Japan intends to develop cooperation with Primorsky territory in the field of agriculture

Yaponsky business is interested in implementation of the joint projects aimed at development of agriculture in Primorsky territory. It became known of it during a meeting of the director of regional department of the international cooperation Starichkov Aleksey with delegation of Japanese businessmen and the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, forest and fishing industry Japan.

Welcoming guests, Starichkov Aleksey noted that in recent years the Russian-Japanese relations develop very intensively. At the second East economic forum leaders of two states Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe agreed about implementation of the memorandum of cooperation from eight points. To realize these arrangements – a problem of the Russian and Japanese territories.

"Primorsky territory with regions of the Country of a rising sun are connected by the old close relations. In Vladivostok nearly 25 years the Consulate General Japan successfully works, representations of large Japanese banks "Hokkaido" and "Mitsubishi are open the Japanese center, for UFJ", carry out the activity large, and also the small and medium-sized Japanese enterprises occupied in different in different spheres of economy. Besides, for several years we with the assistance of Japanese partners successfully realize important projects in the field of automotive industry, a woodworking, health care and others", – Starichkov Aleksey noted.

Also high potential of cooperation between Primorsky territory and Japanese partners, according to the head of department, is put in the agriculture sphere. The region already has positive experience of interaction with Japanese partners in this direction, however the gap between real and potential level of cooperation is considerable.

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"It is sure that our dialogue will help us though a little to reduce this distance", – Starichkov Aleksey noted.

Within a meeting to potential partners the new mechanisms, urged to create the most comfortable conditions for work of the Russian and foreign companies in Far East and in particular in Primorsky territory, – modes of Free port Vladivostok and territories of advancing developments were presented to

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Also the deputy director of Investment Agency Primorsky territory Ragulin Bogdan in detail told representatives of the Japanese party about work of institutes of support businesses in the region – Investment agencies, Guarantee fund, Council for attraction of investments Primorsky territory.

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Further partners were addressed by deputies. directors of regional department of agriculture Taran Aleksey, the director of the department of licensing and trades Koval Helena, the rector of Seaside state agricultural academy Komin Andrey and the president of ARPP Martynov Georgy, briefly presented possibilities of the region on cooperation with Japanese partners.

In turn the head of the delegation, the head of department of the regional relations of department of the international relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, forest and fishing industry Japan Yamaguchi Hiroyuki noted

, that development agricultural branch in regions of Siberia and Far East is an important task for the Japanese party, and for the aid to the businessmen interested in work on this direction, the special institute – a platform of communication businesses is created.

Within present visit to Primorsky territory for search of potential partners there arrived representatives more than 10 large companies, specializing on production and sale of rice, grain crops, dry feeds, and also the enterprises occupied in trades, automobile and aviation business, logistics and other spheres.

the plans for activity implementation in the seaside territory all participants of business mission, and representatives of three companies shared

acted with specific proposals about cooperation.

So, company Sojitz Corporation , engaged production forages, development of the latest technologies in the plant growing sphere, import and distribution of cars, construction of plants and other activity, is ready to act as the co-investor of projects of an agricultural profile, and also to offer the seaside enterprises the technologies food processing.

the Company IHIAgri-TechCorporation occupied in the sphere of mechanical engineering and productions of the agricultural equipment, plans to find in Primorsky territory partners for equipment distribution, in particular cars which can be used for increase of productivity of agricultural enterprises.

One more the company – Fujinohsan Co . Ltd , specializing on import of rough forages, is interested in search of fodder herbs which are grown up in Primorsky territory and could be delivered to Japan.

director general who was present at a meeting TD "DalyAgroKhimprom" Pan Sergei responded to performance of colleagues from Fujinohsan Co . Ltd also noted that is ready to provide the earth under cultivation of food supply or already ready herbs for import. The parties agreed about more detailed study of a question of interaction.

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during a meeting it was noted that delivery the Russian hay on the Japanese market is one of the most perspective directions of cooperation between the countries, however at present there is an obstacle for it developments – in the states different standards on this type of a forage are established. Participants of a meeting discussed possibilities of elimination of the specified problem.

Further the Russian and Japanese representatives of business circles continued dialogue in b 2 of b .

of Spravochno: Japan – one of strategic partners Primorsky territory in the sphere of investment and trade and economic cooperation. Today this country is on the first place among the foreign trade partners of edge in the volume of the saved-up investments, and the foreign trade turnover with Japan in 2016 exceeded Primorsky territory

the Japanese companies, carrying out the activity in the territory Primorsky territory, successfully work in trades, logistics, the organization of public catering, finance, logging and a woodworking, car service, service. Most actively Primorsky territory and Japan cooperate in the mechanical engineering and wood processing sphere.

Ivanova Darya, of ivanova _ ds . ru