Passport of the Samara Region
Passport of the Samara region
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Samara Region is one of the largest industrial centres of Russia located in the Southeast of the European part of the country. Area: 53.6 thousand square km. Population: 3108,9 thousand people Regional centre: city of Samara (1 159,0 thousand people) Consulates of foreign countries in the region: Honorary Consul of the French Republic in Togliatti. |
Geographical Position
The Samara Region is located in the Southeast of the Eastern European Plain in the middle flows of the Volga, the largest river in Europe, which divides it into two parts of various sizes, Privolzhye and Zavolzhye. The region occupies an area of 53.6 thousand square kilometres (0.31% of the territory of Russia) and is a part of the Volga Federal District lying in the South of it. The Samara Region borders on the Saratov Region in the South-West, with the Ulyanovsk District in the South-East, with the Republic of Tatarstan in the North and has a state border with Kazakhstan in the South. The region stretches from the North to the South for 335 km and for 315 km from the West to the East.
Climate
The region has a continental climate with sharply contrasting temperatures, short mid-seasons, cold winters, hot summers, deficient humidity, rich insolation and high probability of frosts in springs and autumns. The average annual temperature is +3.8°C, the average monthly temperature varying from +20°C in July to -14°C in January. The average precipitation is 350-550 mm per year.
Aquatic Resources
The largest river of Europe, the Volga, flows across the Samara Region and provides the region with all the required resources of fresh water in the reserves of the Kuybyshev and the Saratov Reservoirs with a total surface area of 191 thousand hectares. The length of the Volga within the boundaries of the Samara Region is 364 km. Besides, there are over 220 rivers and streams with a total length over 6.5 thousand km, and over 1000 reservoirs, lakes and ponds.
Forest Resources
The Samara Region is one of the sparsely wooded regions, and the average share of wooded territories is 12.80%.
All the forests of the region belong to protective forests for their intended purpose, which are subject to development in order to preserve the environment-forming, water-conservation, protective, sanitary-hygienic, health-improving and other useful functions of forests.
The forests in the region are extremely unevenly located, 2% of the total area is occupied in the south, and this indicator varies in the north from 22 to 25%. The predominant species are oak – 25% of the forested area, pine – 14%, linden – 19%, aspen – 15%, birch – 10%, other species (maple, ash, elm, poplar, shrubs) – 17%.
Among the most valuable forests are unique natural complexes: Samarskaya Luka National Park, I.I. Sprygin Zhiguli State Natural Biosphere Reserve, Buzuluksky Bor National Park, partially located in the Samara Region, 211 specially protected natural territories of regional significance.
The region also includes the Sredne-Volzhsky Integrated Biosphere Reserve (with a total area of about 400,000 hectares), the core of which is the I.I. Sprygin Zhiguli State Nature Reserve . The biosphere Reserve also includes a buffer zone (Samarskaya Luka National Park) and a transition zone, which includes Racheysky and Muransky forests, Novodevichy Mountains, as well as a number of other territories, including the green spaces of the city of Tolyatti.
Mineral Resources
The mineral resources of the Samara Region have a marked hydrocarbon character, and the region ranks third in the Volga Federal District in terms of produced oil including gas condensate. The relative share of the Samara Region in the gross national production of hydrocarbons including gas condensate is about 3.0%. Aside from the hydrocarbons, there are deposits of the following materials in the Samara Region:
- Mineral construction materials (construction rock, brick and tile materials, construction sand, keramzite clays, high-melting clays, cement raw materials, gypsum, carbonate rock for the production of construction lime, gypsum and anhydrite, sand and gravel materials, glass-making sand);
- Mining materials (apart from deposits of foundry sand there are geological indications for the identification of bentonite and zeolite containing rock);
- Mining chemical materials (phosphate rock, native Sulphur, rock salt, asphaltite and bitumens, combustible shale, and native bitumens).
Industry
The Samara Region is one of the most developed industrial centers in Russia. The region ranks 2nd in the Volga Federal District in terms of the volume of shipped industrial goods, including 3rd place in manufacturing, 4th place in mining and providing electric energy, gas, steam, air conditioning, 2nd place in water supply, sanitation, waste collection and disposal.
There are about 630 large and medium-sized industrial enterprises operating in the region. The share of industry in the structure of the gross regional product is 43,8 % (estimated in 2024).
The industrial complex includes extractive industries, manufacturing industries and the energy sector. The basis of development The region's economy consists of high-tech manufacturing industries with high added value (automotive, aviation and space technology, which account for 25.2% of the total industrial output of the region), and industries with high processing depth (chemistry, metallurgy). Mining accounts for 24.7% of industrial production. Of these, 91% is fuel and energy production. mineral resources. The production and distribution of energy resources accounts for 5.1%.
In terms of the production of a number of significant nomenclature items, the Samara region occupies a significant share in Russian production. By the end of 2024, 60.3% of new passenger cars produced in the region were produced. In Russia, 41.7% of floor coverings, 16.4% of ammonia, 15% of bearings, 6% of polymer films and beer, 5% of mineral fertilizers, 3% of plastics in primary forms, chocolate and confectionery, about 2% of electricity.
Due to historical peculiarities , high-tech automotive, aerospace and petrochemical clusters have formed and are developing in the Samara Region, where they combine most optimally. applied and fundamental science, development activities and mass production of modern high-tech products.
The automotive industry is one of the key industries in the Samara region. The Samara Region provides about 22% of shipments of the entire Russian automotive industry. The automotive industry in the region includes AVTOVAZ, the largest car assembly company, manufacturers of automotive components, as well as design, research, financial, trade, and service companies., consulting and other organizations operating in the Samara region. In 2024, the automotive industry of the Samara region produced 456.4 thousand passenger cars, which amounted to 127.8% compared to last year. 60.3% of passenger cars were produced in the region, manufactured in Russia.
AVTOVAZ Group produces full-cycle vehicles and automotive components for the Lada brand. By the end of the year, the production volumes of Lada cars at the Tolyatti site became The average level of brand localization has exceeded 95% over the past 10 years, and the company has completely replaced supplies from unfriendly countries.
On October 9, 2024, production began on a new model, the LADA Aura business sedan, which was highly praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2024, Lada's sales in the domestic market amounted to more than 458.9 thousand vehicles (130.2%), and Vesta sales have broken a record since the launch of production of the model in 2015 (123.5 thousand units).
The automotive component industry is one of the most developed sectors of the industrial complex of the Samara region. It is focused on the production of a wide range of products from interior elements, stamped products, auto burners, batteries. up to large vehicle components.
With the assistance of the Government of the Samara Region, an automotive cluster has been created in the region, the main purpose of which is to generate sustainable supply chains for automotive component companies to the largest automaker, AVTOVAZ JSC.
New production facilities are constantly being opened in the region automotive components. So, in the industrial-type special economic zone in the territory of the Tolyatti city district, the production of ten enterprises of the automotive component industry has been opened.
A powerful innovative territorial aerospace cluster has been formed in the Samara Region, which unites leading enterprises in the field of rocket engineering, engine building and aircraft production. The aerospace cluster is based on enterprises of rocket and space engineering, aircraft construction, engine and assembly engineering, and research organizations. The peculiarity of the cluster is that the entire production cycle of the entire range of aerospace equipment is concentrated on the territory of one region. Today, the cluster's enterprises develop and manufacture space aircraft, aircraft and rocket engines, assemblies and components for aviation equipment, and perform maintenance and repair of aircraft and power units.
The anchor enterprises of the cluster are JSC RCC Progress, PJSC "UEC-Kuznetsov", JSC "Aviakor – Aviation Plant", JSC "Aviagregat", JSC "Aggregate", PJSC "Gidroautomatika", JSC "Scientific Research Institute "Ekran".
The cluster's scientific activities are provided by specialized design bureaus, research and innovation organizations. A special place among them is occupied by the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev.
