78 export contracts were signed with the assistance of the regional Export Support Center.

Omsk small and medium-sized enterprises have signed export contracts worth 9.4 million US dollars.

In the regions of Russia, Export Support Centers provide comprehensive assistance to small and medium-sized businesses in the field of foreign economic activity. In the Omsk region, such a structure operates on the basis of the regional Development and Investment Agency.

"The Export Support Center provides assistance to export-oriented enterprises in finding sales markets by conducting marketing research, business missions, organizing the participation of Omsk companies in foreign exhibitions, as well as legal assistance in the examination of foreign economic contracts," explains the Agency's CEO  Evgeny Kovtun.

According to the results of the Center's work in 2017, Omsk small and medium-sized companies concluded 78 export contracts worth about 9.4 million US dollars. Omsk enterprises have signed contracts and established cooperation as a result of business visits organized by the Center, including business missions to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan and Finland, visits to the Omsk region by delegations from Kyrgyzstan, China, Kazakhstan and Iran, as well as following a conference on foreign economic activity. It should be noted that the companies have reached agreements and signed export contracts based on the results of participation in international exhibition events in Belarus, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

The enterprises exported musical and electrical equipment, building materials, food products, industrial oils and lubricants, panel equipment and products of the woodworking industry.

It should be noted that at the moment the consolidated register of exporters, which is presented on the website of the Export Support Center, includes information about about 200 export-oriented enterprises of the Omsk region in Russian and English.

In addition, in 2017, 4 websites in foreign languages were created and/or upgraded to promote Omsk companies' export offers to foreign markets, and marketing research on the German and Iranian markets was organized and conducted.

In 2017, the Omsk Region was included in the educational program of the Russian Export Center for training start-up exporting companies in the basics and management of export activities. In total, the Export Support Center implemented 7 courses within the framework of the program, during which 9 seminars were held, and more than 60 companies were trained. The program will continue to operate in 2018.

"The Export Support Center will continue to work towards supporting export-oriented enterprises. Omsk companies can view the plan of training events, business missions and international exhibition projects organized by the Export Support Center in 2018 on the ved website. 55.ru ", - according to the Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk region.

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