The investment Council of Novosibirsk region approved on Wednesday the construction of a complex for production of Turkey meat in the Kolyvan district of the Novosibirsk region, the correspondent of Agency "Interfax-Siberia" from the meeting.

The project proponent is LLC "IND-SIBERIA" - a subsidiary trading holding "Siberian giant", the total investment is estimated at 3 billion rubles.

The holding includes 29 stores of different formats with a total sales area of 48 thousand square meters, and a greenhouse "Garden Giant". The initiators of the project please include it in the list of priority investment projects of the Novosibirsk region and to provide a tax concession on the property with 2018.

In support of the initiators of the project requested the exemption for the property tax in 2018.

— Turkey meat is a low calorie product with an optimal ratio of proteins and fats with a high content of phosphorus, amino acids and vitamins. Despite the fact that Turkey occupies the fourth place in popularity among Russian meat after beef, pork and broiler meat, the level of consumption in the country is low. On average, one person has about a kilogram of meat, - said, presenting the draft, its head Konstantin Kuimov.

According to him, Russia now produces about 130 thousand tons of Turkey meat per year, and the potential of the domestic market is about 350 — 400 thousand tons. To start building a poultry complex is planned in avare 2017, receive the finished product in this case is expected in may 2018. Capacity of the complex in live weight of the birds is 7 660 tonnes per year, in the slaughter — 7 200 tons. The need to feed will amount to 18.5 thousand tons per year.

— Now the project is at the pre-investment stage, are made of selected sites, conducted research on ensuring the necessary infrastructure, the organization of funding. The next stage, implementation of which will start this month — preparation of terms of reference for the objects, research, General plan, technological design of production processes, — said the head of the project.

It is expected that at full capacity the project will be released in 2019. The payback period will be about seven years with a return of 12 % (second year) up to 40 %.