Projects are being implemented with JSC RCC Progress to create small spacecraft, and with PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov to create a line of gas turbine engines based on a universal gas generator with high energy efficiency.
The rocket and space sector of the cluster is represented by JSC RCC "Progress." It is a leading Russian enterprise for the development, production and operation of medium-range launch vehicles and automated spacecraft for remote sensing of the Earth and scientific purposes.
In 2024, RCC Progress JSC provided 15 launch campaigns: 3 from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 8 from the Baikonur cosmodrome, and 4 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
On December 25, 2024, the launch took place from the Baikonur cosmodrome Soyuz-2-1b launch vehicle with the Resurs-P spacecraft No. 5. This launch marked the 2000th anniversary launch of the R-7 launch vehicles and completed the launch campaign of JSC RCC Progress in 2024. New generation breeding facilities are being created in the RCC Progress:
– the Soyuz-5 two-stage rocket launcher is a projected Russian A two-stage medium-class launch vehicle. The main difference is The Soyuz-5 differs from the currently operational Soyuz-2 launch vehicles in payload capacity. In the production of the Soyuz-5 rocket, friction welding, a new technology for domestic rocket engineering, is used. with stirring. The components of the launch vehicle are currently being tested. At the end of 2025, it will be ready for launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
– The Amur-LNG launch vehicle is a reusable two-stage medium-class launch vehicle powered by liquefied natural gas. It is assumed that it will be able to replace the Soyuz-2 family of launch vehicles.
Aviakor – Aviation Plant JSC is one of the largest Russian aircraft manufacturing enterprises. The plant is one of the few Russian enterprises that have experience in the field of mass production of civil and military aircraft from parts, assemblies and assemblies of their own production. The main customer of the company's products It is the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Currently, the Samara Aviation Plant is carrying out major repairs of TU-154, maintenance of TU-154, AN-140, AN-74 aircraft, and the supply of components for various types of aircraft.
Currently, Aviakor Aviation Plant JSC is participating in a new project for the construction of a turboprop regional aircraft. TVRS-44 Ladoga, implemented jointly with UZGA JSC.
In 2011, as a result of the restructuring of the engine –building segment of the aerospace cluster of the Samara region, a single company was created on the basis of several enterprises of the region - PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov, which is part of the united Engine Corporation.
The company is one of the three largest manufacturers of Russian gas turbine engines used for mechanical drive in gas pumping units, compressor stations and modular block power plants.
The main activity of PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov is carried out within the framework of the State Defense Order in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and government orders in the interests of Glavkosmos JSC, Roscosmos Group of Companies, as well as commercial orders Gazprom PJSC. The share of government orders occupies a large part of the total production volume.
PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov is steadily developing. Enterprise development It is being implemented within the framework of the "Development Strategy of UEC JSC" for the period up to 2025.
In order to successfully implement strategic plans and objectives, since 2012, PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov has been implementing the largest investment project totaling over 40 billion rubles (investments in the reconstruction and new construction of a test facility of about 7 billion rubles, investments in the restoration and new construction of a production facility of about 33 billion rubles).
12 facilities have been put into operation, including In 2022, the following facilities were put into operation: a new tool production site, the second stage of production of a gas turbine engine compressor and a new welding production building. In June 2023, the Center for Design Development and Scientific Research (EDB) was commissioned.
By the end of 2024, the project "Construction of a stand complex" is under implementation (the project has been implemented since 2019), designed to conduct qualification and state tests of serial samples of a new promising high–power aircraft engine, the RF product. The project provides for the construction and technical equipment of two test stands – No. 10 and No. 11, including test boxes, remote control stands, engineering networks and bench systems, as well as administrative and living quarters for personnel.
In 2023, PJSC UEC-Kuznetsov became the lead developer of the engine for domestic PD-8V heavy helicopters adapted to the Mi-26 helicopter platform.
The petrochemical complex accounts for more than a third of the region's industrial potential. The petrochemical complex includes in its structure oil production, oil refining, chemical and plastic industries, which cover all stages of the production and technological chain from the extraction of raw materials, its primary processing to the production of a wide range of high-tech products of high processing.
The Samara Region is home to large enterprises with powerful production, scientific and technical potential that allows them to produce high-tech products that occupy significant positions in the Russian and global markets. The region is home to universities and industry institutes that are Russia's leading centers of competence in the field of chemical technology, including Samara State Technical University, which has the status of a flagship university in the region.
The development of the Samara petrochemical cluster is conditioned by the effective implementation of large-scale projects to expand existing capacities and build new production complexes, including with the participation of large petrochemical holdings. The largest enterprises are Samaraneftegaz JSC, NOC – Samaraneftegaz LLC, RITEK – Samara-Nafta CCI, Novokuibyshevsky Oil Refinery JSC, JSC "Syzran Oil Refinery", JSC "Kuibyshev Oil Refinery", LLC "Novokuibyshev Oil Plant and additives", PJSC "Tolyattiazot", PJSC "KuibyshevAzot", Tolyattikauchuk LLC and others.
The oil refining industry includes three large oil refineries: JSC Novokuibyshevsky Oil Refinery, JSC Kuibyshevsky Oil Refinery and JSC Syzran Oil Refinery, LLC Novokuibyshevsky Oil and Additives Plant and two gas processing plants: JSC Otradnensky GPP and JSC Neftegorsky GPP, which are part of PJSC NK Rosneft.
The main products of the refineries are gasoline of various brands and diesel fuel; Novokuibyshevsky Oil and Additives Plant LLC – technical oils and additives to them; two gas processing plants: dry distilled gas, LPG, ethane fraction and technical sulfur.
Enterprises of the petrochemical cluster in the region are traditionally characterized by high investment activity. The cluster's investment programs are aimed at deep modernization of production, the use of new technologies to increase production, the production of new types of products, improving energy efficiency, environmental safety, and the production of marketable products in accordance with high Euro-5 standards.
PJSC KuibyshevAzot is one of the leading Russian chemical companies, a leader in the production of caprolactam and its processed products, and one of the largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers. An active investment policy ensures the company's rapid and efficient growth and sustainable development. Modern ammonia and industrial gas production facilities have been built with foreign partners in the format of joint ventures (Linde Azot Tolyatti LLC and Praxair Azot Tolyatti LLC).
In 2020, to meet the needs of the production of mineral fertilizers, the company commissioned the production of non-concentrated nitric acid with a capacity of 130 thousand tons per year.
In order to ensure the safety of raw materials and stable operation KuibyshevAzot PJSC and the entire established technological chain for the production of import-substituting products commissioned the production of sulfuric acid grade "K" and improved oleum in December 2020 .
In 2021, a new production of ammonium sulfate-nitrate complex mineral fertilizer with a capacity of 366.8 thousand tons per year was launched.
In 2023, the technical re-equipment of the first polymerization plant for polyamide production was completed, which made it possible to increase the competitiveness of the produced polyamide in the conditions of the established the consumer market, and a new ammonium nitrate evaporation and granulation plant has been launched.
In 2024, the implementation of an investment project for a new production of granular carbamide at PJSC KuibyshevAzot was completed. Its capacity is 525 thousand tons per year (1,500 tons/day) of carbamide. The project provides for the use of advanced technologies that ensure environmentally friendly and safe production.
JSC TOAZ, one of the largest chemical industry enterprises in Russia, is implementing a strategic investment program aimed at modernizing and developing production facilities. Modernization of production makes it possible to significantly increase the company's capabilities for the production of basic products. In 2019, the company made a breakthrough in the production of carbamide and took 38% of the share of this mineral fertilizer in the Russian market.
The main project of JSC TOAZ in 2018 was the launch of the construction of the third carbamide production unit with a capacity of 2,200 tons/day. The implementation of the project makes it possible to increase the production capacity of the carbamide plant by more than 70%. The project will be completed in 2024.
