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Russia
ussian Union of Exhibitions
and Fairs (RUEF) analysis
has repeatedly confirmed
that exhibitions are the mirror of the
economy.
In recent years a certain instability in
the Russian economy was reflected in a
decrease in exhibition activity indicators.
Russia, however, is now the 12th
largest economy in the world by nominal
value and 6th largest by purchasing
power parity and, following a period of
recession, the economy has continued
to grow since 2017. Growth of real GDP
came in at 1.5% in 2017, and 1.6% in 2018.
The Russian economy is also
benefitting not only from rising oil
prices, but also from increased trade and
investment. In 2018 Russia’s foreign trade
turnover increased by 17.6% compared to
2017, with exports growing by 25.6%.
The basis of Russian exports have
traditionally been fuel and energy
products, although Russia’s non-energy
export volume has recorded growth
in 2018 and is contributing to export
diversification.
Russia’s
vital
statistics
shaping
up
and its Central Federal District
exhibitions is evident, accounting for
82% of the above indicators.
RUEF members dominate the
tradefair business with their specialised
exhibitions – being involved with 85.7%
of events and accounting for over 96% of
net area and for 89% of exhibitors across
the country.
The leading sectors in 2018 in Russia
were textiles, clothing, shoes and
leather (accounting for118,756sqm,
or 8.7% of the total net space); next
comes agriculture (106,978sqm or
7.8%). Following these sectors come:
armaments and military equipment,
then food industry, beverages and
tobacco; refrigeration and exhibition
equipment; automobiles, bicycles,
motorcycles and mechanical
engineering, machinery and metallurgy.
In terms of growth in exhibition space,
automobiles, bicycles, and mototechnics
led the way, putting on an extra
56,256sqm. Other growing sectors are
education and careers (+7,192sqm.) and
the optical industry (+4,629sqm).
In 2018 RUEF members reported
organising 623 exhibitions which had
a net space of 1.4m sqm. These events
attracted 76,000 exhibitors (including
61,500 national exhibitors and 14,500).
The events also attracted 7.6m visitors.
The annual turnover from the
exhibition and congress activities
of RUEF organiser members in 2018
amounted to 30.7bn roubles (just under
half a billion dollars US), representing
growth of 2.4%. The power of Moscow
Number of
Exhibitions Exhibition
Space Net National
Exhibitors Foreign
Exhibitors Exhibitors
Total Visitors
Total
Central Federal District 186 871900 26770 12464 39234 3531681
Northwestern Federal District 130 151061 11315 803 12118 1070598
Southern Federal District 27 37214 2408 160 2568 73582
Volga Federal District 179 226981 14142 636 14778 2213568
Ural Federal District 21 18293 1281 72 1353 77061
Siberian Federal District and
Far Eastern Federal Disrtict 79 65083 5622 400 6022 675441
Total 623 1371532 61550 14593 76143 7647953
Exhibition Activities by Federal Districts
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