The Organizing Committee of the award "PRIORITY" announced that On July 3, 2017, the second stage of accepting applications for participation in the H prestigious award in the field of import substitution "PRIORITY-2017», which will last until the end of August. 
 
Companies working in the Russian market in the field of import substitution of goods and services and who have achieved success through the establishment and development of their own production, the development of new technologies, promising ideas and projects, the production of import-substituting products, goods and services are invited to participate in the 2017 competition, the website says awards. Moreover, neither the size of the company, nor the form of its ownership and organizational structure are important for participation. Applications are accepted in a free form for a pre-selected nomination. 

In total, as of June 27, 2017, 61 applications from applicants from 20 regions of the Russian Federation were submitted for participation in the competition "PRIORITY-2017", as specified in the Organizing Committee. The list of the first nominees of the National Award in the field of import substitution "PRIORITY-2017" is published on the websiteprioritetaward.ru/nominees-all/nominees2017. The Expert Council of the award continues to work on processing applications.

Each application for participation first passes the qualification selection. According to the results of the selection, the applicant is awarded the title of Nominee, which allows him to take part in the struggle for the title of Laureate in each of the nominations and for special awards "PRIORITY-2017". The winners are determined by an independent Expert Council, which includes representatives of government, business, and public figures.
 
The solemn ceremony of awarding the Nominees and Laureates of the National Award in the field of Import Substitution is scheduled for October 26, 2017 and will be held at the Congress Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

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