In 2022 four companies with resident status in the special economic zone (SEZ) Technopolis Moscow opened free customs zones and began to receive benefits for the import of foreign goods. This was reported by Deputy Mayor of Moscow on Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Yefimov. For the development of technologies in the field of photonics last year in Moscow there was created an intersectoral cluster, which brings together more than 40 participants. Half of them are the companies localized on the territory of the special economic zone Technopolis Moscow. Last year the specialists of the ZSTC obtained the first samples of domestic optical waveguide multiplexer crystals. Now the nanocenter is preparing to start serial production. In 2023, it is planned to produce at least 300 products, and by 2025 - to increase the production volume to five thousand pieces per year, said Vladislav Ovchinsky. Residents of the special economic zone in Moscow may receive benefits in the form of zero rates of value added tax and customs duties on importation of foreign goods. The right to such a preference appears after the issuance of the Federal Customs Service permit for the application of the free customs zone procedure and the opening of the customs control zone on its premises. In 2022 four companies used this right. One of the residents organized two customs control zones at once. Altogether for three quarters of last year the volume of privileges for customs payments in the SEZ Technopolis Moscow amounted to 84,9 million rubles, said Vladimir Yefimov. In particular, preferences were used by the company Ruslet, which is engaged in design and construction of cableways, equipment of amusement parks and passenger transport. The privileges also received high-tech engineering company Composite, creating modern composite materials for unmanned aerial vehicles, automotive, aerospace, ship and robotics industries, Electromobiles Manufacturing Rus, which is preparing to launch the plant for the production of innovative electric vehicles, and Mesoformula - this company develops and manufactures innovative products for injectable aesthetic medicine and professional cosmetology under the brand Customs control zone is necessary for the enterprises for duty-free import of equipment, special equipment, components and raw materials with the application of the free customs zone procedure. That's why the preferences provided by the resident status of the SEZ Technopolis Moscow are a demanded mechanism of the state support for business, said the head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow Vladislav Ovchinsky. Electromobiles Manufacturing Rus has equipped two customs control zones: in the electrical engineering workshop and the metalworking workshop with a total area of more than 800 square meters. In total, about 30 units of imported equipment will be installed, including areas for the production of electric motors. Zero duty and VAT rates will reduce equipment costs by about 30 percent. The estimated savings will be almost 150 million rubles. At the same time the production of electric trucks is focused on the maximum use of Russian raw materials and components, commented Ilya Rashkin, General Director of Electromobiles Manufacturing Rus. The managing company of SEZ Technopolis Moscow renders consulting and organizational support to the enterprises, which are planning to open a customs control zone. As a rule, less than four months pass from the moment the resident submits all the initial data to obtain the permission from the FCS. As Gennady Degtev, director general of Technopolis Moscow SEZ, explained, the free customs zone procedure envisages that the resident's imported products first arrive at the temporary storage warehouse set up in the Moscow special economic zone, then pass the actual control of the Research and Innovation Post of the Moscow regional customs. Then enter the territory of the enterprise, in the customs control zone created by it on its site. ________________________________________ Press service of the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" Phone: +7 916 516-15-46 Mail: pr@technomoscow.ru [ mailto:pr@technomoscow.ru ] Subscribe to the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" in social networks, follow the main news of the SEZ in telegram-channel [ https://t.me/technopolismoscow ] and receive all the most important news delivered to your mail in our weekly newsletter [ http://events.technomoscow.ru/subscribe/?utm_source=site_technomoscow ] .
