Siberia is Among Leaders in Raw Materials Markets

Siberia's rating looks more impressive in some groups of goods than its 7-th general placing. Split the whole flow of commercial projects into 9 groups of goods, and for 6 of them Siberia joins the leading three:

Timber and Paper
I       Siberia         32.6
II      Moscow          19.1
III     St.-Peterbourg  14.2

Fuel
I       Siberia         20.3
II      Urals           13.2
III     Moscow          12.3

Chemical Products
I       Moscow          17.2
II      Siberia         15.7
III     St.-Peterbourg  11.9

Construction Materials
I       Moscow          22.0
II      Siberia         14.1
III     Urals           5.6

Transportation
I       Moscow          23.6
II      Siberia         12.4
III     Volga           12.1

Metals
I       St.-Peterbourg  20.9
II      Urals           19.6
III     Siberia         11.7

Siberia remains an outsider as for three other groups: Food and Alcoholic Drinks (10%), Non-Food Consumer Goods (9.1%) and Audio- and Video Equipment (5.2%). It is placed only 7-th in general classification because of business activity, displayed over RELCOM net, falls mainly on imports projects, which usually are related to consumer goods.

Alexei Alexeev
Andrey Kiselev