In order to implement a long-term program to develop logistics capabilities, namely, to increase the number of product supply chains, TOAZ JSC is actively working to expand the railway fleet. During 2022, TOAZ JSC implemented a number of measures to modernize the ammonia loading ramp to increase shipments by rail from 2,000 to 5,000 tons per day, and increased the fleet of rolling stock by more than 1,000 tank cars.
Tolyattikauchuk LLC is one of the largest enterprises of the Russian petrochemical complex. The main activity of the company is the production of synthetic rubbers, which is a raw material for the production of tires and rubber products, as well as used in the construction, medical, and food industries. The company is one of the 10 largest exporters in the Samara region.
In 2019, Tolyattikauchuk became part of the Tatneft Group and completed a large-scale repair of equipment for the production of butyl rubber. In 2020, the company completed planned shut-down repairs at monomer and rubber production facilities ahead of schedule. Investment and innovative projects are being implemented aimed at modernization, technical re-equipment, improving the efficiency of technological equipment and increasing production.
In 2023, as part of the technical re-equipment and import substitution, its own production of oxalic acid was launched. It is an important component of isoprene production for isoprene rubbers used for the manufacture of automobile tires and rubber products.
Since 2014, based on the existing production site Tolyattikauchuk LLC created the first private specialized industrial park "Tolyattisynthesis". Being a ready-made infrastructure solution for a quick start of any production business, the production site creates additional opportunities for the development of petrochemical production in the region. The residents of the park are enterprises producing polypropylene pipes for water supply, heating and fire extinguishing systems, and the production of containers based on composite materials, as well as enterprises producing complex emulsifiers and anti-turbulent additives. The anchor resident is one of the largest synthetic rubber companies in Russia. Tolyattikauchuk LLC.
Currently, there are about 10 major subsurface users, including PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Lukoil and PJSC Tatneft. Samaraneftegaz JSC holds the largest share in oil production in the Samara region (about 64%).
By the end of 2024, the production of esters (by 6.7%), mineral fertilizers (by 34.1%), ammonia (by 9.2%), and carbon dioxide was increased. (by 11.4%), soap and detergents (by 1.7%), explosives (by 19.9%), plastics in primary forms (by 0.7%), paint and varnish materials (by 7.3%). At the same time, relative to the level of 2023, there is a decrease in the production of acyclic hydrocarbons (by 14.8%) and mineral fertilizers (by 4.4%).
Currently, there are about 10 major subsurface users, including PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Lukoil and PJSC Tatneft. The largest share in oil production Samaraneftegaz JSC occupies the Samara region (about 64%).
Investments in the oil industry are directed to drilling new production wells, to the application of various innovative technologies for mechanized oil production using submersible pumping units, ensuring increased efficiency and reliability of mechanized well operation. in difficult conditions and increased oil recovery.
The production and distribution of energy resources accounts for 5.1% of industrial production in the region. The share of the Samara region in the total Russian volume of electric energy production is about 2%.
The field of electric energy production is dominated by PJSC "T Plus", A Branch of PJSC "RusHydro" - "Zhigulevskaya HPP".
The transmission of electricity is carried out by 19 territorial grid organizations, of which the largest are: the branch of PJSC ROSSETI Volga - Samara Distribution Networks, JSC Samara Grid Company, JSC ORES-Tolyatti, CJSC Energetika and Construction Communications, OOO "Energo", OOO "Samara Electric Grid Company" and JSC "Oboronenergo" Uralsky branch.
In 2024, the Samara Region produced electricity in the amount of 21,570.3 million kWh, steam and hot water – 36,434 thousand Gcal.
One of the main objectives of the region's energy infrastructure development is to increase energy efficiency through the reconstruction and modernization of worn-out equipment, the introduction of energy-saving production technologies, optimization of conditions and modes of consumption of services, and the use of renewable energy sources.
Agro-industrial complex
The agro-industrial complex of the Samara region is a diversified industrial and economic system in which , by the end of 2024, there were 1,358 agricultural enterprises, 1,318 individual entrepreneurs, 1,870 peasant (farmer) farms, 260.9 thousand personal subsidiary farms, 660 organizations engaged in food production, 158 organizations engaged in beverage production.
The number of people employed in the agro-industrial complex as of 01.01.2024 is 120.9 thousand people (7.3% of the total number of people employed in the region), including almost 79 thousand in agriculture. people ‒4.8% of the total number of people employed in the region), 41.9 thousand people in the production of food and beverages (2.5% of the total number employed in the region).
The region has created favorable economic conditions for the development of agricultural production, and a system of state support has been established to attract private capital to the agro-industrial complex. Samara region.
In 2018-2024, the total amount of budget funds allocated for the development of the agro–industrial complex of the Samara region amounted to almost 37 billion rubles, including 5.93 billion rubles in 2024.
The main areas of state support for agricultural producers in the Samara region relate to the development of certain subsectors of animal husbandry and crop production, investment activities, land reclamation, small-scale farming in the agro-industrial complex, rural tourism, and the training of professional personnel for the agro-industrial complex.
In the structure of agricultural production in the region, the main share is accounted for by the crop industry, which specializes in the cultivation of cereals, oilseeds and fodder crops, potatoes, vegetables and fruit and berry products. Animal husbandry of the region specializes in dairy and beef cattle breeding, sheep and poultry farming.
There are almost 4.07 million hectares of agricultural land in the Samara region. The area of farmland as part of agricultural land is 3.8 million hectares, including 2.9 million hectares of arable land.
The total acreage of agricultural crops in the region is growing annually. The total sown area of agricultural crops for the period 2018-2024 increased by 152.6 thousand hectares and amounted to 2249.3 thousand hectares .
In the Samara region, work is underway on the phased introduction of unused arable land into agricultural circulation. For the period from 2018 By 2024, more than 20 thousand hectares were commissioned annually. The total area of the lands put into agricultural circulation amounted to almost 181 thousand hectares, of which 24.1 thousand hectares in 2024.
Our region belongs to the zone of risky farming, therefore the development of land reclamation is an important direction. In 2018-2024, as part of the implementation of hydro–reclamation measures, 37 projects were implemented on an area of 21.94 thousand hectares, of which 27 projects on an area of 13.56 thousand hectares. – within the framework of the federal project "Export of agricultural products". The new construction was carried out on an area of 13.34 thousand hectares, which made it possible to increase the acreage for irrigation in the region to 36.7 thousand hectares in 2024. The implementation of hydro-reclamation projects will continue in 2025 on a total area of 2.06 thousand hectares.
The role of science is growing in modern realities. The Samara Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences operates in the Samara Region. It consists of 2 breeding institutes – patent holders of varieties and hybrids: "Volga Research Institute" and "Samara Research Institute".
In addition, 20 enterprises are certified as seed farms. The grain seeds they produce meet the needs of other farms in the region in the required volumes. Among the enterprises there are farms engaged in seed production of potatoes, soybeans, and sunflowers.
In December 2022, the first Koshelevskaya durum winter wheat variety for the Volga region, zoned for the seventh region, passed state selection tests and was entered into the State Register of Breeding Achievements Approved for Use (hereinafter referred to as the State Register). Farmers have received a grade of winter durum wheat of the first class, which in terms of winter hardiness, it approaches soft winter wheat, while it has all the qualitative advantages of hard wheat: in terms of protein, gluten, and vitreous content.
Since 2018, breeding and seed farms in the region have been implementing a comprehensive scientific and technical project "Development of potato breeding and seed production in the Samara Region", under which four new varieties of Samara-bred potatoes are planned to be developed by the end of 2025. In 2022, a new potato variety "Julia" was included in the State Register, the yield of which, subject to the cultivation technology, ranges from 50 to 60 tons per hectare. The new potato varieties "Alva" and "Helia", which are under varietal testing, are planned to be entered into the State Register by the end In 2025, tests of the "Freya" variety began. Two new varieties were presented to Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, at the Golden Autumn 2024 agro–industrial exhibition in October 2024 and were highly appreciated.
