The participation of small and medium enterprises in the Russian economy, according to the results of 2023, increased to 21.7% (34.5 billion rubles); This is the maximum indicator since 2018. This was reported in the Ministry of Economic Development with reference to the data of the Federal State statistics service on the deposit of SMEs in the GDP of the country.
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“In 2023, the small and medium -sized business sector totaled more than 6.5 million existing companies. The contribution of these companies in the country’s GDP exceeded 34.5 billion rubles: this is the maximum since 2018. The processing industry, professional, scientific and technical activities became those industries that formed the main contribution and allowed to guarantee such an impressive result, ”said Tatyana Ilyushnikova, vice president of the Ministry of the Economic Academy of Sciences.
Small and medium commercial entities in 2018 created a valuable value of 18.9 billion rubles (the participation of SMEs in GDP was 20.4%), in 2019-20.4 billion rubles (participation of 20.7%), in 2020-20.2 billion billion (20.8%), in 2021-24.7 billion (20.4%) 2022222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222ATITOS (20.4%), in 202222222222222atones. 30.3 billion rubles (21.3%). In the last six years, the gross added value created by SME has increased by more than 80%.
The reasons for the growth of SMEs. According to Ilyushnikova, the proportion of SMEs is constantly growing, “despite the external challenges in the form of a pandemic and the unprecedented sanction pressure.” The vice president of the Ministry of the Economic Academy states that this indicates the stability of the business sphere.
At the same time, SME showed “greater flexibility than large companies”, adapted to current economic realities, actively develop import substitution and dominate new markets, said Ilyushnikova. He added that these factors contribute to the performance of the task established by Vladimir Putin, to ensure that by 2030 the income growth of SME workers is 1.2 times greater than GDP growth.
- At the end of January, the SME Corporation introduced support measures for small and medium enterprises by 2025. The guarantees of an umbrella will be kept from the current tools, and will also launch a preferential loan program with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for companies in the field of the machine tool and robotics.
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