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Business handbook
Chemical Industry of Russia

5 th Edition, electronic version

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Sample List of Research Topics on the Current Status and Market Changes in the Russian Chemical and Petrochemical Industries:

I. Status and future of the Russian chemical and petrochemical industries

1.1 Main characteristics

Basic information
Geographical location
Russia's place in world chemical manufacturing

1.2 Production trends for main products

1.3 Raw inputs and main technical cycles

Basic heavy-chemical products
Petrochemical products

1.4 Industry organizational structure

Major petrochemical groups
Industrial groups with chemical companies
Associations and foundations
State regulation of chemical and petrochemical manufacturers

1.5 Foreign trade

Export
Import

1.6 Price levels

Changes in prices

1.7 Companies' financial status

Financial indicators
Accounting procedures

1.8 Purchasing and sales at chemical and petrochemical manufacturers

The wholesale sector of the chemicals market

1.9 The status of technology in the industry and investment

The physical and technological status of production
Russian and foreign investment

1.10 Chemical and petrochemical companies' stock on the stock market

1.11 Future development of the industry

Expert offers the following types of analysis for the chemicals and petrochemicals market: information about total production and production by manufacturer, the amount and geographical distribution of exports and imports, and the size and types of product purchasers.

Specialists at Expert RA can also conduct detailed analysis of the markets for the following chemicals:

  • Inorganic chemical products (apatite concentrate, calcium carbide, synthetic ammonium, sulfuric acid, calcium carbonate, caustic ash, chlorine, chemical herbicides)
  • Mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous fertilizers)
  • Synthetic rubber and monomers to produce synthetic rubber (butadiene, isoprene)
  • Industrial carbon
  • Synthetic resins and plastics (polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinylchloride, polymetyl metacrylate, caprolactam, fluorine plastics, epoxy resins)
  • Synthetic yarns and fibers
  • Tires
  • Industrial rubber products (rubber textile conveyor belts, rubber cable conveyor belts, V belts, molded and unmolded rubber tubing)
  • Plastic products (flexible PVC, polymer films, thermoplastic sheets, thermoplastic pipes and plumbing parts)
  • Synthetic dyes
  • Paints and enamels
  • Synthetic detergents
  • Organic chemical products (methanol, acetic acid, butyl acetate, ethylene, propylene, benzole, ortho-xylene and paraxylene, monoethanolamine, styrene, vinyl chloride, phenol, acetone, butyl alchohols, monoethylene glycol, phthalic anhydride, aniline, plasticizers, pentaerythritol, formalin).

Expert RA's specialists have extensive experience preparing business reports on chemical and petrochemical companies that include the following information: information about production (capacity, volumes, and production structure, the main suppliers and purchasers of products), foreign trade (volume, geographical distribution, and product type for exports and imports), prices for the industry's main products, fixed assets and shareholder capital, financial indicators, and a company's main debtors and creditors.

Expert RA can provide business reports on the following chemical and petrochemical companies:

Sample Company Report:

JSC Khimprom, Novocheboksarsk

General Information

Company Information

Full company name: JSC Khimprom
Type of legal entity: Public stock company (OAO)
Address: 429952 Republic of Chuvashia, Novocheboksarsk, ul. Promyshlennaya 101
Telephone: (8352) 74-06-70
Fax: (8352) 74-02-73, 73-87-23
E-mail: himprom@chtts.ru

Company Directors

Position

Name

General Director

Viktor Stepanovich Starodubtsev

Company Board of Directors

Name

Representing

Valeri Vladimirovich Bashkirtsev

ZAO TCL International

Vitali Borisovich Vyazovoi

JSC Khimprom

Mikhail Tromimovich Dedyukhin

OOO Group Khimprominvest

Alexander Viktorovich Domanin

Government of the Republic of Chuvashia

Sergei Viktorovich Ivanov

ZAO Corporatsia Sintez

Alexei Viktorovich Kontsedailo

JSC Khimprom

Leonid Petrovich Tantsorov

ChOP Leyb-Gvardiya

Gennadi Semenovich Fedorov

Government of the Republic of Chuvashia

Sergei Grigovyevich Shestakov

OOO NPPT

Main Chemical and Petrochemical Products

- caustic soda;
- plasticizers;
- synthetic dyes;
- synthetic resins and plastics;
- chemical additives for rubber;
- complexons;
- herbicides;
- aniline;
- hydrogen dioxide;
- liquid bleach.

