Abstract
The report is devoted to investigation of current standing of sulfuric acid
market in CIS countries/Russia and forecast of its development.
The report is composed of 7 Sections, contains 121 pages, including 19
Figures, 46 Tables and 3 Appendices.
The first Section of the report presents data on methods of obtaining sulfuric
acid and on resources, used in the industry, describes directions and volumes
of supplies of raw materials to producers of sulfuric acid.
The second Section of the report is devoted to analysis of production of
sulfuric acid for the period from 1994 to 2007 in the CIS. The Section
presents data on volumes of the production, traces dynamics of the production
by enterprises of Russia and Ukraine and estimates utilization of their
capacities, analyses current standing of producers of sulfuric acid in Russia.
The Section resents data on available resources base, volumes of the
production, plans on development of the enterprises, and data on volumes and
flows of supplies of the products for the latest years.
The third Section describes foreign trade in sulfuric acid in Russia and
Ukraine with analysis of volumes and flows (directions) of export-import
supplies of the enterprise-producers.
The fourth Section is devoted to analysis of dynamics of prices on sulfuric
acid at domestic and export markets.
The fifth Section of the report describes consumption of sulfuric acid in
Russia. The Section presents supply-demand balance of sulfuric acid, considers
the main end-uses and the main enterprise-consumers of sulfuric acid, and
describes methods of utilization of surplus of sulfuric acid.
The sixth Section of the report describes some aspects and features of
transportation of sulfuric acid in Russia.
The fifth Section presents forecast of production of sulfuric acid in Russia
up to 2020.
Appendices present contact information on the main enterprise-producers and
consumers of sulfuric acid and intra-plant consumption of sulfuric acid at
enterprise-manufacturers.
The report is a desk study. As information sources for description and
analysis of the sulfuric acid market, we applied data of Federal Service of
State Statistics (Rosstat), Federal Customs Service of Russia (FCS), State
Customs Agency of Ukraine, official domestic railage statistics of Ministry of
Railways of Russia, the sector and regional press, annual and quarterly repots
of companies, internet-sites of company-producers and consumers of the
product, as well as own InfoMine database.
This all allowed the authors to reveal actual picture of current standing of
sulfuric acid market in the CIS/Russia and prospects of its development.