Siberia is the 7-th Active in the National Market

The regions of highest commercial informational activity in the CIS wide market (the 1st quarter of 1995).
                        number of               share (%)
                        projects               of the total number

I       Moscow          57 401                          40.6
II      Ukraine         20 742                          14.7
III     St.Peterburg    20 045                          14.2
IV      Urals            9 493                           6.7
V       Volga            8 386                           5.9
VI      Central          5 906                           4.2
VII     Siberia          5 421                           3.8

Siberia holds the largest shares in the raw and primary materials markets. However, as for the total number of commercial projects from Siberia, goods of "machinery and equipment" group weigh the heaviest. The rating of goods groups, most frequently repeated among commercial projects, spread from Siberia along the RELCOM net (the 1st quarter of 1995):

                        goods group                  share (%)

I               Machinery & Equipment                   27
II              Fuel                                    17
III             Food & Alcoholic Drinks                 16
IV              Non-Food Consumer Goods                 11
V               Transportation Means                     9
VI              Metals                                   7
VII             Wood Products & Construction Materials   7
VIII            Chemical Products                        6

Alexei Alexeev
Andrey Kiselev