26 December 200510:58
Gross regional product estimated at 400 billion RUR in 2005
As the deputy Head of the Sverdlovsk Region Government and Minister for Economics and Labour in Sverdlovsk Region Galina Kovaleva reports, ‘The period of 2004-2005 has laid a profound foundation for the region’s economic development despite minor setbacks in power engineering, food industry and agriculture due to specific climate conditions. The expected investments increase is 86 billion RUR, which is 24.6% compared to last year’s data. Trade turnover has gone up to 230 billion RUR due to the introduction of a fairly large number of retail and wholesale chain stores and outlets (25% compared