In 2024, as part of the comprehensive scientific and technical project "Development of potato breeding and seed production in the Samara region using innovative technologies", aimed at ensuring a full cycle of potato cultivation through the use of advanced methods of genetics and biotechnology, by the end of 2025, the varietal testing of the new Skif potato variety will be completed.
Over the years, the State Budgetary Institution of the Samara region "Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture and Medicinal Plants "Zhiguli Gardens" has transferred to the state the variety testing of more than 400 varieties of fruit, berry, medicinal crops and grapes was entered into the state register of the Russian Federation 53 varieties. The genetic collection of fruit, berry crops and grapes includes more than 700 varieties.
The region is actively implementing measures for the technical and technological modernization of agricultural production. Over the past five years, the fleet of basic types of agricultural machinery has been updated by a quarter, which has led to a trend to reduce the number of cars that have completed depreciation periods. This is also facilitated by the presence of 7 agricultural machinery enterprises in the region (Eurotechnika JSC, Pegas-Agro LLC, Selmash LLC, NPO Rubin LLC, Volgaagromash LLC, BSG LLC, Chelno-Vershinsky Machine-Building Plant JSC).
There is a positive trend in the productivity of dairy cows. By the end of 2024, the expected yield per cow in agricultural organizations amounted to 7,800 kg of milk, which is 2,233 kg higher than in 2018. The main share of the increase in productivity is provided by breeding farms, the average productivity of dairy cows in breeding organizations by the end of 2024 is 8,255 kg, which is 1,568 kg higher than in 2018. In a number of farms in the region, the dairy productivity of cows exceeds 10 thousand kg per head (SUE SO Kupinskoe, JSC Niva, LLC "SHP "EcoProdukt", LLC "SHPC "Olginsky", LLC "Khryashchevka", LLC "Severnaya Niva Samara").
The increase in the share of highly productive livestock, including pedigree livestock, contributes significantly to the improvement of quality indicators in animal husbandry . In the Samara region, 23 tribal organizations operate in 28 areas. The main specialization of breeding organizations in the region is the breeding of dairy and meat cattle.
The Samara Region's state budgetary institution, the Center for Ensuring the Activities of the Agro-Industrial Complex, operates in the region. Samara Region", which includes a control and assistance center the service that conducts milk sampling. The purpose of evaluating the dairy productivity of cows is to determine the amount of milk produced, its high-quality composition, productivity growth potential.
In addition, two investment projects are currently being implemented in the Klyavlinsky and Shentalinsky districts for the construction of livestock complexes and sites for raising young dairy cattle.
Positive impact on the development of agriculture in the region It is supported by the implementation of major investment projects in the field of agricultural processing. In September 2023, the technical launch of vegetable oil production was carried out at the Tolyatti Food Processing Plant in the Tolyatti special economic zone. In March 2024, it reached full production capacity. Further plans for the development of the site (until 2030) provide for the creation of facilities for the production of food isolates and plant protein concentrates for the production of plant analogues of meat and dairy products.
Favorable conditions have been created in the Samara region for the development of small-scale farming in rural areas, the share of which in the total volume of production, according to preliminary data, increased in 2024 relative to the level of In 2018, by 1.96 percentage points and amounted to 15.84%. Support for small businesses is provided in the form of grants for the development of family farms, grants for the implementation of the Agrostartap and Agrostartap Region projects, as well as grants from Agroprogress and Agrotourism.
The Samara Region has a state budgetary institution of additional professional education "Samara – Agrarian Regional Information System", which provides information and consulting assistance to commodity producers of all forms of ownership on the types and conditions of state support in the agro-industrial complex of the Samara region, as well as on the introduction of effective technologies in animal husbandry and grain production, forage production, forage harvesting, pig breeding, potato growing, horticulture, the development of small-scale farming in rural areas, and the organization of entrepreneurial activities in the field of agriculture. In addition, this budgetary institution has been designated as the center of competence in the field of agricultural cooperation and support for farmers in the Samara region within the framework of the federal project "Acceleration of small and medium-sized enterprises".
In order to create comfortable conditions for rural residents and form a positive attitude towards the rural lifestyle, a set of measures is being implemented within the framework of the state program "Integrated Rural Development of the Samara Region". Thanks to the state program, the social and engineering infrastructure of the village is developing, highways are being built, and the living conditions of rural residents are improving.
In total, 8 integrated rural development projects were implemented in the framework of the federal project "Modern Appearance of rural areas" in municipal areas during the period 2020 – 2024. Kinelsky (village of Chubovka), Sergievsky (village of Svetlodolsk, village Surgut and the village Sernovodsk), Neftegorsky (village of Zuyevka), Koshkinsky (village of Koshki), Klyavlinsky (Staroe Rezyapkino village) and Bogatovsky (Bogatoe village), including 5 schools, 2 cultural centers, 1 youth organization house, 2 kindergartens were built and 1 was overhauled, 1 MFC and 1 museum complex have been built , heating and water supply, sanitation, lighting networks have been built, Internet access points have been created, 1 water tower and 2 boiler houses have been built. In addition, over the four years of the implementation of the state program, 140 rural families have received certificates of social benefits for the construction (purchase) of housing, including 10 families in 2024. For the period 2020 – 2024, 250 families of workers in various fields of employment in rural areas are provided with housing under employment contracts, of which 90 families in 2024. It is provided with engineering infrastructure facilities and landscaped 5 sites for compact residential buildings in the municipal districts of Bolshechernigovsky (Bolshaya Chernihiv village), Isaklinsky (Isakly village), Sergievsky (Surgut village and village Svetlodolsk) and Kinelsky (Malaya Malyshevka village). In order to develop rural infrastructure, 15.7 km of gas pipelines and 40.5 km of water pipes were put into operation.
1,067 socially significant rural improvement projects have been implemented.
Within the framework of the federal project "Development of transport infrastructure in rural areas", 50.3 km of rural roads were built in the municipal districts of Kinelsky, Koshkinsky, Pestravsky, Neftegorsky and Sergievsky.
As part of the implementation of the federal project "Assistance to rural employment", agricultural producers who accept students for internship and bear the cost of paying for their work and accommodation are compensated, as well as reimbursed for the costs incurred under apprenticeship contracts concluded with employees. During the period 2020 – 2024 , 951 students were involved in rural areas for practical training and employment, and 311 student contracts were concluded.
In accordance with the Law of the Samara region dated 09.02.2005 No. 28-GD "On state support for the human resources potential of the agro-industrial complex of the Samara region" an effective system has been created to provide targeted financial assistance, which provides for a one-time (from 103.5 to 207 thousand rubles) and monthly cash payments (from 4248 up to 11,682 rubles) to young specialists employed in the agricultural sector of the region.
Over the past 10 years of the implementation of this Law, state support has been provided to almost 2,500 young professionals employed in the agro–industrial complex of the Samara region, including 189 in 2024.
The Samara region is developing a system of voluntary certification of the Samara Quality VTS, aimed at improving the quality of food.
Since November 22, 2018, 84 enterprises have been certified for the entire period of operation of the Samara Quality Voluntary Certification System, which received 212 certificates for the production of dairy products., juices, beef, pork, poultry meat, meat offal, sausages, flour, cereals, vegetable oil, vegetables, potatoes and fish.
Food branding contributes to the growth of their production volumes, the increase of sales markets for such goods, and the creation of an attractive image of the region.
Currently, the Samara Quality mark is used as one of the non–cost criteria for evaluating applications from bidders for the supply of food for state and municipal needs and gives an advantage to VTS participants in the amount of 12-15 additional points when evaluating submitted applications.
In order to increase the number of participants in the VTS , information and explanatory work is carried out on a regular basis (by posting and updates of information on the official page of GBU DPO Samara-ARIS and on social media accounts; distribution of information brochures, booklets at meetings, fairs, exhibitions).
