Food Industry

One of the strategically important areas for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Leningrad Region is the development of the food industry. In 2018, an initiative was launched in the Leningrad Region to form a cluster of the food industry and biotechnology. The cluster is designed to provide the population of the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg with high-quality locally produced food products, help participants cooperate effectively and solve the problem of replacing food imports with domestic products.

>100

enterprises of various forms of ownership

thousand people,
employed in the industry

Branches of the food industry

	Dairy industry		Meat industry
	Baking industry		Confectionery industry
	Canning industry		Production of non-alcoholic beverages
	Compound feed industry

364
billion rubles

volume of shipped products of food industry enterprises for 2025

117

% compared to 2024

Volume of investments in fixed capital (million rubles):

Production of food products

4325

2025

Key development areas

cooperation of intellectual, technological, financial, scientific, and marketing resources of agro-industrial complex enterprises
solving the problems of innovative development of the industry with the introduction of modern innovative biotechnologies at all stages of the food production process
development and resolution of issues related to the implementation of joint projects in the field of cost reduction, marketing, logistics, staffing, and employee training
increase in agricultural production and food products
growth of tax revenues to budgets of various levels
creation and development of engineering, logistics, scientific-educational, and infocommunication infrastructure

Competitive advantages

access to a large food product sales market
developed resource base of enterprises
high share of small farms in the production of certain types of agricultural products
presence of a number of modern high-tech enterprises
availability of sufficient agricultural land
availability of sufficient water resources to meet agricultural needs

Strategic documents

State Program "Development of Agriculture in the Leningrad Region", approved by Decree of the Government of the Leningrad Region No. 463 of December 29, 2012
Strategy for the socio-economic development of the Leningrad Region until 2030, approved by the Law of the Leningrad Region No. 76-OZ of August 8, 2016