ITC NORTH-SOUTH-NEW HORIZONS

III ASTRAKHAN INTERNATIONAL FORUM

FAST ENTRY INTO PREMIUM MARKETS OF IRAN, EAST, SOUTHERN ASIA, WESTERN AFRICA AND INDIA

The Forum's goal is to formulate a new concept for the North-South International Transport Corridor,
to promote a new concept for the development of the North-South International Transport Corridor, which is focused on the export and import needs of Russia and the CIS countries. This concept will help businesses in Russia and the CIS countries to find new markets and practical solutions in logistics within the North-South International Transport Corridor, reduce transportation costs, and increase cargo traffic without waiting for the corridor's infrastructure to be completed or a single operator to be established.

Main topics and sessions of the Forum:

• Demands and offers of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa;
• Three routes of the North-South ITC (western, trans-Caspian, eastern) in terms of cost, speed, reliability and complexity of transportation;
• Taking advantages of the North-South ITC for parallel import and transit to the UAE, countries of the Arabian Peninsula, and countries of East Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia;
• Development issues of the North-South ITC – political, economic, customs and financial, sanctions and military;
• Financial schemes for cross-border and cargo insurance payments; Legal issues;
• Investment options of the North-South ITC - expansion of the TLC network, creation of trading houses in Iran and the Middle East. SEZs and FEZs;
• Export and import marketing;
• Round tables for doing business in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan;
• East and South Africa in the range of the North-South ITC.

Forum participants will get valuable first-hand information and answers to all their questions, including the information on the following:

• Total market capacity for Russian goods in the North-South ITC area with a population of 3.5 bln. people. The level of market maturity and development in the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa, the share and number of middle class representatives;
• Suppliers of food, building materials and consumer goods to residents of Iraq (46 mln.), Afghanistan (37 mln.), Pakistan (242 mln.), countries of the Arabian Peninsula (96 mln.), and the applied supply mechanisms;
• Prices for goods produced in Russia and the CIS in the markets of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and East Africa;
• Ways of prompt delivery of perishable food products to Iran, Iraq, the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East;
• Reason (s) for the absence of Russian warehouses in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, UAE, Oman, Qatar. What food products are on the shelves of supermarkets in Iraq and the Middle East?
• Ways to create an effective sales system in Iran, Iraq, in the Middle East countries and guarantees of receipt of payment for the goods and of earning a fair profit;

• Free niches for Russian goods in the markets of the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa.
• Why and for whom do traders from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India buy Russian oil, oil products, LPG, petrochemicals, mineral fertilizers and coal;
• Ways to organize swap trade with Iran in oil products, propane-butane, ammonia, methanol, mineral fertilizers and other petrochemicals;
• Ways to use logistics advantages of the North-South ITC for parallel import and transit to the UAE, the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, and the countries of East Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia;
• How did the UAE become a trade hub for Africa and the Middle East, and what is the cost of storing goods in the ports of the UAE, Oman and Iran;
• How do Turkish companies manage to supply all of Africa with flour from grain from Russia and the CIS countries;
• The investment objects in the North-South ITC for creation of transport and logistics centers and trading houses

Program architecture

Registration of participants
Welcoming coffee

Coffee break

Lunch

Offers from logistics companies in Russia, Iran, CIS countries, Asia and Africa

New Markets: Demands and Offers of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia and East Africa

Visiting and getting
acquainted with the capabilities of
Astrakhan companies

THURSDAY

27 NOVEMBER

Coffee break

Gala dinner

Problems and development prospects of the North-South ITC – political, conomic, organizational, sanctions and military

WEDNESDAY

Pre-registration for the Forum will be available from 9:00 to 18:00 on the 26th of November at Marins Grand Hotel in Astrakhan.

New instruments and opportunities for financial transactions and international settlements under sanctions pressure

Welcoming coffee

East and South Africa in the area of the North-South ITC as a new market for Russian goods with a population of 700 mln. South and Southeast Asia

Coffee break

Implementation of new international projects with the participation of the regions of Russia, Iran and representatives of friendly countries

Round tables and seminars, parallel to the main sessions, will take place on November 28 from 10.00 to 16.30 at Marins Grand Hotel in Astrakhan in additional halls:

• Exchange of export-import offers and contacts – Volga room
• Round table “Practice of working with the Iranian business community. Offers and requests of the Iranian business”. Discussion with businessmen from Russia, CIS countries, Iran and other countries.
• Round table "Practice of working with the business community Iraq. Requests of Iraq». Discussion with businessmen from Iraq, Russia, CIS countries and other countries.
• Round table "Practice of working with the business community Afghanistan. Requests of Afghanistan". Discussion with businessmen from Iraq, Russia, CIS countries and other countries.
• Round table "Practice of customs administration in modern sanctions foreign economic activity". Discussion with participants and experts in foreign economic activity, representatives of logistics companies on issues of declaration, practice of settlements, confirmation of customs value, and application of preferential customs rates procedures.
• B2B meetings as part of the Interregional Business Mission.
• Organized by the Export Support Center of the Astrakhan SME Support Fund (MCC).
• A seminar on financial payments and cargo insurance.
• A seminar on export-import marketing and parallel imports.
• A seminar on legal issues in Iran, the Middle East, and the Global South.
• A seminar on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how they can increase the profitability of foreign economic activity.

Lunch

New concept of the North-South ITC,
development prospects.

Final coffee break

FRIDAY

28 NOVEMBER

26 NOVEMBER

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PARTNERS

founders

Moscow: Yulia Volkova
+7 (926) 263-42-58
astrakhan.forum@mail.ru

Moscow: Aysa Basangova
+7 (916) 266-73-15
rusiran.ekspo@mail.ru

Moscow: Svetlana Loginova
+7 (966) 357-70-97
sv.77loginova@mail.ru

Astrakhan: Yuliya Dubovik
+7 (927) 078-70-79
yuliyabubnova14@mail.ru

Contacts of the Organizing committee:

Iran: Salim Aliev
+98 (910) 245-23-12
e-mail: salim.alizadeh@mail.ru

Minsk, Belarus: Mikhail Leonovich
+37 (529) 646-61-55
mlsudas@mail.ru

Tambov: Nikolay Denisov
+7 (905) 085-83-02
ruspers-ex@yandex.ru

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan:
Gafurova Mukhamediminovna
+7 (965) 563-930-70
e-mail: gdm@northsouthclub.org, dilora75@mail.ru