As part of the implementation of the exhibition and information and presentation concept of the agro-industrial complex of the Samara region , the Volga Agro-Industrial Exhibition is organized annually, in which agricultural producers, organizations and enterprises of the food and processing industry actively participate. Samara region, but also other regions of the Russian Federation and other countries. In 2024, it was held for the 26th time. The event was attended by representatives of 9 agricultural enterprises and guests from 25 regions of the Russian Federation.
The exhibition was attended by agricultural enterprises and organizations, farms, research and educational institutions, manufacturers of agricultural machinery, fertilizers, compound feeds, plant protection products, investment and insurance companies, large agricultural and processing enterprises of the Samara region. There are more than 400 enterprises and organizations in total.
A distinctive feature of the 2024 exhibition was the large number of microenterprises producing food products. Over 300 types of food products were presented by the participants (bakery and confectionery products, meat, dairy, fish, food products, sauces, flour and cereal products, vegetable oil, honey processing products and soft drinks).
In addition, in 2023 and 2024, the Samara Field Day exhibition events were held in the Samara Region, which were attended by more than 1,000 specialists from the crop industry of the Samara Region, the regions of the Volga Federal District, and friendly states. Within the framework of the 2024 exhibition , contracts were signed for the purchase of spring durum wheat seeds of Samara breeding, agreements were reached on the purchase of weather stations and other agricultural machinery. The participants of the event managed to attract customers not only from among agricultural producers of the Samara region, but also from other regions of the Volga Federal District. It was demonstrated There are 570 production pilot plots of agricultural crops with various technologies of cultivation, protection and nutrition, using irrigation and irrigation on a total area of about 100 hectares. In addition, agricultural machinery was demonstrated in statics and operation.
Transport infrastructure
Samara region occupies an advantageous economic and geographical position, being at the intersection of the most important international transport corridors "North-South" and "West-East".
As part of the development of the system of international transport corridors across Russia, in particular the development of the international transport route Europe – Western China, the transport hub of the region can become one of the main centers of cargo processing and consolidation of transit and export-import cargo flows in Eurasian relations.
In the structure of the Russian transport and logistics system, the Samara transport hub, represented by all types of transport, with the exception of sea transport, has the ability to serve Russian and international cargo flows from/to Kazakhstan, Central and South-East Asia, Europe and China.
A number of mainline railway lines run through the region, connecting the western, southern, southwestern and eastern regions of the country. The Kuibyshev Railway, a branch of Russian Railways, has powerful passenger, cargo processing and repair facilities. The operational length of the railway tracks in the region is about 1.4 thousand km. In terms of railway density, the Samara Region ranks 1st in the Volga Federal District and 13th-14th (along with the Belgorod Region) in Russia (258 km per 10,000 sq.m.km of territory).
Kurumoch International Airport is a part of Airports Holding Regions" and is one of the largest in the Volga region. Flights 21 Russian and international airlines with 38 domestic and international scheduled destinations. The new passenger terminal is successfully operating. In 2024, the airport handled 3.57 million passengers.
Kurumoch International Airport has the status of a 4-star Skytrax airport. In 2021, the airport received the highest rating. Skytrax 5 stars on COVID-safety.
Kurumoch International Airport has its own cargo terminal and offers a full range of services related to warehousing activities. The total area of the cargo terminal is 5,300 sq.m. Temporary storage warehouse, including an open area with 13 cargo spaces and a customs transit completion area with 25 parking spaces. The daily cargo turnover of the cargo complex is 150 tons/day.
The office part houses the cargo transportation sales department, the staff of the SVH, and the Samara Airport customs post of the Samara Customs.
The Volga River, the main waterway of the European part of Russia, flows through the territory of the region, the length of inland waterways in the Samara region is 687 km. Access is available The Unified Waterway System of the European part of the Russian Federation has access to the Caspian, Black, and Baltic Seas, and river ports operate in Samara., Syzran and Tolyatti.
The length of paved public roads in the Samara region is 19 thousand km, including 930 km of roads of federal significance, 7.1 thousand km of roads of regional and inter-municipal significance and about 11 thousand km. km of local roads.
Several federal highways pass through the region, including the M-5 Ural (Moscow-Ryazan-Penza-Samara-Ufa-Chelyabinsk) and the A-300 (Samara - Bolshaya Chernihiv - border with the Republic of Kazakhstan).
Three major Russian gas pipelines pass through the territory of the Samara Region: Chelyabinsk-Petrovsk, Urengoy-Petrovsk, Urengoy-Novopskovsk, as well as oil and product pipelines included in the systems JSC "Transnefteprodukt" and PJSC "Transneft".
The Samara Region occupies one of the leading positions in the Volga Federal District in terms of the development of telecommunications infrastructure and the introduction of information technologies. In particular, according to Rosstat, the share of households with Internet access is 86.1% by the end of 2023.
In total, communication services are provided in the region by more than 200 telecom operators. Presence of backbone operators in the region (Rostelecom, Orange, TransTelecom) makes the Samara region the communications center of the Volga region.
The mobile communications market in the Samara region is characterized by high competition (4 mobile operators), which contributes to further growth of the volume of services and improvement of the quality of service.
International Economic Activities
Large commercial investment projects were implemented on the territory of the region, including those with the participation of foreign companies.
There are foreign investments in the segment of trade, and several projects have been completed with foreign partners: a number of shopping centers have been opened including “Метро Cash & Carry”, “Auchan”, “Leroy Merlin” and others.
One of priority areas of international economic activities is the support of exports of industrial companies, especially development of non-resource exports (highly technological export).
Within this activity support is provided to regional non-resource exporters on the phase of entering external markets. In particular, the Samara Region organizes trade and economic missions of representatives of the regional business community to foreign states and organizes activities with foreign partners and potential investors on the territory of the region.
In addition, work is underway to interact with development institutions in the field of export support. Thus, the official representative office of JSC "Russian Export Center", the Export Support Center of the Samara region, ANO "Club of Exporters of the Samara region" operates in the region.
Investment Climate of the Samara Region
Samara region according to the results of the National Rating of the investment climate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which annually generates The Agency for Strategic Initiatives for the Promotion of New Projects ranks 12th in terms of investment attractiveness in 2024.
On February 13, 2025, for the first time since 2019, the ACRA rating agency improved the outlook for the Samara Region's credit rating from "Stable" to "Positive", while the credit rating was confirmed at "AA". According to ACRA analysts, the rating level of the Samara Region belongs to the AA(RU) group, which means a high level of creditworthiness and financial stability.
A "positive" rating outlook indicates the intention of the ACRA rating agency to raise the credit rating of the Samara Region. The main factors that influenced the improvement in the rating's forecast are the high level of fiscal policy, the absence of budget violations, good liquidity, a reduction in the debt burden due to an effective public debt management policy and the expectation that the region's debt burden will stabilize below 30%.
Currently, the Samara Region occupies a leading position in terms of credit rating on the scale of the ACRA rating agency, second only to the capital and oil regions: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow Region, Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrugs, Tyumen Region, Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnoyarsk Territory and Leningrad Region.
According to the Russian rating agency Expert RA, in 2024 the Samara Region belongs to the group of subjects of the Russian Federation with a very high level of A2 investment attractiveness.
High ratings from rating agencies characterize the Samara Region as a steadily developing region of the Russian Federation and have a positive impact on the region's investment attractiveness.
The Samara Region has established a multi-channel system of state financial and non-financial support for investment activities at each stage of investment project implementation.
In 2022, the Samara Region, as part of the implementation of a system to support new investment projects, joined the work on the implementation of the "Regional Investment Standard" (hereinafter referred to as the Standard).
The standard unifies the process of attracting investments at the level of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Its goal is to simplify the path of Russian and foreign investors to the regions. At the moment, everything has been implemented in the Samara region.
5 directions of the Standard:
investment declaration;
development agency;
Investment Committee;
set of investment rules;
investment card.
The Samara Region Investment Committee operates in the region. The Chairman of the Investment Committee is the Governor of the Samara Region, and it includes representatives of large and medium-sized companies operating in the region. The Investment Committee is an effective platform for discussing issues of concern to business, for building a direct dialogue between the Government of the Samara region and the business community.
