For Investors

Technology Development Special Economic Zone

The residents of the SEZ «St. Petersburg» shall implement technology development activities which includes innovative activities; design, manufacture, and sale of R&D deliverables; design and sale of computer software, data bases, integrated circuit topographies, information systems, as well as rendering services on their integration and maintenance.

Focus Areas

Location Advantages

Exemptions and Concessions

How to Become a Resident

Documents and Presentations

Investor Relations Directorate

Focus Areas

Pharmaceutics
and Biotechnology

24 residents

Instrument
Engineering

27 residents

Information Technologies
and Telecommunications

1 residents

Microelectronics

7 residents

Location Advantages

St. Petersburg is one of the largest industrial, transport, and economic centers of the country. The city is situated at the intersection of sea, river, and land highways; it is good for logistics, has a favorable investment climate and stable economy.

More than 7 mln of tourists
43 state universities
Favorable geographic position
Large financial market
Developed transport infrastructure
More than 300 scientific organizations
Over 5 mln of citizens
Proven experience of localization of leading global companies

Exemptions and Concessions

For the SEZ residents, special business conditions are valid. The residents receive access to available business infrastructure, preferential conditions of connection to utility networks, preferential lease conditions, tax concessions and customs preferences. This allows the investor to significantly reduce the costs for launching a new production.

Tax Concessions

Reduced Insurance Fee Rates

Customs Preferences

Preferential Land Purchase Conditions

Available Utilities

Stability and Safety

Profit tax

20% General taxation, 3% for IT companies

The SEZ has reduced income tax rates.

Companies pay 2% income tax to the federal budget and the regional income tax rate, which is:

0% for 6 tax periods starting with the tax period in which the first profit was made (general rate of 2%),
5% for 4 tax periods (general rate 7%),
13.5% after 10 tax periods (15.5% general rate).

For residents who have entered into an agreement on the implementation before 01.01.2021:

2% when paying to the federal budget,
12,5% — when paying to the St. Petersburg’s budget (after 2024 year - 13,5%).

SEZ Tax Concessions

property

2,2% General taxation

land

1,5% General taxation

transport

up to 150 rub. per h.p. General taxation

The SEZ investors do not pay

the property tax within 10 years from the date of registration,
the land tax within 5 years from the month of emergence of ownership right,
the transport tax within 5 years from the vehicle registration.

Reduced Insurance Fee Rates

7.6%

For IT companies

Novoorlovsky customs post

The customs procedure «free customs zone» is applied within the SEZ «St. Petersburg» allowing to import equipment and components for the SEZ residents on preferential terms.

Novoorlovsky customs post operates at sites

Checkpoints for motor transport
Customs control zone
Parking for heavy vehicles
Inspection area with a canopy
Truck scales

Free Customs Zone (STZ) procedure advantages for SEZ residents:

Moratorium of customs duties
No costs for a temporary storage warehouse
Flexible system of customs payments: customs duties and VAT are paid either entirely for the final product or only for its foreign components
Capability of duty-free placement of foreign goods within the SEZ during practically unlimited period of time
Own customs station

Preferential Land Purchase Conditions

of the cadastral value per year — maximum lease payment for land plots provided to the resident

25%

of the cadastral value — payment for the land purchase

Available Utilities

Power supply

Water supply

Communication networks

Heat supply

The managing company enables the residents to connect to the utility networks of JSC SEZ allowing to reduce the project capital expenses by nearly 30%

Import and Export of Innovative Products

The preferences offer the foreign business to develop its products at the end distribution area with due regard to its macro and micro factors. The SEZ helps to create a competitive product for the Russian consumer or to arrange an efficient, export-oriented production with engagement of the top Russian personnel, resources, and technologies.

Stability and Safety

The SEZ Project is supervised by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation at the federal level, operation of the project is performed at the regional level. This is a guaranteed of stable and safe investors’ operation at the Russian market.

Special Ecosystem and Dialog with Government Authorities

Besides the preferences, the residents receive opportunities for business interaction within the created SEZ ecosystem such as to establish communication with the government bodies and large businesses, to share experience. Interaction with government regulatory bodies becomes as simple and transparent as possible.