The country's best exporters have been identified

Omsk-based company TPC Sladonezh LLC took the second place in the "Trader of the Year" nomination in the "Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" category.

On November 2, 2020, the Federal Competition Commission of the All-Russian Exporter of the Year Competition identified 13 winners. The meeting was held at the Russian Export Center, and about 70 applicant companies joined via videoconference.

Andrei Belousov, Chairman of the competition commission and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government, described the situation in which exporters are working as extreme conditions, when it became much more difficult to export: "This year, the vast majority of foreign markets have closed, and many large markets are experiencing a decline. Those who accepted the challenge and were able to stand up despite the difficulties of increasing sales are real heroes. It is especially important for the government to support businesses in general and export-oriented companies in particular. For the period from 2021 to 2024, it is planned to allocate an unprecedented 650 billion rubles from the federal budget alone to support exports," he said.

As a result of voting, 13 winners in 12 nominations were selected among the 85 winners of the district stages, and two companies shared the first place in one of the nominations. More detailed information about the winners is available on the REC website.

"This year we have received a record number of applications – over 1,700, and in every federal district we have witnessed active competition between applicants. However, this is not surprising: exporting companies should be proactive and ambitious players," Veronika Nikishina, General Director of REC JSC, explained the specifics of this year's Award.

Omsk confectionery factory "Sladonezh", the largest confectionery manufacturer in Siberia, took the honorable second place in the nomination "Trader of the Year" in the category "Small and medium-sized enterprises".  Penetron-Export LLC from the Sverdlovsk Region took the first place in this nomination, and Persey LLC from the Murmansk Region took the third place.

Confectionery factory "Sladonezh" is a company with a long history. The factory's assortment includes more than four hundred items of waffles, biscuits, sweets and other confectionery products. The group of companies includes not only a production site, but also a grain processing complex, as well as an engineering area.

"We always follow global trends and adapt our product range to them. The company's monthly export volume reaches more than a thousand tons.  In 2019, confectionery products worth more than 1 billion rubles were shipped. It is not the first year that Sladonezh has won first place in the regional stage of the Exporter of the Year competition, and also won the regional stage of the All-Russian Exporter of the Year Award. We would like to thank the Omsk Region Export Support Center for the work done and the belief in our success. Together with the Center, we plan to expand our geography in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and North America, as well as increase sales in existing territories," said Sladonezh LLC.

It should be noted that the solemn awarding ceremony for the best exporters in the territory of the Russian Federation will be held on December 9, 2020 within the framework of the Made in Russia forum.

You can get advice from the specialists of the Omsk Region Export Support Center at 21/1 Komarova St. (Omsk IT Park) or by phone: +7(3812)95-77-75.

The Omsk Region Export Support Center carries out activities within the framework of the implementation of national projects in the region "Small and medium-sized enterprises and support for individual entrepreneurial initiatives", as well as "International cooperation and Export".