Category Archives: Market Information

This category contains posts with information on emerging markets

Problems Met With Foreign Investors In Uzbekistan: It’s Just Clumsy Regulation

In his comments to FDI Magazine, Mr. Ignatov analyzes the probable reasons for incidents occured with few foreign investors in Uzbekistan. By his opinion, it’s not the evidence that the Uzbek Government doesn’t like FDI – but just the clumpsy attempt to redirect FDI to the less profitable industries that have higher priority for the officials. Continue reading

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Watch, Listen and Buy: Indoor TV and POS Radio In Central & Eastern Europe

The post provides a brief overview for use of Indoor TV and POS Radio in Russia and other CEE countries. Continue reading

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TV & Radio Win The Battle: Media Landscape in Slovakia

TV and radio are the main media in the country – in terms of penetration and coverage. The post provides main indicators for media usage in this country. Continue reading

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Moscow Calling: Telecom Industry In Russia

With this post about telecom business we continue a series of publications with analysis for Russia’s major industries. Continue reading

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The Long Rope: Competition in Russia’s Steel Wire Rope Market

There is the “Soviet legacy” in steel wire rope market in Russia – i.e. rope plants have some “fixed” sale areas/industries (specialization) defined long time ago with the Soviet Government. Continue reading

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Oriental Breakthrough: Ignatov Starts Services in South and Southeast Asia

Ignatov & Company Group began to provide markets researches and other services in South Asia and Southeast Asia on a regular basis; we did successful projects in these markets in 2006-2010 but they were sporadic until now. Continue reading

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Split And Merge: Energy Business In Russia

With this post about energy business we continue a series of publications with analysis for Russia’s major industries – started with “Hard Times for Sputnik Makers: Machinery Manufacturing in Russia” at November 2010. It’s not a “quantitative research” with market size, growth or competition – but a “qualitative analysis” of business environment and challenges existing in each industry as well as description of the major strategies implemented with the Russian players to develop their business. Now we want to analyze Russia’s energy business. Continue reading

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The Rich Also Cry: Challenges For Russian Commodity Industries

With this post about commodity business we continue a series of publications with analysis for Russia’s major industries – started with “Hard Times for Sputnik Makers: Machinery Manufacturing in Russia” at November 2010. It’s not a “quantitative research” with market size, growth or competition – but a “qualitative analysis” of business environment and challenges existing in each industry as well as description of the major strategies implemented with the Russian players to develop their business. Now we want to analyze Russia’s major export business, presented with commodities – oil, gas, coal, ore and other mining products. Continue reading

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No Time To Lose: Expanded Access Programs (EAP) in Russia

The article describes the new regulation for the named patient supply in Russia valid since Sept 1, 2010; it contains valuable information on authorization process, taxation, financing and other aspects of the named patient supply used for importation of the drugs that are non-registered in Russia but may help particular patients. Continue reading

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Generics Heaven: GX Authorization in Brazil

The general approach in Brazil now (supported with legislation) is to give preferences to GX (no difference done domestically or imported) towards original drugs; based on that input the Brazilian authorities made it quite easy to register GX in the country. The post provides the brief overview for the GX authorization in the country and explains the reasons for why India’s GX producers are so active there. Continue reading

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Central & Eastern Europe’s Markets That Will Grow Fast In 2011

A brief overview for the Central & Eastern Europe’s markets that will grow fast in 2011 Continue reading

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Russian Markets That Will Grow Fast In 2011

A brief overview for the Russian markets that will grow rapidly in 2011 Continue reading

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A Stable Patient: Key Trends in Russia’s Pharmaceutical Market

The article contains qualitative analysis for the Russian pharmaceutical market – main trends per last 5 years, growth drivers and limiters. Continue reading

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Non-Abstract Market: Concrete in Kazakhstan

Domestic sources dominate in concrete supply in Kazakhstan. The article provides a brief overview of concrete and ferroconcrete supply organization in Kazakhstan. Continue reading

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Magic Numbers: PHARMA-2020 Strategy’s Target Indicators

PHARMA-2020 strategy recently developed with the Industry Ministry of Russia contains a set of target indicators for each of two major scenarios (innovative and inertial) for year 2020; these indicators will be used by officials to estimate the strategy’s success – as well as the indicators may be used with analysts to see what scenario is being realized in the country’s pharmaceutical market. Continue reading

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High Safety Factor: Extruded Polystyrene Capacity in Russia

Currently Russian XPS market is in overcapacity, utilizing only 35% of its capacity – so it may easily triple XPS board production next years. The article provides a brief analysis for XPS capacity in Russia and probable future expansion in the segment. Continue reading

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Under Pressure: Major Trends in Russia’s Air Compressor Market

At the USSR time most of large and mid-size plants in Russia had centralized air-supply with use of high-capacity centrifugal compressors; since the beginning of the 2000s more and more Russian plants implement “mixed” strategy for air-supply – that is use of centralized model (with centrifugal and piston compressors) combined with decentralized, based on use of small/mid-capacity rotary compressors. The article provides a brief overview for the major trends in Russia’s air-compressor market. Continue reading

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“Organized” vs. “Occasional”: Equipment Import in Russia

Russian equipment market consists of two segments – “organized” market, presented with the Russian and Western suppliers who have regular sales and are presented with own offices or subsidiaries; and “occasional” market – presented either with the Chinese brands for small “technically-illiterate” customers or with “customized” solutions provided with the Western firm that have no any presence or regular sales in Russia. The article dprovides a view over these segments in the Russian equipment market. Continue reading

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Antimony Fallen Giant: Mining in Tajikistan

At the USSR time Tajikistan was a large producer of animony ore, but in the 1990s it lost this status. Currently gold dominates in the country’s mining. The article provides a brief overview for Tajikistan’s mining industry and market. Continue reading

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Food, Not Drugs: Dietary Supplements Market in Russia

The marlet for sietary supplements (known locally as “biologically active supplements”, or BADs) counted for $600 mln in 2009 in Russia. It’s a part of food market, not of pharmaceuticals. The article contains details for the BADs market in Russia, its structure and regulation. Continue reading

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