Abstract
The report is devoted to investigation of current standing of market of
caustic soda in CIS countries and forecast of its development. The report
includes 6 Sections, 127 pages, including 44 Tables, 27 Figures and Appendix.
The report is a desk study. As information sources, data of Federal Service of
State Statistics (Rosstat), Federal Customs Service of Russia (FCS), official
domestic railage statistics of Ministry of Railways of Russia, data of
companies, the sector and regional press, annual and quarterly repots of
companies, internet-sites of company-producers and consumers of caustic soda
were used.
The first Section of the report presents data on available technologies of
production of caustic soda, their features, required resources and their
quality.
The second Section of the report is devoted to production of caustic soda in
CIS countries; the Section also presents requirements, imposed on quality of
the product by current regulations (state standards, specifications).
The Section of the report gives statistical data on volumes of caustic soda
production in CIS countries, and describes current standing of the greatest
producers of caustic soda.
The third Section of the report presents data on foreign trade of Russia and
Ukraine in caustic soda for the period of 1997-2006 and 1 half of 2007.
The fourth Section presents data on prices on caustic soda at Russian domestic
market in 2006, and analyses data on dynamics of export-import prices on
liquid and solid caustic soda for the latest 7 years in Russia.
The fifth Section of the report describes consumption of caustic soda in
Russia. The Section presents supply-demand balance of caustic soda, sectoral
and regional structure of the consumption, describes current standing of the
main end-uses of caustic soda and current standing and prospects of
development of the greatest enterprise-consumers.
The sixth Section of the report presents forecast of development of Russian
market of caustic soda up to 2012.
The Appendix presents contact information on the main enterprises, producing
caustic soda in the CIS
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