"General Director of JSC "Russian export centre" Andrey Slepnev and the Chairman of the Board of JSC "Rosselkhozbank" Boris Leaves signed an agreement on cooperation in the framework of accelerators for manufacturers of the Russian agro-industrial complex. The signing ceremony was held at the Russian investment forum in Sochi", - stated in the message.

The program includes training for export-oriented enterprises to enter foreign markets on the basis of individual growth plan with the help of a package of measures, including consulting, training, assistance in the search of market and customers, support to the export contract. The uniqueness of export accelerator of agricultural projects is the combination of expertise of experts of Rosselkhozbank and REC.

"From the point of view of export success, the farming sector is one of the best – 25,7 billion dollars by 2018. Joint acceleration program with colleagues from the Russian agricultural Bank will allow us to expand the number of exporting companies of AIC sector, to make our tools support more accessible, and access to foreign markets easier and more comfortable. It is very important to increase the share of companies whose products have a high degree of processing", - said General Director of REC Andrey Slepnev.

It is noted that by the end of 2018, the volume of servicing foreign economic activity of Rosselkhozbank increased by 22% and exceeded USD 7.3 billion, more than 6.8 thousand companies have chosen Rosselkhozbank as a business partner. On January 1, 2019, the credit portfolio of Bank's clients-exporters amounted to 473 billion rubles, of which 128 billion in agriculture.

"Agricultural producers need not only funds, but also a competent partner that will provide them with step-by-step navigation in the field of foreign trade. Today, Russian agricultural Bank and Rosneft have agreed to jointly work on the implementation of a business accelerator in the agricultural sector. By combining the tools of state support, suggestions, RECs and expertise Rosselkhozbank, we will create a kind of laboratory where each landowner, depending on the specific needs and scale of its business, will be proposed intuitive algorithm output to international markets. Promising projects will be eligible for long-term partnership with Rosselkhozbank", Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank Boris Leaves.