The Russian Export Centre (WEB.RF Group) has started receiving applications for participation in the All-Russian Enquiries 2024. Major companies, small and medium-sized businesses and individual entrepreneurs can participate.

Applications are accepted from 1 April to 30 June. Free participation.

An application may be submitted on the Russian Export Centre ' s website for reference: https://www.exportcenter.ru/awards.

“We have long said that exporters are real heroes, and we want their stories and names to be more frequent. During the competition, we have learned over 6,000 such inspiring stories from companies from all over Russia. The term " Exporter of the Year " is an opportunity to express its success throughout the country. This is pride, product quality, company reliability and evidence that both consumers and partners can trust it. " I invite all to participate in the competition and to express their achievements " , emphasized by the Director-General of the Russian Export Centre, Veronica Nikishin.

The competition is part of the national project " International Cooperation and Exports " with the support of the Ministry of Commerce of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

Traditionally, manufacturers and suppliers of a wide variety of products participate in the competition, ranging from candy with nuts, film products, clouds and surveillance systems to manual souvenirs, loyalty programmes, helicopters and equipment for APC enterprises.

The Exporter Award in 2024 will be awarded in 20 awards: six major (partially for SMEs and large businesses) and six additional nominees (depending on company size).

Main awards:
:: Year-Exporter in Industry (partly for SMEs and large businesses);
:: Year-Exporter in Engineering (partially for SMEs and large businesses);
:: Year ' s Exporter for Basic Products APC (partially for SMEs and large businesses);
:: Year ' s Exporter for APC Products (High Transfers) (partially for SMEs and large businesses);
:: Year-Exporter in Services (partly for SMEs and large businesses);
• “Treader of the Year” (partly for SMEs and large businesses).

In addition, each awardee may apply for additional nominations:
:: Year break (for SMEs);
New Geography (for large business);
:: " Best woman exporter " (partially for SMEs and large businesses);
● Youngest exporter (for SMEs);
:: " Retaliant exporter ESG " (partially for SMEs and large businesses);
● " Best exporter in electronic commerce " (for SMEs).

The definition of the winners and prizes of the Year ' s Exporter is two stages: the first is at the level of each federal district, and then the top exporters of the country will be selected from the 1st district level.

An application for participation may be submitted by completing an electronic reference form: https://www.exportcenter.ru/awards/.

In the initial stage, exporters will only have one document, an electronic copy of the certificate of incorporation into the tax authority (the INN copy).

Companies that do not have an obligation to pay taxes, taxes, fees, insurance contributions, foams and fines, arrears in the budget of the Russian Federation may participate in the competition. Foreign legal entities, as well as companies established by legal entities whose statutory share of the participation of foreign legal entities registered in offshore zones exceeds 50 per cent, are not eligible for the award.

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The Exporter Award is established by the Government of the Russian Federation to encourage organizations and individual entrepreneurs that have achieved exceptional results in export activities. The competition award is a symbol of the State recognition of the merit of exporters in strengthening the national economy and promoting Russian competitive products to foreign markets.

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Entrepreneurs in the region are supported through the national project " Maloy and Secondary Entrepreneurship and support for the individual entrepreneurial initiative " , which was initiated by the President and supervised by the First Vice-Primere Andrei Belousov.