Number of Employees

 

2001

2002

Employees

7989

7761

Production

Production Volume

Product

Unit

Total Production, 1999

Total Production, 2000

Total Production,

2001

Total Production, 2002

Total Production, I qtr 2003

Caustic soda

tons

68422

67100

68300

69200

18000

Aniline

tons

12574

6100

3800

4600

1900

Platicizers

tons

6332

10240

10500

8000

n/a

Chlorine

tons

57400

55000

55700

62500

n/a

Synthetic dyes

tons

249

88

-

-

-

Main Input Suppliers

Type of Input

Supplier

Propylene oxide

JSC Nizhnekamskneftkhim, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan

Propylene oxide

ZAO Exim-Service, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Isopropyl alcohol

JSC TFK Oksky Labaz, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Isopropyl alcohol

OOO Sintez-Ortek Company, Moscow

Phosphorus

TOO Kazfosfat, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Nitrobenzene

GUP Ya. M. Sverdlov Factory, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Nitrobenzene

ZAO Middle Volga, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Crystal silicon

OOO Sibtrade, Elista, Kalmykia

Crystal silicon

ZAO Exim-Service, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Ethyl oxide

JSC Nizhnekamskneftkhim, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan

Ethyl oxide

ZAO Exim-Service, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Ethylene glycol

JSC Nizhnekamskneftkhim, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan

Ethylene glycol

JSC Sibur-Neftekhim, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Industrial salt

OOO Region-Balsnab, Cheboksary

High-pressure polyethylene

JSC Kazanorgsintez, Kazan, Tatarstan

High-pressure polyethylene

OOO Volgokhim, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

High-pressure polyethylene

OOO Klemma, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Low-pressure polyethylene

JSC Kazanorgsintez, Kazan, Tatarstan

Benzene Chloride

JSC Ufakhimprom, Ufa, Bashkortostan

Denatured ethanol

JSC Samara Ethanol Factory, Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Province

Soda ash

JSC Soda, Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan

Soda ash

JSC Permenergosnabkomplekt, Perm

Soda ash

ZAO Middle Volga, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Ethyl cellusolve

JSC Nizhnekamskneftkhim, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan

Toluene

OOO Kirishinefteorgsintez, Kirishi, Leningrad Province

Toluene

JSC Business-Fond, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Toluene

OOO Remos-S, Cheboksary

2-4-dinitroaniline

JSC Pigment, Tambov

Liquid paraffin

OOO Kirishinefteorgsintez, Kirishi, Leningrad Province

Liquid paraffin

JSC Business-Fond, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Acetic acid

JSC Nevinnomysk Nitrogen, Nevinnomysk, Stavropol Territory

Methanol

JSC Metafrax, Gubakha, Perm Province

Methanol

JSC Schekinoazot, Pervomaysky, Tula Province

Formalin

JSC Metafrax, Gubakha, Perm Province

Main Purchasers of Company Products

Product

Purchaser

Trichloropropyl phosphate

Expanko, Luxemburg

Hydrogen dioxide 30%

JSC Syktyvkar LPK, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic

Hydrogen dioxide 30%

GP Sverdlov Factory, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Hydrogen dioxide 30%

Kotlassky TsBK, Koryazhma, Arkhangelsk Province

Hydrogen dioxide 30%

JSC TFK Oksky Labaz, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorod Province

Acetonanil

ZAO Middle Volga, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Acetonanil

OOO Volga Trading House, Nizhny Novogorod

Acetonanil

JSC Omskshina, Omsk

Acetonanil

OOO New Textile Company, Moscow

Aniline

ZAO Middle Volga, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Aniline

SP ZAO Pronova, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Caustic ash

ZAO Energokhim, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Caustic ash

Bravo-Link, Cheboksary

Caustic ash

ZAO Resource Plus, Moscow

Caustic ash

JSC JSC Metafrax, Gubakha, Perm Province

Ethyl silicate-40

OOO Sonata, Gorno-Altaisk

Ethyl silicate-40

JSC Kamsk Foundary, Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan

Ethyl silicate-40

JSC Avtodizel,Yaroslavl

Methylene chloride

Road Town Brintor Holding, Ltd. Tortola, Virgin Islands

Methylene chloride

JSC Shymkentnefteorgsintez, Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Methylene chloride

