Economy of Kazan

Kazanorgsintez chemical plant

Korston-Kazan  [ ru ] with local World Trade Center

Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber built by Kazan Aircraft Production Association

Tupolev Tu-204 airliner built by Kazan Aircraft Production Association

Mil Mi-17 middle helicopter built by Kazan Helicopters

Mil Mi-14 amphibious helicopter built by Kazan Helicopters

Mil Mi-38 intermediate helicopter built by Kazan Helicopters

Kazan Ansat light helicopter built by Kazan Helicopters

Kazan Aktai ultralight helicopter built by Kazan Helicopters

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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

"Kazanorgsintez" JSC produces 38% of Russian polyethylene. It also produces a large variety of petrochemical and chemical products.

• Kazan Aircraft Production Association

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.

• Kazan Helicopters

Produces "Mi" helicopters.

• Kazan State Powder Mill

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

• Kazan brewery

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:

Riviera resort hotel

Grand hotel

Stars Hotel name * * * * * Mirage * * * * Courtyard-Marriott Kazan * * * * Bon Ami * * * * Grand Hotel * * * * Giuseppe * * * * Corston Hotel  [ ru ] * * * * 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

References

1. Основные социально-экономические показатели городов 2008
2. В строительство IT-парка вложили 3 миллиарда
3. Инновационный технопарк Идея Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
4. NZ cities excel in quality of living - Mercer worldwide survey finds Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
5. (in Russian) Отчёт мэрии Казани за 2008 год
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7. "(in Russian)Среднемесячная зарплата в Казани в 2008 году достигла 17,3 тысячи рублей". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
8. "(in Russian)Комитет экономического развития". Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
9. Топ-500 крупнейших компаний России
10. (In Russian)Рейтинг РБК: крупнейшие банки
11. (RUS) В 2010 году Казань посетил миллионный турист
12. "(RUS)Депутаты Казани признали программу развития туризма на 2006—2007 гг. выполненной". Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
13. В 2009 году Казань посетили 900 тысяч туристов
14. (RUS)ВВОД В ДЕЙСТВИЕ ЖИЛЫХ ДОМОВ ПО СТОЛИЦАМ РЕСПУБЛИК, КРАЕВЫМ, ОБЛАСТНЫМ ЦЕНТРАМ
15. "Сроки переносятся. Планы строителей меняются к неудовольствию дольщиков".
16. (RUS) В Казани кризис прошел малозаметно