Besides, during the conference, Akim Talibov underlined that “the REC is always open and ready for communication. Every exporter can get the necessary support at the Center, but to ensure significant increase of companies’ export potential, the government needs to answer several questions. The first one being whether Russian enterprises have enough capacity to sharply increase their output. The second – to define what difficulties foreign competitors are having in their markets and in what sagging (overseas) areas and directions domestic producers and exporters could develop. The third question is set at whether demand has survived in those markets where Russian exporters had been successfully competing with their rivals before the pandemic. And the fourth one: whether the logistics infrastructure required to deliver products to foreign markets can sufficiently function. Coronavirus has had a significant impact on the global economy. Many industries have been affected, freight transport being one of them. If export-oriented companies get clear answers to these questions, we believe that the Russian Federation can show a good exports dynamic even in these difficult times”. At the end of the conference, exporters were optimistic about the future; they are trying out new niches and believe in increased state support. It was also noted that the current data from the International Monetary Fund allows for some important conclusions. “These figures show where the industries are falling through, where there are gaps that can be filled with goods supplied from Russia," Akim Talibov explains