Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Yaroslavl Region (YarCCI)

Our mission: to create an economic climate for encouriging business growth in Yaroslavl Region.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Yaroslavl Region (YarCCI) was established in 1992 in accordance with the Russian Federation Law "On Chambers of Commerce and Industry".

YarCCI is a non-government and non-profit organization that assists to create favorable environment for business in the region to develop.

More than 500 enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership are members of the Chamber on voluntarily basis. Members get preferences and services with a discount or on account of membership fees.

The long standing partners are the Yaroslavl Region administration, the Yaroslavl city administration, the Yaroslavl region Duma (the regional legislative assembly), the Yaroslavl Customs, as well as Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Russia, CIS and overseas.

YarCCI key purpose is to assist in:

• Economic development of Yaroslavl and Yaroslavl Region;
• Forming a modern enterprise, finance and trade infrastructure;
• Creating favorable environment for enterprises;
• Development of foreign and domestic trade, economic, scientific-research and technical relations.

The Chamber publishes its magazine. The magazine is distributed to its members, as well as regional administration, municipal legislative and administrative bodies, and other Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The Yaroslavl Region is one of the most industrially developed regions of Central Russia boasting an extensive transport infrastructure, which facilitates growth of export, being one of the most important priorities of the regional policy.

The main activities of YarCCI in international cooperation are:

• Search for potential partners in Russia and in the world
• Consultancy on entry into the Russian market
• Putting commercial proposals of enterprises on the YarCCI website and publishing in the magazine
• Providing information about Russian companies
• Marketing research and consultancy
• Business plans and investment projects development
• Arrangement of participation in exhibitions and undertaking delegation trips
• Legal protection of intellectual and industrial property
• Trademark registration
• Issue of certificates of origin and goods inspection
• Organization of matchmaking fairs and B2B meetings
• Facilitation for accreditation of foreign companies' representation in Yaroslavl region
• Interpreting and translation services:
  • business negotiations and official meetings
  • workshops and conferences
  • legal, financial and commercial documentation
  • technical documentation, reference and advertising material.