Three working groups have been established and operate under the Investment Committee: on investment projects, on the development and support of small and medium-sized businesses, and on the development of export activities in the Samara region.
The tasks of the working group on investment projects are to review and assist in the implementation of investment projects by relevant executive authorities and then submit the most significant projects to the meeting of the Investment Committee. the committee for making a decision on the conclusion of an investment memorandum and/or inclusion in the list of strategic projects of the Samara region.
The tasks of the working group on the development and support of small and medium-sized businesses are the operational monitoring of business conditions, the formation of proposals on the implementation of government support measures, including in the areas of financial, credit, tax and property policy, control and licensing practices, as well as the removal of barriers to entry for new and existing business entities.
The tasks of the working group on the development of export activities in the Samara region are the creation and development of an export support system in the region, contributing to an increase in exports and an increase in the number of exporters, coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the Regional Export Standard 2.0. State support for investment activities in the Samara region is carried out in accordance with the Law of the Samara Region dated 16.03.2006 No. 19-GD "On investments and state support for investment activities in the Samara region".
Samara Region Development Corporation JSC operates in the Samara Region to implement major projects that are significant for the region, including infrastructure projects that can become "growth points" of the regional economy.
The Specialized Development Institute for solving the problems of investors and entrepreneurs, the Agency for Attracting Investments of the Samara Region, interacts with investors on a one –stop-shop basis, selecting partners in accordance with business priorities. companies, investment consulting and assists investors in the implementation of investment projects.
An investor implementing an investment project in the territory The Samara Region can rely on various forms of government support, which are reflected in the regional investment legislation. First of all, it guarantees equal conditions for all participants in the business process, necessary for fair competition, minimal administrative barriers, and a favorable tax regime. At the pre-investment phase of the investment project implementation, investors are provided with information, methodological, and legal support and consulting assistance.
If the project is implemented on a land plot located in state ownership provides for the provision of land for rent without bidding for a large number of categories of investors. This right is granted as a result of the inclusion of the project in the list of strategic projects of the Samara region, as well as the conclusion of an investment memorandum. In accordance with the investment memorandum, a state supervisor is appointed to the investor.
If necessary, investors are assisted in selecting vacant production sites or land plots.
At the investment and operational stage, investors are provided with a range of financial and non -financial government support measures. State support for investors in the form of preferential taxation is provided:
1) for investors implementing investment projects on priority types of economic activity in the Samara region, in the form of exemption from payment of corporate property tax.
In respect of property created, reconstructed, modernized and (or) acquired by an investor during the implementation of an investment project belonging to the 3rd and 4th depreciation groups, the benefit can be granted for 2 years, to the 5th depreciation group – for 3 years, to the 6th depreciation group – for 4 years, to the 7th and 10th depreciation groups – for 5 years.
This benefit is valid from the month the property is registered as an object of fixed assets.
Preferential taxation is applied when a taxpayer's application is submitted to the tax authority in writing with an attachment. A business plan approved before the end of the investment phase of the project in accordance with the Procedure for approving business plans for investment projects of organizations applying for state support in the form of preferential taxation in the Samara Region, approved by Decree of the Government of the Samara Region dated 07/23/2018 No. 417.
Also for investors carrying out investment projects in the territories of single-industry urban districts of the Samara region with a population of up to 100 thousand people (Chapaevsk, Oktyabrsk, Pokhvistnevo), provides for an increase in the terms of preferential taxation on corporate property tax for 2 years and corporate income tax for 2 years.
In addition, participants in the registers of regional investment projects are entitled to reduced income tax rates: federal 0% and regional 10%, subject to the following additional criteria:
the project should correspond to the type of economic activity "Manufacturing";
the amount of capital investments of a project participant may not be less than: 50 million rubles, provided they are implemented within a period not exceeding three years from the date of inclusion in the register, for the urban districts of Oktyabrsk, Chapaevsk and Pokhvistnevo;
100 million rubles – subject to their implementation within a period not exceeding three years from the date of inclusion in the register – for other territories of the region;
500 million rubles – subject to their implementation within a period not exceeding five years from the date of inclusion in the register – for all territories of the Samara region.
The share of capital investments made before submitting the application for inclusion in the register is no more than 30% of the total volume of capital investments.
Regional investment legislation provides for the provision of subsidies from the regional budget in order to reimburse costs incurred during the implementation of an investment project to pay interest on loans received from Russian credit institutions in connection with the implementation of investment projects in the single-industry cities of the Samara region.
Subsidies are provided on a competitive basis within the limits of the amount of funds provided by the law of the Samara Region on the regional budget for the relevant financial year and planning period, and are compensatory nature.
For investors organizing new production in single-industry urban districts of the Samara region Chapaevsk, Oktyabrsk, Pokhvistnevo, subsidies are provided from the regional budget in the amount of 100 thousand rubles for each actually created workplace with an average monthly nominal salary of at least one and a half minimum wages (but not more than 25% of the total cost of the project). Subsidies are provided upon the creation of new jobs.
In the Samara region, there is a special economic zone of an industrial type on the territory of the Tolyatti urban district (hereinafter referred to as the Togliatti SEZ).
In accordance with federal law, residents The Togliatti SEZ is provided with significant benefits and preferences. In addition, an additional regional measure of state support is in effect for residents of the Togliatti SEZ: exemption from payment of transport tax for a period of 10 years, the income tax rate has been reduced to 0% in the first five years from the date of profit, to 5% for the next 5 years and to 13.5% until 2059.
To date, 39 companies from 6 countries (Russia, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey, Serbia) have become residents of the Togliatti SEZ with the sum of announced investments of 62.77 billion rubles and a plan to create 7.9 thousand new jobs.
There are 21 plants operating on the site, and two stages of infrastructure with an area of more than 400 hectares have been developed. Residents of the Togliatti SEZ have invested 48.49 billion rubles, created 3694 jobs, the total revenue of residents is 90.2 billion rubles, 8.6 billion rubles have been paid in the form of taxes and customs payments to the budgets of all levels of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation.
In 2024, 5 new residents were attracted to the site.: JSC "Lighting Solutions", LLC "Green energy projects", LLC NPTS BAS "Production", LLC "Foam coast", LLC "ST-Plastic".
Such purposeful work on the development of the Togliatti SEZ allows it to occupy positions in the top of the most attractive sites in Russia from year to year. The Togliatti SEZ is one of the most effective similar sites in the country, which is annually confirmed by the assessment of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, as well as other all-Russian rating studies. Based on the results VIII National Rating of investment attractiveness of special The economic zones of the Togliatti SEZ are among the three most attractive sites for investors in Russia. By the end of 2023, the Togliatti SEZ entered the TOP 3 best investment sites in the country in the rating of investment attractiveness of industrial parks and special economic zones. Analytical center "Expert".
In order to increase the investment attractiveness of the region The Government of the Samara Region continues systematic work on the development of investment sites, such as industrial and logistics parks. There are three state -owned industrial parks in the region: Preobrazhenka, Chapaevsk, Tolyatti, two logistics parks Preobrazhenka 2 and Novosemeikino, private industrial parks Tolyattikauchuk, Stavropol, and AVTOVAZ industrial Park.
As of 01.01.2025, 87 companies operate in the areas of the state industrial and logistics parks. The total volume of extra-budgetary investments by 01.01.2025 amounted to more than 63 billion rubles. Since the start of the parks, 11,772 jobs have been created.
Since February 2024, on the territory of the logistics park The X5 Group regional distribution center has started operating at Preobrazhenka 2 with the prospect of creating 1,300 new jobs. Work continues related to the design and construction of engineering and transport infrastructure facilities at the Preobrazhenka Industrial Park and the Preobrazhenka 2 logistics Park.
