Single-industry town from Tatarstan is among the leaders on procurement from SMEs

Naberezhnye Chelny is among the five best single-industry towns in Russia for the purchase of products from small and medium-sized businesses in the first half of 2019.

The results on the volume of purchases were summed up in the framework of the video conference held in the Ministry of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan on support measures implemented by JSC "Corporation "SME" and JSC "SME Bank" for small and medium-sized businesses in single-industry towns.

The participants discussed financial and warranty support for small and medium-sized businesses, a program of preferential leasing of equipment, etc.

Special attention was paid to the dynamics of growth in the volume of purchases from SMEs.

Among the single-industry towns of the Republic of Tatarstan according to the Corporation "SME" the largest volume of procurement was noted in Naberezhnye Chelny. In the first half of 2019, purchases worth 1.7 billion rubles were made from small and medium-sized businesses. This is one of the best indicators in the rating of Russian single-industry towns for purchases between large customers and  SMEs.

The top five also includes the city of Togliatti, Magnitogorsk, Neryungri, Severodvinsk.

In General, the positive dynamics of growth of purchases of the largest customers from SMEs is obvious. Thus, in 2016, the total volume of purchases from SMEs in single-industry towns of Russia amounted to 29.9 billion rubles, in 2017 – 54.2 billion rubles, in 2018 – 85 billion rubles.

At the same time, the growth of the range of purchased products has been also seen. In 2016, 1,27 thousand positions were acquired, in 2017 – 1,79 thousand positions, and in 2018 – 3,52 thousand positions of products.

In 2019, according to preliminary estimates, this growth will continue: only in the first half of the year, small and medium-sized businesses purchased 2,09 thousand different types of products.

Shall we remind, that in may of 2019 in the Republic of Tatarstan started  unique to Russia System for promoting products of Tatarstan production.

A new tool has been developed in the Ministry of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan to identify investment niches, as well as cooperation chains with local producers.

According to the Minister of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev, thanks to the new system, manufacturers will have access to information about the customers needs in the purchased products, its volume and characteristics, which will give a new impetus to the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the domestic market.