.
Before we begin today’s Government meeting, I would like to discuss the decisions made regarding the agricultural sector.
The Government is expanding access to subsidies for investors in this sector. Agribusinesses that have invested in projects to produce critically important enzymes will now be eligible for this support.
Additional assistance will also be available to companies increasing output of specialised additives. Demand for these remains high, both in the food industry and livestock farming.
Funding will also be accessible to entrepreneurs involved in producing other technological auxiliary products that are essential for the successful development of agriculture. Enterprises establishing such operations may recover up to 20 percent of direct incurred costs related to the actual value of agricultural facilities, whether for construction, reconstruction, or essential equipment procurement.
As emphasised by the President, dependence on external supplies persists in the absence of a domestic base. Therefore, we must achieve self-sufficiency in all necessary domains.
We anticipate that these measures will spur the commissioning of new capacities in Russia, bolstering national food security. This will further advance the successful attainment of technological sovereignty in agriculture.
Crucially for our regions, new employment opportunities will emerge in rural areas and localities hosting agribusiness enterprises.
Today’s agenda includes a vital matter concerning support for businesses operating in our border regions.
Such enterprises currently face challenging conditions, including due to forced production stoppages. They must not only sustain employee wages but also cover expenses for repairs, securing new premises, relocating or recalibrating equipment, and reorganising new logistics networks, which often deteriorate under these circumstances.
Acting on the President’s instructions, we will assist these organisations in maintaining operations and, critically, preserving skilled workforce.
Measures include grants for production restoration or relocation, subsidies to offset temporary employee downtime caused by factors beyond employers’ or workers’ control, leasing benefits for equipment, deferred tax and insurance contribution payments, and the provision of mobile trading vehicles. Additionally, free economic zones with preferential terms for business operations remain in effect.
Today, we will additionally allocate about 2.5 billion roubles to the Kursk Region for it to support the affected industrial businesses.
This decision will make it possible to accelerate the resumption of industrial production in the border areas and ensure the implementation of social guarantees for our citizens.
The next topic is the Russian Far East. Our President has always emphasised its strategic importance for the whole of Russia.
There is a broad range of measures designed to develop the economy and the social sphere in the macro-region and to incentivise businesses. And these confirm their effectiveness, with a growth rate higher than the average for Russia observed for a number of years in key indicators, such as the amount of investment, construction, and housing commissioning, as we have planned. What is particularly important is that the local birth rates have increased as has the inflow of new residents – 24 thousand – to all constituent entities of the region. Moreover, 3,000 are young people who have enrolled in universities. This work must certainly be continued.
Today, we will consider a bill that will make it possible to lift restrictions on establishing a priority development area in the Magadan Region.
This decision is due to the fact that a special economic zone has operated in the region for the past 25 years. The overall amount of investment has exceeded 200 billion roubles over this period, with 12,000 new jobs created.
The current conditions require that we update the state support measures for investors and fine-tune them based on the practices used in Russia at the present time.
The priority development areas represent one of the more relevant tools and regimes. Investors obtain benefits and preferences, including tax and customs ones. They also are given plots of land and relevant infrastructure facilities under a simplified procedure.
Creating a priority development area in the Magadan Region will help to introduce more favourable conditions for entrepreneurial activities. At the same time, it will still be allowed to use the free customs zone procedure.
I think this is good news for businesses in the Magadan Region. We visited the region in August and saw a lot of companies, businesses and business people that wanted to continue operations and take care of their territory.