The urban districts of the Samara region of Tolyatti, Chapaevsk and Novokuibyshevsk are included in the list of single-industry towns of the Russian Federation. Priority development territories have been created in 2 single-industry towns (hereinafter referred to as the TOP) Tolyatti and Chapaevsk.
The algorithm for concluding an agreement to carry out activities on the TOP and the procedure for obtaining the status of a TOP resident were approved by the resolution Government of the Samara Region No. 658 dated 11/21/2016 "On ensuring the functioning of the territory of advanced development established on the territory of a single-industry municipality (single-industry town) of the Samara Region".
For residents of the TOP, significant benefits are provided for corporate income tax, which is subject to transfer to the federal and regional budgets (in the first 5 years – 2%, starting from the 6th year - 13%;), there is a "zero" rate for property tax and land tax. For enterprises included in the register of residents in the first three years of the TOP's operation, there are reduced tariffs for insurance premiums to state extra-budgetary funds (7.6% of the VAT instead of the current 30%).
As of 01.01.2025, 69 residents were included in the federal register. Tolyatti TOP and 10 residents of Chapaevsk TOP, which invested 40.8 billion rubles, created 13,834 jobs. Tolyatti TOP is the leader in the number of residents included in the federal register of residents among all TORS established in single-industry towns.
The Tolyatti TOP regime is valid until September 2028, and Chapaevsk TOP is valid until February 2031.
In addition, since 2020, a non-profit organization, the State Fund for the Development of Industry of the Samara Region, has been operating in the region.
The State Fund offers preferential conditions for co-financing investment projects aimed at developing new high-tech products, import substitution, production of components and increasing labor productivity.
Industrial organizations are provided with preferential loans under the financing programs: "Development Projects", "Components", "Labor Productivity". The amount of loans under these programs is 20-100 million rubles, the rate is 3-5%.
The State Fund also provides loans only from the regional program budget: "Regional development of subjects of activity in the field of industry" and under the Labor Productivity program. The loan amount under these programs ranges from 5 to 40 million rubles at a rate of 1-3% per annum for up to 5 years.
Investment Climate and Development of Public-Private Partnership
Currently, 78 PPP projects are under active implementation. (including 56 projects – concession agreements) with a total value of over 288.9 billion rubles. More than 4.6 thousand jobs have already been created , and more than 161.1 billion rubles have been attracted.
In December 2024, the commissioning of almost 100 km of the Tolyatti bypass highway with a bridge crossing over the Volga River as part of the Europe–Western China international transport route with investments of over 140 billion rubles, built under the ongoing concession agreement, was ensured.
Work continues on the creation of an object of the concession agreement on the creation (construction) and operation of railway transport infrastructure to support the activities of the Tolyatti industrial-type special economic zone, concluded between By the Government of the Samara Region and JSC Russian Railways. The total length of the concession agreement facility will be 16.7 km, with a maximum cargo turnover of 1.4 million tons by 2029. Since 04/18/2022 concessionaire temporary operation is being carried out.
The implementation of socially oriented projects is becoming increasingly important, among which projects for the creation of educational facilities are of the greatest importance for the region. It is planned to create 20 schools and 10 kindergartens in the region by 2030.
On 08/31/2024, a comprehensive school in the Volgar microdistrict of Samara with 1,100 student places was put into operation.
Since 2023, a comprehensive school for 1,500 places has been under construction, located at K. Marx St., Syzran, Samara Region (the facility is planned to be commissioned by the end of 2025).
Within the framework of the state program "Development of Education", the construction of 2 educational institutions with a total capacity of 1,875 educational places is underway with a deadline of 2025 using the mechanism of concession agreements.:
school with 675 places (Tolyatti);
a 1,200-seat school (Tolyatti).
In 2025-2027, it is planned to build 2 kindergartens in Tolyatti for 450 places within the framework of the Family Support Foundation NP Family.
The implementation of the concession agreement continued in 2024. to create an international interuniversity campus, concluded in 2023 between the Government of the Samara Region and ProCampus No. 1 LLC. Its creation in the region will make it possible to form a high–quality infrastructure - the basis for interaction between the scientific community and organizations in the real sector of the economy, and attract talented personnel to the region for economic development.
Also, as part of regional concession agreements, starting in 2022, socially significant facilities such as the Konoplev Football Academy football training base in the Stavropol Municipal District, the Chernomorets children's health camp for children from the Samara Region, located in the resort city of Anapa, and a boarding house for the elderly and disabled will be reconstructed.Constellation" in the city of Samara.
A strategically important area of PPP is the attraction of extra-budgetary funds for the development of the housing and communal services industry. In the Samara region, 31 concession agreements in the field of housing and communal services are being implemented for a total amount of 32.1 billion rubles.
In 2024, concession agreements were signed on the creation of multifunctional waste management complexes in the municipal districts of Sergievsky, Kinel-Cherkassky and Hvorostyansky with a total cost of 4.5 billion rubles.
In terms of indicators for the disposal and disposal of MSW in 2024, the modernization of the capital construction facility "Universal Production Complex" was completed through reconstruction in the city of Tolyatti.
Reconstruction without increasing the capacity of the existing MSW processing facility in the amount of 300 thousand tons per year with an increase in the sampling depth of secondary material resources to 16%. The facility was commissioned in 2024. It was actually launched in December 2024. At the same time, the object receives a stream of solid municipal waste, corresponding to 60% of the capacity, that is, about 180 thousand tons, with a nominal capacity of 300 thousand tons.
Currently, 11 concession agreements in the field of housing and communal services are being implemented in the region, in which the Samara region is a third party, with a total investment of 29.2 billion rubles, of which two concession agreements were concluded in 2024 for heat supply facilities in the city district. Oktyabrsky municipal district of Privolzhsky with a total cost of 139.9 million rubles.
The largest of these projects is the modernization of facilities in centralized cold water supply and (or) sanitation systems, individual facilities of such systems in the territory of the Samara city district with the volume of attracted investments in the amount of 25.8 billion rubles.
Innovative Development
The Samara Region is one of the strongest industrial regions in the country with a diversified economy, a high concentration of manufacturing industries and a strong scientific and innovative potential.
In 2023, the Samara Region produced 335.1 billion rubles worth of innovative goods, works and services, representing 4.0% of Russia's innovative products and 11.8% of the Volga Federal District's innovative products. In terms of the production of innovative products, the region ranks 3rd in the Volga Federal District and 7th in Russia.
According to the results of 2023, the level of innovative activity of organizations in the Samara region amounted to 18.8%. According to this indicator, our region ranks 2nd in the Volga Federal District and 3rd in Russia. Organizations' innovation costs in 2023 amounted to 82.2 billion. rubles'. According to the results of 2023, the Samara Region ranked 9th among the subjects of the Russian Federation and 3rd among the regions of the Volga Federal District in this indicator.
The Samara Region belongs to the regions of Russia where a set of necessary conditions for successful innovation activity has been formed. The region firmly occupies a place among the leading regions of Russia in terms of innovative development. The high positions of the Samara region in the innovation sphere are confirmed by the ratings of independent experts:
– 6th place among Russian regions according to the Scientific and Technological Development Index according to the rating agency RIA Rating;
–10th place in the National Rating of Scientific and Technological development of the subjects of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
The region has established a regulatory, legal and organizational framework that covers the use of various forms of government support for innovation activities: providing subsidies, joining the authorized capital, co-financing projects jointly with federal institutions, consulting and organizational support.
In the Samara region, systematic actions have been implemented to form an innovation infrastructure as a platform for the completed innovation cycle. To support and promote innovative developments, at the initiative of the Government of the Samara region, using funds from the regional budget and with the involvement of federal funds, a system of infrastructure organizations has been created – institutes of innovative development that have created a platform for the completed innovation cycle.: State Agrarian University of the Samara region "Center for Innovative Development and Cluster initiatives" as the management company of the Zhiguli Valley high-tech technopark, the Samara Region Innovation Fund, the Regional Innovation Center (StartupSamara) and others.