OOO Ventanda, Moscow

Methylene chloride

TOO Kazfosfat, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Chloroform

ZAO Goods and Medicines, Perm

Chloroform

OOO Promkhimprodukt, Moscow

Chloroform

ZAO Energokhim, Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

Foreign Trade

Export of Main Products

Product

Units

Total Export,

2001

Total Export,

2002

Methylene chloride

tons

2061.2

8619.0

Hydrogen chloride

tons

518.8

1091.4

Dyes

tons

373.7

148.5

Phosphate plasticizers

tons

9041.1

6146.0

Acetonanil (antioxidant)

tons

840.1

528.0

Export by Country

Product

Purchaser Country, 2002

Export, 2002

(tons)

Total Value, 2002 (thousands of dollars)

Hydrogen chloride

Kazakhstan

1091.4

67.8

Methylene chloride

Total

8619.0

2255.2

Methylene chloride

Includes:

   

Methylene chloride

Israel

294.3

54.7

Methylene chloride

China

5022.6

1646.1

Methylene chloride

Turkey

488.1

141.1

Methylene chloride

Ukraine

160.6

45.5

Methylene chloride

Finland

2340.4

291.2

Methylene chloride

France

210.4

45.9

Methylene chloride

Japan

102.6

30.7

Dyes

Total

148.5

913.7

Dyes

Includes:

   

Dyes

Latvia

104.1

645.1

Dyes

Uzbekistan

44.4

268.6

Phosphate platicizers

Total

6146.0

6091.6

Phosphate platicizers

Includes

   

Phosphate platicizers

Germany

22.5

21.4

Phosphate platicizers

Luxemburg

5988.7

5911.6

Phosphate platicizers

Netherlands

22.1

23.7

Phosphate platicizers

Ukraine

22.1

39.2

Phosphate platicizers

Estonia

90.6

95.7

Acetonanil (antioxidant)

Total

528.0

655.5

Acetonanil (antioxidant)

Includes

   

Acetonanil (antioxidant)

Kazakhstan

3.0

6.6

Acetonanil (antioxidant)

Ukraine

525.0

648.9

Import of Main Inputs

Product

Total Import, 2002

Supplying Country, 2002

Units

Tetrachloride silicate

121.1

Ukraine

tons

Product Prices

Average Export Price

Product

Average Export Prices, 2001 (dollars/ton)

Average Export Prices, 2002 (dollars/ton)

Methylene chloride

245.17

261.65

Hydrogen dioxide

79.19

62.15

Dyes

6279.30

6149.69

Phosphate platicizers

1068.14

991.17

Acetonanil

1181.67

1242.08

Company's Fixed Assets

Equipment Age, %

Equipment Category

Years in Operation, Total %

Less than 5 Years in Operation

5 to 15 Years in Operation

15 to 25 Years in Operation

More than 25 Years in Operation

Chemical equipment

100.0

3.0

50.0

24.0

23.0

Pumps

100.0

16.0

42.0

20.0

22.0

Compression equipment

100.0

0.0

22.0

36.0

42.0

Metalworking equipment

100.0

2.0

20.0

14.0

64.0

Transportation equipment

100.0

3.0

46.0

16.0

15.0

Other equipment

100.0

15.0

44.0

18.0

23.0

Changes in Fixed Assets

 

As of 01.01.2002

Gained

Lost

As of 01.01.2003

Land and natural resources

-

-

-

-

Buildings

1808772

36676

5192

1840256

Other structures

880495

6843

5370

881968

Machinery and equipment

2279596

64406

32781

2311221

Transportation devices

264426

1398

1981

263843

Inventory

5473

2030

831

6672

Other assets

18490

-

17

18473

Total

5257252

111353

46172

5322433

Fixed Asset Depreciation

 

As 01.01.2002

(thousands of rubles)

As 01.01.2003

(thousands of rubles)

Total assets

3268031

3351964

Including:

   

Buildings and other structures

1038840

1179201

Machinery, equipment, and transportation devices

2015611

2162343

Other

213580

10420

Company's Capital Stock

Amount of Capital Stock

As of 01.04.2003: 918526 thousand rubles

Capital stock is divided into 688,894,206 common shares with a face value of 1 ruble and 229,631,402 preferential shares with a face value of 1 ruble.

