Prime minister of Tatarstan Ildar Kalikov congratulates on coming 2012 year

Today Prime minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov has congratulated entrepreneurs on approaching year 2012.

Meeting with small and mid-sized business people took place in RT Chamber of commerce and industry.

Before the beginning of festivities heard of RT Government and accompanying him persons saw the exhibition of folk craft goods (souvenir products, decorations, embroidery, etc.).

Welcoming the public, Ildar Khalikov reminded that «together we have passed through a crisis year of 2009 therefore we already are not afraid of coming 2012».

We cannot help but thinking that there are not easy years ahead, RT Prime minister said but at the same there are years to which we are ready because lived out not one difficult economic crisis.

The result of such a work in 2011 became a powerful economic base which has been created, - first time shipment of local produced goods is expected in amount of 1,3 тtrln. rubles. that 27% more that last year, Ildar Khalikov informed.

Today there are many projects and programs on support of small and middle business functioning in the republic, many of them had been launched when Rustam Minnikhanov was a Prime minister.

Now we have infrastructure for developing entrepreneurship – these are techno-parks, techno-policies, business-incubators, IT- park and other.

In particular, there are 160 enterprises operating on the area of 360 sq. m. in territory of “Master” Kamsky industrial park.

The revenues to be gained from this place will exceed 18 bln. rubles, Ildar Khalikov informed.

«We see how techno-polis «Khimgrad is progressing, other techno-parks», - head of the RT Government said. – Only these infrastructure projects jointly with SEZ «Alabuga» produce figures comparable with GRP of some RF subjects». He state that these projects to be supported further.

Entering Russia in WTO - this is not only the possibility for foreign goods to come to our market but a perspective for commodity producers to get access to the international markets, Ildar Khalikiov considers, we must form such a base for each sector – this is a task of RT CCI and RT Ministry of industry and trade.

Prime minister of Tatarstan thanked all for a successful work in outgoing year. Namely, you and your colleagues create the economy of Tatarstan, he said, and wished health and happiness to entrepreneurs and their close.

The event was attended by RT CCI chairman Shamil Ageev, head of regional association of employees Aleksei Pakhomov, RT minister of justice Midkhat Kurmanov, chief of FTS Dept on RT Marat Safiullin and others.