Siluanov: the volume of loans with a guarantee for SMEs will be increased to 400 billion rubles

The volume of loans issued under the “umbrella” mechanism for small and medium-sized businesses in priority areas of the economy is planned to be increased to 400 billion rubles, informed Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

The Minister noted that by March 1, the volume of state guarantees under the “umbrella” lending mechanism SME reached 107 billion rubles, this allowed the business to attract loans for 215 billion rubles.

“In the near future, this figure will be significantly increased. It is planned to increase the amount of financing for SMEs to 400 billion rubles. in priority sectors of the economy, using this mechanism, ”the press service of the Ministry of Finance quoted him as saying.

In the future, the authorities will consider the target parameters of the program to continue using this mechanism, he added.

The Ministry of Finance recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin at a plenary meeting SPIEF reported an increase in the number of guaranteed loans for manufacturing enterprises from 2020 by 7 times, and for IT companies by 46 times. The President asked the Cabinet of Ministers to increase the volume of this type of business lending and extend the mechanism of umbrella guarantees until 2030.

ON SPIEF Putin also asked government to provide support measures for development SME. “The best way here is to help create conditions for a smooth and easy transition to another category of business,” he said.

At the end of March, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, in a report on the work of the Cabinet, said that in 2022 small businesses received about 1.25 trillion rubles. credit support. According to Mishustin, small businesses were also provided with preferential microloans, the average rate for which was 6.5%.

In addition, the authorities obligated state-owned companies to carry out 25% of purchases from small companies, reducing the payment period to seven days and increasing the advance payment to 50%. As a result, the volume of purchases of state-owned companies from small and medium-sized businesses, according to the Cabinet of Ministers, has almost doubled in three years and exceeded 7 trillion rubles.