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Midnordic Green Transport Corridor…An efficient logistics chain to newcustomers in the Nordic Countries and a other global markerts.

Midnordic Green Transport CorridorNovember 2012, Seinäjoki, Finland

Midnordic Green Transport Corridor is officially granted in the Nordic countries and by EU (International project) so our work is from that point of view granted and considered important. We are however NOT representing the Nordic countries officially.

This gives us possibilities to act outside the box!

Russia is an important market for both Import and Export of different products. Both the Nordic countries and EU express this level of

importance looking at the Russian market and future possibilities.

Midnordic Green Transport Corridor

It is of utmost importance that the Midnordic Green Transport Corridor be anchored in the right context.

It is not a main thoroughfare but a complement and an alternative to the national main routes in the Nordic countries, for example the Bothnian Corridor.

In many cases, the corridor allows transport-smart solutions to be adopted in a local, regional, national, international and global perspective.

TEN-T Priority in Finland and Sweden


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Transportation can be varied depending on actual need and avoid all transportation automatically passing through central transportation nodes……but be able to change direction, thus achieving transport-smart solutions.

By supporting the national main lines the corridor contributes to all-round better capacity utilization at all levels and possibility to get redundancy in the system.


The effects will be both local, regional and national (in all countries)

The major gains come from an increased international and global market (Russia and Asia).


Measures are therefore needed along the whole corridor with a focus on strengthening the corridor’s functionality all the way.

However…A transport corridor can never be stronger than its weakest link…

Local capacity shortages will affect the transport corridor in its entirety and for this reason measures are needed to be taken in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia in order to get a functional and efficient corridor solution in place.


Why do we all need this…?


Putting it in easy terms…

It’s all about business…


Business is a major driver for development •Locally•Regionally•Nationally

…and not least important•For companies!


However…In order to be able to do smart business and contribute to the national and regional development the companies need to have some basic structures in place namely…

Efficient Infrastructure

Today only international traffic for cars/trucks (Not railway)

Today only international traffic for railway (Not for cars/trucks)

Every minute a truck is stuck in a border crossing is wasted money…


And since…Basic Infrastructure, especially between countries, is on the national shoulders to carry, we (from the project side) simply want to push for fast and positive infrastructure solutions between Finland and Russia (especially) but on general level for the whole Nordics.


From where we are standing there is a WINN-WINN situation…

There is a winn-winn situation for all parties and on different levels IF we can manage to get efficient infrastructure solutions in place meeting the market needs…


Things goes hand in hand creating a positive loop…

RUSSIA AS IMPORTANT AND GROWING PARTNER FOR MID-NORDIC TRADE,

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Current status of trade between Russia and the Nordic Countries

• Large increase in trade the last 10 years – Russia is an important trade partner

• Increasing number of people traveling to/fromRussia to/from the Nordic Countries

Bottle necks in the transport corridor limits the full potential…

Import/export Finland/Russia• Russia is Finlands largest import and export market

– Import is twice the size of export

• 2011 import from Russia increased by 24%

• Export to Russia increased by 14%

Source: Swedish Embassy in Moscow,Finlands-Svenska handelskammaren

Import/export Sweden/Russia• Sweden's export to Russia amounts to approximately 2543 m€

and is increasing. The value of Swedish imports amounted to 6474 m€ in 2010

• Trade rose by 600% from 1998 to 2008• Swedish exports to Russia increased by 49% 2010 (v 2009)• Crude oil represents 72% of Sweden's total import from Russia. • Sweden is among top ten

foreign investors in Russia

Source: Swedish Embassy in Moscow,Finlands-Svenska handelskammaren

IKEA – example of trans border co-operation

• Department store in Haparanda accepts Rubel, Euro and Swedish Crowns– Important part of customers from Russia

• 10 department stores in Russia• Saw mills and production

in Russia

Traffic and transport Finland-Russia • A record number of visas was granted to Russians in 2011: over 1.2 million

– Double amount compared to 2006

• In 2011, 10 million passengers and over 4 million cars crossed the border. Over 70% of these are Russians

• The Finns made more than 1 million trips to Russia in 2011• Growth rate of border crossings is 20-40% per year • Major part of border crossings is made in South-Eastern Finland (Vaalimaa,

Vainikkala, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Parikkala) • Russians spend about € 1 billion per year in Finland. Approximately 50% of

this money is spent in South-Eastern Finland. • In Finland the net income of transit transport is approx. €300 million

Russians tourism in Finland and Sweden

• More than half the adult population in S:t Petersburg have visited Finland in the last two years. 20% have been to Finland four times or more.

• They come to Finland for shopping – clothes, food, beverages, consumer goods, interior design and cosmetics

• Almost 30 000 Russians went to Swedishski resort Åre 2011- Russian tourists important customers

Source: www.etableringutomlands.se

Border Traffic South Finland

Potential for increase in trade between Russia and the Nordic

Countries• Even though trade between

the Nordic Countris and Russia has increased significantly in the last decade, bottle necks in the transport corridor takes away approx. 50% of the actual potential

POTENTIAL

TODAY

Potential development of trade

Year

Trade volume

As today: Annual growth20 – 40%

Without border barriers:Annual growth 30 – 50%

MIDNORDIC GREEN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR FOR INCREASED TRADE,

TRAVEL & TOURISM

BOTTLE NECKS NEED TO BE SOLVED TO REACH THE FULL POTENTIAL OF

INCREASED TRADE, TRAVEL & TOURISM

Development needed to reduce bottle necks at Russian-Finnish border

• The actual infrastructure at border-crossing points need to meet the capacity needs as well as international security

• The operations of authorities need to be made fast and smooth. Development of authority cooperation on both sides of the border might be a good idea.

• New equipment (automatic passport control and other border inspection equipment)• Data system development (electronic customs clearance, telematics, queuing systems)

etc. to meet international needs. • Open all possible border crossing points for INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC for both

Car/Truck and Railway– E.g. The Imatra border-crossing point should receive an international status for railway traffic and

Vainikkala for trucks/cars as well.– Parikkala should become an international road traffic border-crossing point.

Bottle necks - example• Long queues (up to 72 h) for freight to enter Russia

from Finland – this significantly reduces trade between countries

• The limit of border crossing today is about 40 000 people per day – a limit that was reached during 100 days in 2011 (and even more in 2012)


The prioritized Infrastructure in EU is TEN-Thttp://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/index_en.htm

Establishing an efficient trans-European transport network (TEN-T) has constituted a key element in the relaunched Lisbon Strategy for competitiveness and employment in Europe and will play an equally central role in the attainment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

If Europe is to fulfill its economic and social potential, it is essential to build the missing links and remove the bottlenecks in our transport infrastructure, as well as to ensure the future sustainability of our transport networks by taking into account the energy efficiency needs and the climate change challenges.

TEN-T Priority in Finland and Sweden


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Midnordic Green Transport Corridor…An efficient logistics chain to newcustomers in the Nordic Countries and a other global markerts.

Thank You!

Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing

5th of November 2012

Meeting in Petrozavodsk, Russia, with the president of the Republic of Karelia regarding

Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing6th of November 2012

Things are changing……and it will affect us!

This will be completed in 2016

The Russians are however concerned about Finlands official “Signals”regading

Pariakkala – Syväoro!

Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing


Finnish border guard in Parikkala20th of November 2012

Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing New business area 201420th of November 2012

Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing New business area 2014


16th of November 2012.Signing contract between the Norwegian Railway authorization and Municipality regarding physical planning of

the Meråker line

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