One of strategically important directions for development of agro-industrial complex of Leningrad region is development of food industry. In 2018 Leningrad region initiated creation of the cluster of food industry and biotechnologies. The cluster is aimed at provision of all necessary local food products of high quality to the population of Leningrad region and Saint Petersburg, assistance to the participants in establishment of efficient cooperation, and at substitution of imported food products with domestic ones.
>100
enterprises of various types of ownership
25.6
thousand people work in the branch
![]() | Dairy industry | ![]() | Meat industry |
![]() | Bread baking industry | ![]() | Confectionery industry |
![]() | Food canning industry | ![]() | Production of soft drinks |
![]() | Mixed feed industry |
319.3
billion rubbles
volume of shipped products
by food industry enterprises, 2021
118.7
% in comparison with 2020
Dynamics of production of the main types of products by food, processing industry of Leningrad region:
Animal feed, thousand tonnes
1 200
95,9
Meat and offal, thousand tonnes
269,1
94,9
Semi-finished meat products, meat-containing, chilled, frozen products, thousand tonnes
61,7
61,7
Processed liquid milk, including milk for children, thousand tonnes
50,5
89,2
Bread and bakery products, including semi-finished products, thousand tonnes
34,57
87
Fermented-milk products (except cottage cheese and its products), thousand tonnes
40,5
107,8
Confectionery products, thousand tonnes
35,8
102,5
Processed and canned fish, crustaceans and molluscs, thousand tonnes
36,9
103,7
Sausage products, including those for children, thousand tonnes
11,8
96,6
Canned fruits and vegetables, million cans
213,5
109,8
Butter and oil pastes, tonnesн
66,2
85,4
Volume of investments in fixed assets (million rubles):
Production of beverages
280
149.6%
Food production
5726
55.8%
Agro-industrial complex of Leningrad region is among four most attractive branches in terms of investments, together with construction, logistics and chemical industry. Today investment projects amounting to about 35 billion rubles are being implemented or planned to be implemented in the region.