Sverdlovsk Region’s GDP comes to 484.4bn RUR in 2012

March 7, 2013. In 2012, the amount of foreign investment rocketed in Sverdlovsk Region, while direct foreign investment actually doubled from $88.5m in 2011 to $192.9m in 2012, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department reports. Sverdlovsk Region First Deputy Economics Minister Anatoly Ogloblin also said in his report on the region’s socioeconomic development program for 2012 that Sverdlovsk Region got a much better position in the rating of Russian Federation constituencies than a year earlier. For one, the region rose from the 51st position in 2011 to the 16th

December 20, 2012. In 2012, Sverdlovsk Region was one of the top 10 most economically and socially successful federal constituencies in the Russian Federation. Its gross regional product grew by 7.8% in 2012: in money terms, this amounts to 1.4 trillion RUR, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policies Department reports. In terms of industrial goods supplied to consumers, Sverdlovsk Region is in the 6th position in the national rating; in terms of retail trade, it is in the 3d place, only outstripped by Moscow and Moscow Region. In terms of capital asset investments, the region is

November 8, 2012. Consumer price index went up by 0.7% in Sverdlovsk Region in October 2012 against September 2012, SverdlovskStat reports. At the same time, prices rose by 6.4% against last October. The increase was most prominent in food items, including strong drinks: this came to 3% this month and to 6.2% against October 2011. The second most prominent increase has to do with the service sector: prices rose by 0.9% in October 2012 and by 8.8% against October 2011. As for non-food items, prices increased by 0.9% in September and by 4.9% against October 2011.

February 7, 2013. According to data supplied by the Ural Customs Administration of Russia’s Federal Tax Service (excluding the data provided by the Customs’ Energy Department). Sverdlovsk Region’s foreign trade turnover came to $11,069.3m (in current prices) in January-November 2012, which was 7.1% more than in January-November 2011. These data do not cover the export and import that did not get officially registered by the authorities. This information was carried by SverdlovskStat’s press service recently. If one analyzes these statistical data, it will become clear that the share of export

Sverdlovsk Region’s gross domestic product is expected to rise by 20% to 25%, was Vice Premier of the regional government Alexander Petrov’s forecast at today’s briefing. ‘The industrial growth reached 12% in the eight months of 2012. The optical and the ferrous metallurgical industries are doing quite well. In 2012, the GDP will grow by 20-25%,’ Petrov said. Meanwhile, the Vice Premier pointed out that prices went down in the metallurgical industry in the eight months of the year: this is true, for example, of nickel and aluminum prices. ‘Russia joining the WTO will be a lot of help to the