Logistics

Location of the region at the intersection of logistics routes

 2 international airports

Regular flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Kaliningrad, Minsk.

 A railroad hub connecting central Russia and Asia

Direct container trains from/to China

A block train within the North-South transport corridor on the route “Ulyanovsk - Baku - Astara (Iran)” was launched.

  Federal highway M-5


Federal highways: P-178, A-151, P-241

 Cargo river ports of “river-sea” type

Middle Volga - Caspian Sea - Persian Gulf” logistics project

Special economic zone with unique customs and tax regimes

Convenient logistics in the center of the Volga Federal District

 

28,823,000 people - population (20% of Russia's population)

5 cities with population over 1 mln people

8 cities (0.5-1 mln people)

 

The largest number of cities with population over 1 million and with population 0.5-1 million among all federal districts.

 

12467 billion - GRP for all subjects of the district

671,000 - enterprises and organizations

Special customs and tax regime in the SEZ territory

 

Customs duties and VAT are not payable on:

- Import, storage, processing, repackaging, utilization of imported goods, equipment, raw materials, spare parts and components on the SEPZ territory

- Export from the SEPZ territory of imported goods, equipment, raw materials, spare parts and components to countries outside the Customs Union (Re-export).

 

Advantages:

- Unlimited storage period;

- Possibility of processing of imported goods, assembly and production operations;

- Splitting/uniting of imported batches;

- Partial export;

 

Customs duties and VAT are paid when:

Export from the SEPZ territory of imported goods, equipment, raw materials, spare parts and components to Russia and Customs Union countries (Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)

Advantages:

- Choice of payment of duties and VAT: for the manufactured product or for its foreign components

- Purchase of goods from suppliers from Russia and CU countries with 0% VAT when goods are placed under the procedure of a free customs zone.

North-South trade and logistics corridor project

Middle Volga - Caspian Sea - Persian Gulf Logistics Project