On 18 July a rating agency " Expert RA" organized a meeting of business group called "Export potential of Russia". This meeting took place in the City Administration of Moscow and was initiated by the International Delivery Service Company "DHL". A ceremony of awarding the best exporters of 2000 followed after. There were 6 nominations: "The exporter with the best sales volume", "The exporter with the most active marketing policy", " The exporter with the best development results", "The exporter with the largest clients base", "The exporter with the widest outer distribution net", "The exporter with the largest number of trade deliveries ".
       The awards were given by "DHL International" Chief Executive Harry Camp and "Expert RA" Chief Manager Vladimir Lopatin.
      The competition was really strong. There were three winners for "The best exporter with the most active marketing policy " nomination. They are AVTOVAZ Inc., Kazan helicopter factory and "Sibur" Co. As experts have emphasized, AVTOVAZ was the most active to promote sales abroad. The sales net of the Russian car- maker amounts to 70 countries.