Applications for the "Exporter of the Year" competition based on the results of work in 2021 have been accepted in the Omsk region.

Small and medium-sized enterprises of the Omsk region are invited to participate in the annual regional competition "Exporter of the Year" based on the results of foreign economic activity for 2021. Applications will be accepted until April 18, 2021 inclusive.

It should be recalled that the Omsk Region Export Support Center is a structural unit of the My Business service center and operates under the national projects "Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship and Support for individual Entrepreneurial Initiative" and "International Cooperation and Export".

Small and medium-sized businesses in the region that are registered in the Omsk Region can participate in the regional competition. The prize is awarded to organizations and individual entrepreneurs who have achieved the greatest success in exporting non-primary non-energy goods, works, services, as well as the results of intellectual activity.

Thus, the export potential of companies in 2021 will be evaluated in six nominations: "Exporter of the Year in the field of agro-industrial complex", "Exporter of the Year in the field of industry", "Exporter of the year in the field of high technologies"; "Exporter of the Year in the field of services" and "Breakthrough of the Year". Companies that have never participated in the regional stage of the Exporter of the Year competition can apply for the Breakthrough of the Year nomination.

"The mission of the Exporter of the Year contest is to popularize the success stories of Omsk businesses abroad, energize and inspire entrepreneurs in the region, motivate them to become exporters and expand their sales geography. Enterprises that meet a number of criteria will be selected as winners, for example, the competition commission will evaluate the level of export activity and the quality of export results: the appearance of new export products, the expansion of the export range, and the company's participation in international exhibitions and business missions," said Svetlana Utyuganova, head of the Omsk Region Export Support Center.

As prizes, the winners of the competition, who took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the nominations, will receive certificates for the purchase of economy class air tickets within the framework of business events of the Export Support Center in denominations of 100,000, 75,000 and 50,000 rubles, as well as the opportunity to represent the Omsk region at the federal stage of the "Exporter of the Year" competition.

Last year, two Omsk enterprises became one of the best exporters in the country. In the category "Small and medium-sized enterprises" in the nomination "Exporter of the Year in industry", the second place was taken by individual entrepreneur Sergey Marichev, and in the nomination "Trader of the Year" the second place was awarded to the company "TPK Sladonezh". The best exporters of the country received their well-deserved awards from the hands of the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Andrey Belousov.

The full list of conditions for participation in the regional stage of the "Exporter of the Year" competition in the Omsk region by the end of 2021 is available on the website of the Export Support Center. The winners in the nominations will be determined by the competition committee based on the results of the export performance indicators provided by the participating enterprises for 2021.