A new type of special economical zones - port zones - will soon appear in Russia. the draft law about their establishment, worked out by Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, is coordinated with Ministry of Transport and in April may be submitted to the government.
New zones are planned to be established on the territory of international sea cargo ports and freight terminals of international airports, the status of port zones will be distributed on a competitive basis.
The anonymous federal official expressed an opinion about possible port zones, and named Ust-Luga, Murmansk, St. Petersburg, Novorossiysk, as for airports, the status will probably be given to Krasnoyarsk airport and Moscow "Domodedovo".
The ports, obtained the status of special economic zones, will be able to bring in to the zones building materials, machinery, devices for ships maintenance and equipping, for loading works and for storing of goods without paying duties and VAT.
Fuel and oil and lubricants will be brought in without excise duty payment.
Port zones will become the fourth type of special economic zones in Russia. there are already industrial and technical-implementing zones (scientific) zones, besides, a draft law about tourists-recreational zones, the tender on which may be hold next year, has been already submitted to Duma.
sections: Economics, Region News regions: Central region |