The core of technological support for innovative companies in the region is the Zhiguli Valley high-tech technology park, whose areas of specialization include information and telecommunication technologies, transport and space research, biotechnology and medicine, energy efficiency and energy conservation, chemistry and the development of new materials, and ecology. The implementation of such a strategically important project for the Samara region is aimed at providing the region with the latest innovative developments.
By the end of 2024, 312 residents (315 projects) are implementing their projects on the basis of the technopark in 6 industry areas, more than 2.2 thousand workplaces. The Technopark provides support to resident companies at all stages of their project activities: from the idea to obtaining a prototype and launching a product on the market.
In 2018, the technopark became a regional operator of the Fund. Skolkovo. Residents of Zhiguli Valley received access to Skolkovo's services such as assistance in attracting investments, participation in mentoring and acceleration programs, support in commercialization and integration into technology chains of large businesses. Zhiguli Valley Technopark as a regional operator of the Skolkovo Foundation It provides consulting support to innovative entrepreneurs not only in the Samara region, but also in the Orenburg, Ulyanovsk and Saratov regions, and promotes them to the status of a qualified Skolkovo resident. According to the results of the rating of regional operators of the Skolkovo Foundation in 2024, the Zhiguli Valley technopark is in second place (26 regional operators in total). By the end of 2024 , 80 companies, including 63 companies from the Samara Region, 25 of which are residents of the technopark, received the status of a participant in the Skolkovo Foundation under the supervision of Zhiguli Valley.
In order to attract federal budget funds for the implementation of innovative projects in the Samara region in 2019 , a representative office of the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Field was organized on the basis of the technopark. Thanks to the work of the representative office, the innovators of the Samara region can receive all the necessary information. consulting support on the current competition programs of this Foundation.
In 2022, the technopark became a regional partner of the Agency for Technological Development, which expanded the access of companies in the Samara region to consulting, financial and engineering support.
According to the results of the high–tech technopark "Zhiguli Valley" in 2024, it took the 2nd place in terms of operational efficiency in the X National Rating of Technoparks of Russia according to the Association of Clusters, Technoparks and SEZs of Russia (2020 – 4th place, 2021 – 9th place, 2022 - 3rd place, 2023 – 1st place).
The Samara Region Innovation Fund provides financial support for the implementation of innovative projects in the region. In 2024 , 27 projects were supported, including developments by universities and scientific organizations, residents of the Zhiguli Valley high–tech technology park, and technology companies.
The region also pays great attention to the development of innovations at the initial stage. The StartupSamara Regional Innovation Center regularly hosts various events aimed at creating a large stream of high-quality projects. A significant number of events take place at universities or with the participation of students. In 2024, the center held 40 events, attended by more than 2.3 thousand people.
Small and Medium Businesses
The number of people employed in the SME sector as of 01.01.2025 increased by 2% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 648.9 thousand people (including self-employed citizens). The number of self-employed citizens increased by 31.4% and amounted to 279.7 thousand people. New SME entities continue to be created in the region.
By the end of 2024, 23,334 SMEs were registered in the Samara Region, which is 17.3% of the total number of SMEs in the Samara Region – 134,885 units.
The subjects of SMEs by type of economic activity are distributed as follows: they carry out their activities in the field of trade 35.9% of the total, in the service sector – 25.5%, transport – 10.5%, construction – 9.6%, manufacturing – 6.9%, public catering – 2.6%, agriculture – 2%, other industries and fields of activity – 7%.
The volume of tax revenues from doing business (USN, PSN, ENVD, ESCN, NP, personal income tax from individual entrepreneurs) as of 01.01.2025 The consolidated budget of the Samara region amounted to 24.6 billion rubles, which is 43.2% more than in the same period last year.
Support for SMEs in 2024 was carried out within the framework of the national project "Small and medium-sized enterprises and support for individual entrepreneurship initiatives" and the state program of the Samara region "Development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Samara region". The National SME Project provided for measures to support entrepreneurs at every stage of the business development lifecycle: from the idea of starting a business, registration, and assistance in obtaining affordable financing, property support – before the implementation of projects in certain sectors (manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and services) and business expansion with export.
In order to provide comprehensive services to SMEs and self-employed citizens, "My Business" centers have been established in each urban district of the Samara Region. On the basis of the My Business centers, beginners, social and young entrepreneurs can receive training on topical issues of doing business, receive assistance in standardization, product certification, obtaining the necessary permits, patents. Take part in exhibition and fair events, as well as receive support for the creation of websites and the placement of products (services) on leading marketplaces.
In 2024, the following services were provided to potential, novice and existing entrepreneurs in the region: consulting services on financial planning (budgeting, tax optimization, accounting services, attracting investments and loans); consulting services on legal support activities; provision of services to SMEs for the creation of their websites on the Internet information and telecommunications network; services for the organization of certification of goods, works and services (including international), as well as certification (if qualified) according to the quality management system in accordance with international standards; services for individuals for training under the program "Fundamentals of entrepreneurship"; conducting trainings, forums, webinars, seminars, conferences on relevant topics; ensuring participation in exhibition, fair and congress events on the territory of In the Russian Federation in order to promote goods (works, services) and business development, including stimulating the import substitution process.
In addition, young and social entrepreneurs were provided with financial support in the form of a grant from 100 to 500 thousand rubles. The conditions for receiving the grant were to complete free training at the My Business center on the basics of entrepreneurship. Co-financing of at least 25% of the project cost.
In addition, in 2024, the regional Government decided to allocate funds (10 million rubles) to provide subsidies to SMEs operating in the creative industries.
A grant of up to 500,000 rubles is provided on a competitive basis (subject to co-financing of 25% of the funds of the SME, 75% of the funds of the MAYOR) to SMEs and those operating in the field of creative industries according to the Salaries approved by the Order Ministry of Culture of Russia No. 2931 dated 10/20/2023 (cultural and entertainment industry, literary and publishing industry, fashion industry, cinema industry and animation production, music and sound design industry, fine and visual arts industry, media and journalism industry, software industry, games and toys industry, architecture and urban planning industry, gastronomy industry, advertising industry and communications).
In 2024, a wide range of services were provided and export-oriented SMEs: comprehensive export development programs, search and selection of a foreign buyer, export contract support, organization of participation in international exhibitions.
The range of financial support measures is constantly expanding in the region and the procedure for obtaining preferential funds from the Samara Region Guarantee Fund is being improved, making it convenient for entrepreneurs.
1. Microloans are provided for the self-employed in the amount of up to 500 thousand rubles for up to 3 years at 1%.
2. For aspiring entrepreneurs, the GFSO offers financing programs with comfortable conditions - loans at a rate of up to 5.6% per annum.
3. Microloans for existing businesses starting from 500 thousand rubles with an interest rate of up to 12% per annum.
4. Providing guarantees of up to 25 million rubles, at a cost of 0.75% per annum.
At the regional level, support measures in the Samara region are: - compensation of expenses to young IT specialists in the amount of 50% of the mortgage interest paid, while the list of positions of young IT specialists entitled to compensation of expenses in the amount of 50% of the loan interest paid has been significantly expanded;
- a comfortable patent regime, with minimal marginal revenue rates;
- benefits in the form of an increase in the deduction from the area of real estate (from 150 to 250 square meters. m.), taxable at cadastral value.
Up-to-date information on measures of state support for small and medium-sized businesses and the self-employed is posted on the unified portal of state support for entrepreneurs. Moy Biznes-63 – mybiz63.ru.
All news about business support is published on the social network VKontakte (link to the resource: https://vk.com/mybiz63 ) and in the chat of the Telegram channel "Mybusiness_63" (link to the resource: https://t.me/mybiz63 ), where you can also get advice on any business issues that arise in an online format.
More detailed information can be found
on the official site of the Ministry of Economic Development
and investments of the Samara region
www.economy.samregion.ru
and investment site of the region
www.investinsamara.ru