Russian-Canadian Trade

Manitoba Visions

Manitoba has to offer Russian Business/CentrePort

CentrePort Canada Way, a $212.5-million expressway, is under construction and slated for completion in 2013. The expressway will provide business with quicker, more efficient access to national and international highways and trade corridors. The project was funded by the Canadian and Manitoba governments. Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CentrePort Canada is the only inland port in the country to provide business with single-window access to FTZ benefits, access to tri-modal transportation and a gateway to key markets in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe. CentrePort Canada offers investors a wide range of savings, including combined federal and provincial/state corporate income taxes that are 33 per cent lower than in the United States. CentrePort Canada is open for business – your business.

ABIE Russia

Welcome to ABIE Russia! Welcome to the Australianbusiness.ru website, the website which is dedicated to the Australian Business in Europe (ABIE), Russian chapter, a non-political international business networking organisation. ABIE Russia provides a forum to generate business opportunities, contacts and information exchange in an interesting and friendly environment. ABIE also provides the means for those who are interested in bilateral trade and investments between Russia and Australia. ABIE Russia offers to its members activities including lunches, breakfasts, seminars and other events intended to maximise networking and business opportunities in addition to the exchange of contacts and information. Functions typically include guest speakers well versed in Australian and Russian affairs. ABIE Russia is an association of individual and corporate members drawn from a wide range of Australian industries operating in Russia and throughout CIS countries, as well as Russian organisations and individuals with business interests in Australia. The ABIE Russia is about people, such as Australian businessmen, Australian expatriates and their family members, Russian business people employed by Australian companies; and those who want to setup an organisation in Australia, or businessmen/women who want to do business with Australia. We hope that you will find ABIE Russia and its website a helpful starting point for your interests and needs in Australia or Russia. We welcome any feedback on how we can make the ABIE Russia more useful to you. ABIE Russia invites you to join this dynamic and valuable business group. Australian Business In Europe

Capitalist Russia

Moscow, Russia

In the span of 17 years, Russia has gone from a state-controlled command economy to a stable, growing and rapidly maturing market-oriented economy. Today, it is one of the world’s largest economies with a GDP of $1.4 trillion.

However, in 2009, because of the financial crisis Russia’s GDP decreased by 7.9%. During the 6 previous years, due to buoyant household demand and business investment driving output in the construction, manufacturing and services sectors, the country enjoyed strong economic growth (ranging from 5.6 to 8.1 percent annually).
During this growth period per capita incomes were rising and its middle class has become a more significant force in the national economy. Russia's future accession to the WTO, which Russia has declared it is now seeking as a single customs bloc with Belarus and Kazakhstan, should provide better access for Canadian products and services as well as improved rule-based and transparent business climate.
European and East Asian countries are increasingly viewing Russia as a key economic partner. Russia's economy is expected to rebound with the global economic recovery, in line with outlooks in commodity prices. Russia's newly strong private sector will be a contributing factor, with the government playing an assertive role through regulation and public corporations. Moving forward, the country will need foreign capital, partnerships and technology to reach its full potential.
As Russia proceeds with the modernization of its industrial and agricultural infrastructure, opportunities will abound in transportation, infrastructure development and industrial equipment. There are also excellent export and investment opportunities in agriculture and agri-food, mining, forestry, housing, and information and communication technologies. Canadian companies wishing to capitalize on the opportunities Russia presents face a number of challenges, however, including competition from other foreign companies and differences in cultural and business practices

Cerba

The Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association was founded in 2004 with a mandate to enhance and support trade, investment and good relations between the countries of Canada, Eurasia and Russia. CERBA is a unique non-profit organization having a network of over 180 corporations and seven chapters located in Moscow, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Almaty. As an association, CERBA provides an extensive network of contacts in the private and public sectors with frequent events, informative seminars on pertinent topics in the Eurasian market, a bi-annual business summit, a quarterly printed newsletter, committees of the Canada-Russia Business Council (CRBC), and annual trade missions. Additionally CERBA provides market intelligence, advocates with the Canadian and Eurasian governments on key issues, and manages active sector-based committees to promote partnerships between CERBA members and their counterparts in Eurasia

CERBA