Economy of Kazan explained
Kazan is one of the largest industrial and financial centres of Russia, and a leading city of the Volga economic region in construction and accumulated investment.[1] Total banking capital of Kazan banks is third in Russia. The main industries of the city are: mechanical engineering, chemical, petrochemical, light and food industries. An innovative economy is represented by the largest IT-park in Russia which is one of the largest of its kind amongst Eastern Europe science parks.[2] [3] Kazan ranks 174th (highest in Russia) in Mercer’s Worldwide Quality of Living Survey.[4]
Macroeconomics
Main indicators of 2008[5] [6] !Indicator!Value!Gross to 2007| Total output volume, rub | 123,6 bln. | 107,4 % |
| Employed, inh. | 565 000 | |
| GRP, rub | 271,3 bln | 105 % |
| Average income, rub | 17 300 [7] | 134 % |
| Retailing turnover, rub | 211 bln | 120,5 % |
| Investions, rub | 102 bln [8] | |
| Expenditure, rub | 18,361 bln | |
| Revenue, rub | 17,76 bln | |
| Deficit, rub | 0,601 bln | |
Plant facilities
Several Top-500 Russian companies[9] are headquartered within city boundaries:
- TAIF (192,10 bln rub. annual receipt)
- Tatenergo (47,13 bln rub.)1
- Kazanorgsintez (21,19 bln rub.)
- Transtechservice (14,87 bln rub)
- Vamin (9,7 bln rub.)
There are 151 large- and middle-scale enterprises in Kazan city, 98 of them are JSCs. Main industries are: machinery construction, chemicals and petrochemicals, light and food industries. Factory shipments in 2008 year total 94,8 bln rub.
Main enterprises of the city:
"Kazanorgsintez" JSC produces 38% of Russian polyethylene. It also produces a large variety of petrochemical and chemical products.
KAPO currently produces the Tu-214 passenger plane and the Tu-160 strategic bomber. There are also plans to start producing Tu-334 regional airliners and Tu-330 freighters.
Produces "Mi" helicopters.
Founded in 1788.
- Kazan optical mechanics plant
- Kazan motors building production association
- "NEFIS-cosmetics" JSC (Kazan chemical complex)
Produces a large variety of cleaning agents
Is a proper of EFES group.
- Kazan medical apparatus plant
- Kazan rubber plant ("KVART" JSC)
- Kazan heat devices plant
- Kazan artificial leather plant
Banks
Largest banks of Kazan city are:
- Ak Bars Bank — net wealth for 01.10.08 — 190 bln rub.[10]
- Tatfondbank — 40 bln rub.
- "Kazansky" bank — 10 bln rub.
- "Spurt" bank — 9,4 bln rub.
- Energobank — 9,0 bln rub.
- Intechbank — 5,6 bln rub.
- "Ipoteka-invest" — 3,6 bln rub.
- "Zarechye"
- Tatecobank
- Tatinvestbank
- Akibank
- BTA-Kazan
- Alfabank
Tourism
A unique combination of historic city and modern megalopolis attracts tourists to Kazan. More than 1,000,000 tourists visited Kazan in 2010.[11] Kazan Kremlin attracts more than 200,000 tourists per year.[12] There are more than 83 hotels (5700 accommodations) in the city,[13] including:
| Stars | Hotel name |
|---|
|
| Mirage | |
| Courtyard-Marriott Kazan | |
| Bon Ami | |
| Grand Hotel | |
| Giuseppe | |
| | |
| Riviera resort | |
| Suleiman Palace | |
| Shalyapin Palace | |
| Park Inn | |
| Ryan Johnson | |
| Amax-Safar | |
| Bulgar | |
| | Stars | Hotel name |
|---|
|
| Ibis | |
| Volga | |
| Gulfstream | |
| Derbyshky | |
| Dusliq | |
| Kolvy | |
| Novinka | |
| Teatral'naya mansion | |
| Premium | |
| Prestige House | |
| Polyot | |
| Regina (network) | |
| Hayall | |
| Tatar Inn | |
| | |
Construction
Apartment house construction (thousands m²)[14] !Year!Value| 2000 | 541.8 |
| 2003 | 611.3 |
| 2004 | 874.7 |
| 2005 | 632.0 |
| 2006 | 729.6 |
| 2007 | 742.3 |
| 2008 | 902 [15] |
| 2009 | 723 [16] |
| 2010 | 770 | |
Notes and References
- http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b08_14t/Main.htm Основные социально-экономические показатели городов 2008
- http://www.arendator.ru/articles/1/art/34172/ В строительство IT-парка вложили 3 миллиарда
- http://www.tpidea.ru/index.php?nodeid=33 Инновационный технопарк Идея
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?siteLanguage=100&idContent=1263220 NZ cities excel in quality of living - Mercer worldwide survey finds
- http://www.kzn.ru/page7302.htm (in Russian) Отчёт мэрии Казани за 2008 год
- Web site: (in Russian) Об основных итогах социально-экономического развития г. Казани за 2008 год и перспективах на 2009 год . 2011-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100306141337/http://www.tatar.ru/index.php?DNSID=9b672650fd520f5d9da95979c6d7c469&node_id=3658 . 2010-03-06 . dead .
- Web site: (in Russian)Среднемесячная зарплата в Казани в 2008 году достигла 17,3 тысячи рублей . 2011-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100306032650/http://www.kzn.ru/page849.htm/show/6850 . 2010-03-06 . dead .
- Web site: (in Russian)Комитет экономического развития . 2011-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100302103800/http://www.kzn.ru/page2715.htm/show/5352 . 2010-03-02 . dead .
- http://rating.rbc.ru/articles/2008/10/17/32170726_tbl.shtml?2008/10/17/32170632 Топ-500 крупнейших компаний России
- http://rating.rbc.ru/articles/2008/12/02/32226389_tbl.shtml?2008/12/01/32224638 (In Russian)Рейтинг РБК: крупнейшие банки
- http://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/2010/11/18/246046/ (RUS) В 2010 году Казань посетил миллионный турист
- Web site: (RUS)Депутаты Казани признали программу развития туризма на 2006—2007 гг. выполненной . 2011-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110925184510/http://www.kzn.ru/turizm/news/show/1481 . 2011-09-25 . dead .
- http://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/2010/04/26/216241 В 2009 году Казань посетили 900 тысяч туристов
- http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B08_46/IssWWW.exe/Stg/05-14.htm (RUS)ВВОД В ДЕЙСТВИЕ ЖИЛЫХ ДОМОВ ПО СТОЛИЦАМ РЕСПУБЛИК, КРАЕВЫМ, ОБЛАСТНЫМ ЦЕНТРАМ
- Web site: Сроки переносятся. Планы строителей меняются к неудовольствию дольщиков.
- http://www.kzn.ru/news/show/10963 (RUS) В Казани кризис прошел малозаметно
