MOSCOW, May 10. The whole Export Day, dedicated to the national project «International Cooperation and Export», was held on May 10 at the International Exhibition and Forum «Russia» at VDNKh, reports the Russian Export Center (Group VEB.RF).
“All day long, guests of the exhibition and Export Day attended thematic events and discussions. The organizers were the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the Russian Export Center,” the message says.
The program of events was opened by a plenary session in the format of a master lecture “Opportunities of the Future: International Cooperation and Export”, dedicated to the role of non-resource, non-energy exports in the Russian economy, success stories of our companies and the image of the future — development goals, new export geography and an updated national project. The moderator was economic commentator and presenter of the Rossiya 24 TV channel Alexander Kareevsky.
The lecture participants were greeted by First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Vasily Osmakov and General Director of the Russian Export Center Veronika Nikishina.
“Export is a very important and fundamental topic for the development of the country. Its significance is directly determined by Russia’s course towards achieving technological sovereignty, which cannot be ensured without our subjectivity on the map of foreign economic relations. Export creates large markets and economies of scale necessary for the development of new breakthrough technologies. This what our companies are already doing in Africa, and what remains to be done in Asia and Latin America. The updated national project “International Cooperation and Export” is designed to help them with this,” Osmakov noted.
Representatives of companies that have been conducting successful export activities for many years shared their experience. Among them are the general producer of the Voronezh Animation Studio Vladimir Nikolaev, the general director of the medical equipment supplier Liston Yuri Saprygin, the executive director of the EFKO Group of Companies Sergey Ivanov, the chief designer of Transmashholding Evgeny Maslov, as well as the deputy general director of the Group of Companies » Rosatom» Kirill Komarov.
Thus, EFKO executive director Sergei Ivanov proposed an unexpected interpretation of export as a source of vital energy for the collective: “A possible reason for this phenomenon is the special spatial thinking of the Russian person, which at one time became the source of both the development of Siberia and Russian cosmism. Today this is continued in the fact that that export victories of domestic producers are always perceived positively, even by competitors, and the practice of EFKO shows that export works well as an element of social “gluing” both within the company and within the industry,” said Ivanov.
In addition, he voiced new approaches to understanding capitalism, which he presented this year at the impact summit in African Rwanda and which laid the foundation for the company’s new African project to build several factories and train personnel at the Academy of African Leadership.
A significant part of the audience was represented by students for whom the REC Export School organized a business game, showing the possibilities of professional profiling in foreign economic activity. Students of specialized programs from leading universities took part in the game: All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, State University of Management, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, Higher School of Economics, Russian Customs Academy, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Presidential Academy, Russian Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanov, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Yaroslavl State University. For active participation, all the children received certificates and gifts from the REC Export School.
REC also held a master class for Export Day guests on creating an international startup and working with hundreds of brands in Asian online markets. Knowing the desire of Russian entrepreneurs to trade throughout the world despite current difficulties, REC is developing a unique project that allows attracting foreign business, its infrastructure and competencies to sell Russian goods anywhere on the planet.
“My Export’s client does not need to open foreign legal entities or look for a warehouse abroad, but only needs to submit an application to place products in one or more of 36 national stores on 17 international electronic trading platforms. In 2023, 12 partners joined the franchise “The system itself will select a suitable store and offer an accredited partner. Thanks to this project, last year foreign consumers placed about 1.5 million orders for Russian goods in China, Vietnam, the UAE, Turkey, Singapore and even in Europe and the USA,” said the moderator. master class, Director for International Partnership Programs of REC Alexey Murzenok.
The Skolkovo Foundation and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs also took part in the Export Day program with sessions on examples of successful export cases, as well as training in the field of foreign trade.
Summing up the results of Export Day, General Director of the Russian Export Center Veronika Nikishina emphasized the role of exports in strengthening the Russian economy.
“Export Day is an occasion not only to celebrate the achievements of our exporters, but also to look into the future, where international cooperation and exports will become the basis for the sustainable development of our economy. For Russia, non-resource, non-energy exports today are the organic “key” to the long-term growth of our income citizens, the largest generator of jobs and a source of demand for Russian products. And of course, this is a factor in external financial balance due to the influx of foreign exchange earnings, which are subsequently used by the market for the purchase of intermediate products and technologies. The National Project «International Cooperation and Export» “This is our road map to new horizons of success, where every Russian product will find its buyer abroad. Together we are building bridges connecting Russia with the world, and each exporter makes an invaluable contribution to this work,” Nikishina noted.
Day. export is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the Russian Export Center.