Industry of Tatarstan

Russia. The republic is located in the middle of the

large industrial area of Russian Federation, at the important ways junction connecting east and west, north and south of the state.

by fuel and oil-chemical industries (oil extracting, synthetic rubber, tyre,

polyethylene production as well as wide range of oil-processing product), large machine-building plants (heavy trucks, helicopters, planes and plane engines, compressors and oil and gas pumping equipment, river and sea ships and cars) as well as electrical and radio gadget building, but…

where engineering, chemical and light industry dominate.
Tatarstan consists of

three distinguished industrial regions.

the Naberezhnye Chelny-Nizhnekamsk agglomeration, major industries are automobile construction, chemical

industry, and power engineering.

are rural regions.

32 million tonnes of crude oil per year and has

estimated oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons. Industrial production constitutes 45% of the Republic's gross regional domestic product. The most developed manufacturing industries are petrochemical industry and machine building.

about 1/5 of Tatarstan's work force. In 2009 the company

“Kamaz” occupied 56,5% of the cargo automobile (weighing over 14 tons) Russian market. Every second truck produced in Russia and CIS is an automobile “Kamaz”. About 24% of all Russian tractors are produced in Tatarstan.

Kazan Helicopter Plant is one of the largest helicopter manufacturers

in the world.

also of key significance in Tatarstan.

comprises highways, railway lines, four navigable rivers — Volga (İdel),

Kama (Çulman), Vyatka (Noqrat) and Belaya (Ağidel), and oil pipelines and airlines. The territory of Tatarstan is crossed by the main gas pipelines carrying natural gas from Urengoy and Yamburg to the west and the major oil pipelines supplying oil to various cities in the European part of Russia.

of great importance for the economics of the republic -

over 120 countries have commercial activities with the Republic of Tatarstan such as: the CIS and Baltic countries.. In 2009 the foreign trade turnover of Tatarstan was $13,5 bln ($11,7 bln - the export and $1,8 bln - the import).