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The expert commission selected 13 companies, which applied to display products in the REC pavilions, located in foreign countries. At the moment, there are permanent demonstration and tasting pavilions in China, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam. Another one will be opened in the second half of 2021 in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

EXIMBANK of Russia JSC and VEB.RF provided the first disbursement of about 677 million rubles to finance the supply of Russian municipal equipment to Uzbekistan.

Non-resource non-energy exports from Russia increased by 26% during the 5 months of 2021 compared to the same period last year and reached $ 65 billion. Veronika Nikishina, Head of Russian Export Center (REC), announced this in an interview with TASS.

The memorandum on business development was signed by Russian Export Center JSC and Qatar Development Bank (“QDB”) within the SPIEF-2021.

The share of settlements in national currencies between the EAEU countries reached 74% the experts said on the session dedicated to the efficiency of export within the SPIEF 2021.

From now on, the financial instruments offered by the REC Group and the International Bank for Economic Cooperation may be used to support green investment projects. The corresponding agreement was signed by Nikita Gusakov, Senior Vice President of REC, General Director of EXIAR, and Denis Ivanov, Chairman of the IBEC Board, on the sidelines of SPIEF 2021.

On June 3, at the Business 20 Regional Consultative Forum (B20), which was held within the framework of SPIEF 2021, the topic of trade and investment was discussed. Veronika Nikishina, General Director of Russian Export Center JSC, called for the destabilization of the rules of world trade and the growth of restrictive measures to be included in the G20 agenda.

The agreement on cooperation between REC and the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce in support of Russian non-resource non-energy exports was signed on the sidelines of SPIEF 2021.

REC plans to integrate its one-stop-shop system with digital systems of foreign customs services to ensure digital interaction of authorities not only within the country but also within foreign departments. This was stated by Veronika Nikishina, General Director of REC JSC during the discussion at the round table “Transformation of World Trade" at the SPIEF-2021.

Veronika Nikishina, General Director of REC, and Antonio Fallico, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca Intesa, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

REC and Russian Post will run a national online store on German Amazon. The corresponding agreement was signed on 2 June 2021 at SPIEF by Russian Export Center, Russian Post, and its German subsidiary RusPost GmbH.

The REC Group has begun financing the investment program of Uzbek Jizzakh Petroleum to increase oil production. The program involves the purchase of Russian oil production units, oil country tubular goods, and pumping equipment.

“CAR is interested in REC to attract Russian exporters to the country,” Dmitry Prokhorenko, Director for Development of the Foreign Network of REC JSC, said at the meeting with the delegation from the Central African Republic. One of the main potentials for increasing the volume of export of Russian products to the CAR, according to Dmitry Prokhorenko, is the involvement of Russian companies in the implementation of key economic projects in the country, including through participation in infrastructure projects.

Russian Export Center has updated its online export section. Now the Marketplace Navigator offers 78 e-commerce platforms with a well-developed algorithm for Russian companies to launch export. The number of marketplaces has doubled as compared to last year.

In 2020 NRE exports from Russia to China hit a record $ 16.3 B, which is 13% more than a year before.

The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) and SVEZA-Les LLC executed a  short-term accounts receivable insurance policy as part of the supply of plywood to 52 countries of the world.

Eximbank of Russia JSC improved its position in the Forbes rating of 100 Most Reliable Russian Banks 2020 by one point as compared to 2019.

“Peru is a long-term and reliable partner of Russia. I am sure that the cooperation between REC and the Embassy of Peru will foster trade and economic ties, as well as give an impetus for entrepreneurs of both countries to cooperate and implement joint projects,” Dmitry Prokhorenko, Director for Development of the Foreign Network of Russian Export Center JSC, said at a meeting with the delegation of the Embassy of Peru, headed by Juan Genaro del Campo Rodriguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to the Russian Federation.