Category Archives: BRICS Countries

Market insights about BRICS countries

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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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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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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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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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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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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More Houses, Less Offices: Construction in Russia per 9M2010

The prost provides statistics for construction area in Russia in 9M2010 comparing to 9M2009 as well as brief analysis for these figures. Continue reading

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Fire-Safe House: Regulation in Russia

The post contains a brief description of fire safety regulation valid in Russia since May 1, 2009. Continue reading

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Hard Times for Sputnik Makers: Machinery Manufacturing in Russia

With this post about machinery manufacturing we begin a series of publications containing analysis for Russia’s major industries. It’s not a “quantitative research” targeting 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 manufacturers to develop their business. The first industry we want to analyze is machinery production – that covers such activities as aerospace, shipyards, automotive, electronics, energy equipment, engineering machinery, etc. Continue reading

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Frozen Steel Wire: Cables for Permafrost Areas in Russia

Being covered with permafrost areas that occupy almost 2/3 of the country’s territory Russia strongly depends on cable special solutions for frozen grounds. The post contains the basic information on the Russian market of cables for frozen ground, including a map with major domestic producers. Continue reading

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Russian Staffing Market: Too Many Managers, Too Few Engineers

The post contains a brief for the Russian labor (staffing) market; in particular it analyzes 7 key trends that exist now in the market. Continue reading

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Restless Business: Seaport Strategies with Russian Steel-Makers

Currently few largest Russian steel-makers own seaports in the country. They use seaports exclusively for export trade and now meet numerous challenges – like necessity to invest hunderds million dollars to seaport modernization. The article provide a summary for seaport strategies implemented with the Russian steel groups as well as for probable future scenarios in seaport segment. Continue reading

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From Shadow to Light: Company Intelligence in Russia

The historical development of Russian company (competitive) intelligence is traced back to the military and government intelligence tradition left behind by the Soviet legacy. Now the CI in Russia transforms in Western-style information collection and analysis approach, based on ethic principles and legal activities. Continue reading

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