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Russia
Although exhibition activity is heavily
concentrated in Central Russia, there’s
great economic, scientific and technological
potential in other regions, with each region
offering its own special features.
In 2018, 14,593 foreign exhibitors took part
in 623 exhibitions in Russia. The table below
shows the top 10 countries of their origin:
Foreign exhibitor participation in Russia
Number of
exhibitions Number of
exhibitors
1. China 133 4484
2. Germany 135 1616
3. Italy 104 1310
4. Belarus 217 921
5. Turkey 83 774
6. Ukraine 94 371
7. India 77 430
in exhibitions of the Central Federal District
(89.5%), second place for their preferences
belongs to the North-West Federal District
(5%), followed by the Siberian Federal District
and Far Eastern Federal District (2.8%).
Although most international exhibitions
take place in Moscow and St Petersburg,
there has been a notable a rise in the number
of major exhibitions held in Russia’s other
regions in recent years. This is due, to a large
extent, to the fact that Russia has been able to
develop its exhibition industry infrastructure
and complexes in the regions to allow for the
holding of events to international standards.
Russia’s National Investment Climate
Ranking is also a guide to the increased
efforts taken by the regional authorities to
create a favorable business environment for
organisers and exhibitors. In 2018, the top 10
regions were ranked as follows:
Change
Region
2018
2017
in position
2018-17
Tyumen
1
6
5
8. Poland 69 300 region 9. France 74 295 Moscow 2 3 1
10. Republic
of Korea 62 269 Republic of 3 1 -2
St Petersburg 4 17 13
Tula region 5 4 -1
Krasnodar 6 7 1
European countries lead the way in terms of
exhibitor numbers (44.8% of the total number
of foreign exhibitors), with Asia accounting
for 39.1% and the CIS states 13.3%).
Central appeal
The absolute leader in terms of attracting
the most foreign exhibitors among RUEF
members is the Central Federal District, and
first of all Moscow.
The majority of exhibitors from Europe
participated in exhibitions in the Central
Federal District (87.4%), next came the North-
West Federal District (5.1%) and Volga Federal
District (2.8%).
The second place in terms of the number
of foreign exhibitors in Russia as a whole
belongs to Asian countries. Representatives
of this region also preferred to participate
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territory
7 8 1
8 2 -6
9 9 0
10 10 0
region
Chuvash
Republic
Moscow
region
Ulyanovsk
region
Number of organisers
47
Number of RUEF
exhibitions
623
Net exhibition
space (sqm)
1,371,532
Number
of exhibitors
76,143
– National exhibitors
Tatarstan
Voronezh
Data on Russia’s
exhibition sector in 2018
61,550
– Foreign exhibitors
14,593
Total number
of visitors
7.6m
From
98
countries
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