Made in Russia International Export Forum

On 9 December 2020, Izolyator took part in the Made in Russia International Export Forum in Moscow.

The Made in Russia International Export Forum is an international platform where exporters, experts, government officials, and executives from development institutions discuss current issues of exports, and develop practical solutions for increasing the amount of Russian goods and services sold abroad.

The forum’s objectives are to identify trends in the development of exports, to demonstrate the opportunities that the state and development institutions provide to exporters.

The annual forum is attended by executives of Russian and foreign companies, federal and regional authorities, Russian banks, regional export support centers, specialized associations and unions, business media and leading experts.

The organizers of the forum are the Russian Export Center and the Roscongress Foundation.

The key topic of the forum this year is ‘What will be the economy of the third decade and what challenges and opportunities it creates for Russian exports’.

This year the event was held in a hybrid format: some of the participants gathered in the multimedia press center of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency in Moscow, others joined remotely.

Made in Russia International Export Forum. Moscow, December 9, 2020

Alexander Slavinsky, Chief Executive Officer of Zavod Izolyator LLC, took part in the forum.

Izolyator is a world leader in the development and production of high-voltage bushings in the 20 to 1150 kV range. The company products are exported to more than 30 countries around the world.

The business program included a plenary session, round tables on export topics and teleconferences with foreign countries and Russian regions.

The forum was opened by the plenary session ‘The Economy of the Third Decade: Challenges and Opportunities for Russian Export’, at which the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin spoke.

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin at the plenary session of the Made in Russia International Export Forum

During the session, members of the Government of the Russian Federation and business leaders discussed key trends in world trade, summed up the results of the past year, and also answered a number of topical issues of developing export potential.

Thus, in his speech, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov said that in 2020 non-resource non-energy exports will amount to about $ 145 billion and may even exceed that figure.

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov

Oleg Belozerov, General Director — Chairman of the management Board of Joint Stock Company ‘Russian Railways’, spoke about the new products that the holding introduced specially for effective foreign trade of small and medium-sized export-oriented enterprises in Russia.

General Director — Chairman of the management Board of Joint Stock Company ‘Russian Railways’ Oleg Belozerov

President of the Skolkovo Business School Andrei Sharonov

As part of the forum, the Russian Export Center organized an exhibition at which high-tech products of Russian export-oriented enterprises were presented, including innovative developments of Izolyator.

Alexander Slavinsky at the stand of Izolyator at the exhibition within the framework of the Made in Russia International Export Forum

The exhibition was visited by Mikhail Mishustin and members of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Round tables of the forum were devoted to the issues of adjusting the export support system, strategies for entering foreign markets through electronic trading platforms, the development of full-fledged export of impressions, the best practice of the country’s regions in exports promotion and digitalization of services for exporters.

Discussion on topical issues of Russian exports

Support for non-resource exports will continue to be one of the strategic directions in the development of the Russian economy.