Capital Stock Profile as of 01.04.2003

Shareholder, shareholder location

Stake in CS, %

Ministry of Property Relations, Republic of Chuvashia

25.50

ZAO Depository Clearing Company, Moscow (nominee shareholder)

50.36

Other shareholders

24.14

Total

100.0

Stake in Capital Stock of Other Companies

Company

Location

Share, %

Type of Business Activity

OOO Khimpromservis

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

100.0

Chain of consumer product dealerships

OOO PROFI

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

100.0

Produces sewn and knit products

OOO Khimprom Trade

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

100.0

Commercial trade

ZAO Ekoperkhim

Yekaterinburg

65.0

Produces and applies "

ZAO SP Pronova

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

50.0

Produces "

ZAO SP Kation

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

49.0

Produces cationic dyes

OOO Prisma

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

49.0

Produces lubricants and additives

ZAO Proton

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

45.9

Provides long distance and international telephone services

ZAO SP Dyupon-Khimprom

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

40.0

Produces chemical herbicides

JSC Perkarbonat

Novocheboksarsk, Chuvashia

29.0

Constructs factories

OOO Salambi

Novoe Atlashevo, Cherboksarsk Region, Chuvashia

83.6

Agriculture

Financial Indicators

Balance Sheet, 2001-2002 (thousands of rubles)

 

01.01.2002

01.01.2003

ASSETS

   

I. CAPITAL ASSETS

   

Non-material assets

1446

844

Main capital

1989221

1970469

Uncompleted construction

137269

103931

Long-term financial investments

53986

53497

Other capital assets

-

-

Total for Section I

2181922

2128741

II. CURRENT ASSETS

   

Current inventory

274410

280144

VAT on purchase of valuables

20329

9336

Accounts receivable (payments for which are anticipated more than 12 months after reporting date)

-

-

Accounts receivable (payments for which are anticipated within 12 months of reporting date)

153005

188640

Short-term financial investments

-

-

Monetary funds

15801

27038

Other current assets

-

-

Total for Section II

463545

505158

TOTAL ASSETS

2645467

2633899

LIABILITIES

   

III. CAPITAL AND RESERVES

   

Capital stock

918526

918526

Capital surplus

1357314

1355036

Reserve capital

6262

9250

Social insurance fund

59466

59466

Targeted investments and revenue

94340

30676

Undistributed profits from previous years

50345

47921

Uncovered losses from previous years

169933

144608

Undistributed profits from reporting year

59749

20054

Uncovered losses from reporting year

-

-

Total for Section III

2376069

2296321

IV. LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

   

Total for Section IV

-

36864

V. LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

   

Loans

26858

74870

Accounts payable

230834

146804

Accounts payable to participants (founders) from earnings

5825

9816

Earnings for future periods

5881

69224

Reserves for costs to be incurred

-

-

Other short-term obligations

-

-

Total for Section V

269398

300714

TOTAL LIABILITIES

2645467

2633899

Profits and Losses, 2001-2002 (thousands of rubles)

 

2001

2002

I. Revenues and expenses incurred in the regular line of business

   

Income (net) from sales of goods, products, or services

1923406

1631533

Cost of selling goods or services

1455891

1308821

Commercial expenses

66417

22 291

Administrative expenses

274627

296 913

Profit (loss) from sales

126471

3 508

II. Operational income and expenses

   

Interest receivable

135

7 924

Interest payable

23

12 754

Income from participation in other organizations

4977

5 217

Other operational income

327706

389 985

Other operational expenses

358690

408 522

III. Extra-sales income and expenses

   

Extra-sales income

14766

59 547

Extra-sales expenses

15477

29 242

Profit (loss) before taxes

99865

15 663

Profit tax

40093

-4 399

Profit (loss) from main business activity

59772

20 062

IV. Extraordinary income and expenses

   

Extraordinary income

-

2

Extraordinary expenses

-

10

Net profit (undistributed profit (loss) for the reporting period)

59772

20 054

Company's Main Accounts Receivable

Customer

Total Account Due

(millions of rubles)

Overdue

(millions of rubles)

Total

188.6

44.8

Includes:

   

Transargiko Ltd., USA

16.3

16.3

ZAO RR firma, Moscow

6.6

6.6

JSC Adygeyaagrokhmservis, Maikop

3.2

3.2

JSC Sverdlovskagropromkhim, Yekaterinburg

2.9

2.9

OOO Kemion, Moscow

2.5

2.5

OOO Khimprom Trading, Novocheboksarsk

2.4

2.3

OOO Agrokhimia, Kurgan

1.9

1.9

OOO Agrokhimservis, Ishim

1.8

-

RGUP Chuvashselkhozkhimia, Cheboksary

1.7

1.7

ZAO Agro-MDT, Moscow

1.3

-

Others

148.0

7.4

Cost Profile

 

Percentage of Total Costs, 2001

Percentage of Total Costs, 2002

Material expenditures

61.9

57.1

Salaries and wages

15.3

18.5

Social insurance fund

5.6

7.1

Capital depreciation

6.9

7.1

Other expenditures

10.2

10.1

Total

100.0

100.0

 

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