Moscow Chamber of Trade and Commerce (http://www.mtpp.org/) was formed in December 2001 and in 2006 celebrated its 15^th anniversary. It’s considered to be among major trade and commerce chambers in Russia uniting more than 1800 enterprises. The MCTC has representations in Spain and Germany.

The major tasks of the MCTC are to contribute to favorable conditions to business, scientific and technical links with Moscow, Russian and foreign business circles, preventing legal rights of the Chamber’s members and representing their interests in Russian public authorities, courts, and abroad.

The Moscow CTC is active in international cop-operation and has bilateral co-operation agreements with more than 90 Trade and Commerce Chambers and is engaged in business trips, presentations of companies and their production, conferences, seminars, round-tables, etc. Nowadays, MCTC is an active and multifunctional structure capable to really support national business.

The Closed Joint Stock Company “Moscow Investment and Export Promotion Agency” (MIEPA - http://miepa.org) was created as affiliated company of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2006 within the framework of the Moscow Government Program “Moscow Export Initiative” (MEXI) and under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Our experience is at the national and international level and our focus is on promoting the goods and services, cooperating with investors all around the globe. The Agency operates in particular in the Middle East, China, India, in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

MIEPA is an operator of data bases and search engines of the UN international organizations: Trade Map, Product Map. Systems contain the information on trade flows in goods and services and tariff measures. It presents indicators on export trends, international supply and demand, alternative markets, and competitor performance, useful in international business development.
The Product Market Analysis Portal, or Product Map, consists of 72 web-based portals, each focusing on a particular industry and presenting extensive international trade data and market analysis tools specifically designed for organizations active in international trade.

MIEPA develops a web portal Moscow Investment Gateway. The system facilitates the information collection process for IPAs, ministries and other entities in charge of investment promotion. Relevant information on investment opportunities, procedures and the business environment are gathered and registered in an electronic database and can be easily communicated from a unique platform through the internet.

The services that MIEPA provides include:

• Encouraging partnerships with prospective partners and customers, creating grassroots linkages between the Client and profiled institutions and communities, assistance in opening representative offices in Russia and abroad
• Enlisting support and advice of Embassies and trade representative offices
• Accreditation of representative offices in Russia and abroad
• Foreign trade deals structuring. Assisting in the coordination of the projects and logistical activities, marketing research, marketing plans and strategies services
• Organizing presentations, seminars, conferences, and business and trade missions
• Assisting in products certification in Russia and abroad
• Analysis and due diligence of investment projects, developing and writing business-plans, technical and economic assessments
• Upholding investment initiatives
• Providing contract security consulting services, legal support from qualified practitioners, checking on the reliability of partners, and assessing potential business risks
• Contributing to specific feasibility studies and research programs, promotion, marketing and sales campaigns and activities
• Assisting in the preparation of financial statements, legal restructuring
• Other services: visa support, assistance in hotel booking, arranging transfers, guides, translation services, organizing exchanges for technical specialists