Sodium sulphate market research in Russia/CIS

The report is devoted to investigation of current standing of market of sodium sulfate in CIS countries and forecast of its development. The report includes 6 Sections, 76 pages, including 33 Tables, 19 Figures and Appendix.

The report is a desk study. As information sources, data of Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat), Federal Customs Service of Russia (FCS), Inter-State Statistic Committee of CIS Countries, official domestic railage statistics of Ministry of Railways of Russia, data of companies, the sector and regional press, annual and quarterly repots of companies, internet-sites of company-producers and consumers of sodium sulfate were used.

The first Section of the report presents information on available technologies of production of sodium sulfate, their features, required resources and their quality. The Section presents data on deposits of natural sodium sulfate.

The second Section of the report is devoted to production of sodium sulfate in CIS countries. The Section presents requirements, imposed on quality of various kinds of sodium sulfate: technical (natural), crystalline, granular and chromate of manufacture by valid regulations (state standards and specifications).

The Section of the report presents statistical data on volumes of sodium sulfate production in CIS countries and describes current standing of the greatest producer of sodium sulfate.

The third Section of the report presents data on foreign trade of Russia and Ukraine in natural and synthetic sodium sulfate for the period of 1999-9 months of 2007.

The fourth Section presents information on prices on sodium sulfate at Russian domestic market in 2006 and analyses data on dynamics of export-import prices on the product for the latest 9 years.

The fifth Section of the report analyses consumption of sodium sulfate in Russia. The Section presents supply-demand balance of the product, sectoral and regional structure of consumption, describes current standing of the main end-uses of sodium sulfate and current standing and prospects of development of the greatest enterprise-consumers.

The sixth Section of the report presents forecast of development of Russian market of sodium sulfate up to 2010.

The Appendix presents contact information on the main enterprises, producing sodium sulfate in Russia.

Table of content

Introduction

I. Technology of production of sodium sulfate

I.1. Methods of production of sodium sulfate

I.1.1. Production of sodium sulfate from natural resources

I.1.2. Chemical methods of production of sodium sulfate

I.2. Raw materials for production of sodium sulfate

II. Production of sodium sulfate in CIS countries

II.1. Quality of products

II.2. Volumes of production of sodium sulfate in the CIS in 1995-2007

II.3. The main company-producers of sodium sulfate in the CIS

II.4. Current standing of the greatest producers of sodium sulfate

II.4.1. JSC "Kuchuksulfate" (Stepnoe Ozero village, Altai krai)

III. Export-import of sodium sulfate

III.1. Volume of export-import of sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2007

III.2. Tendencies and features of export-import supplies of sodium sulfate

III.3. The main flows of export-import supplies of sodium sulfate

III.3.1. The main flows of export supplies of natural sodium sulfate of Russia

III.3.2. The main flows of export-import supplies of synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia

III.4. Import of sodium sulfate in Ukraine

IV. Review of prices on sodium sulfate in Russia

IV.1. Domestic prices on sodium sulfate

IV.2. Dynamics of export-import prices on sodium sulfate

V. Consumption of sodium sulfate in Russia

V.1. Supply-demand balance of sodium sulfate

V.2. Structure of consumption of sodium sulfate

V.3. The main consumers of sodium sulfate in Russia

V.4. The main end-uses of sodium sulfate in Russia

V.4.1. Chemical industry. Production of synthetic detergents

V.4.2. Pulp-and-paper industry

V.5. The main company - consumers of sodium sulfate in Russia

V.5.1. LLC "Procter&Gamble-Novomoskovsk" (Tula region)

V.5.2. LLC "Henkel-Yug" (Engels, Saratov region)

V.5.3. JSC "Kotlas pulp-and-paper mill" (Koryazhma, Arkhangelsk region)

VI. Forecast of development of market of sodium sulfate in the CIS up to 2012

Appendix. Contact information on enterprise-producers of sodium sulfate in the CIS

List of Tables:

Table 1. Modifications of sodium sulfate

Table 2. Operating capacities of Russian enterprises on production of sodium sulfate, thousand t

Table 3. Seasonality of brine composition of Kuchuk Lake, %

Table 4. Composition of natural brine of Karabogazgol bay, g/l

Table 5. Kinds of sodium sulfate, produced at Russian enterprises

Table 6. Requirements, imposed on quality of technical sodium sulfate (according to GOST 6318-77)

Table 7. Requirements, imposed on quality of crystalline technical sodium sulfate (according to GOST 21458-75)

Table 8. Requirements, imposed on quality of granular technical sodium sulfate

Table 9. Requirements, imposed on quality of technical sodium sulfate of bichrome production (according to Specifications 2141-028-00204854-95)

Table 10. Requirements, imposed on quality of deca-aqua sodium sulfate (Glauber’s salt) (according to GOST 4171-76)

Table 11. Dynamics of production of sodium sulfate in CIS countries in 1995-2007, thousand t

Table 12. Production of sodium sulfate by Russian enterprises in 1995-2006, thousand t

Table 13. Dynamics of production of sodium sulfate in Ukraine in 1998-2006, t

Table 14. Breakage of production of sodium sulfate in 2006 by types of initial raw materials, thousand t, %

Table 15. The greatest consumers of sodium sulfate of production of JSC "Kuchuksulfate" in 2005-2006, t

Table 16. Foreign trade in synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2006 and 9 months of 2007, t

Table 17. Export of synthetic sodium sulfate by Russian enterprises in 2005-2006 and 9 months of 2007, t

Table 18. The greatest importers of synthetic sodium sulfate in 2006-2007, t

Table 19. The main flows of supplies of Russian natural sodium sulfate in 1999-2006 and 9 months of 2007, t

Table 20. Geographic structure of Russian import of natural sodium sulfate in 2004, t

Table 21. The main flows of supplies of Russian synthetic sodium sulfate in 1999-2006 and 9 months of 2007, t

Table 22. Geographic structure of import of synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia in 2004-2006 and 9 months of 2007, t, %

Table 23. Geographic structure of Ukrainian import of sodium sulfate in 1999-2006 and 7 months of 2007, t

Table 24. Average prices of Russian producers of sodium sulfate at domestic market in 2006-2007, Ruble/t exclusive of VAT

Table 25. Export prices on Russian synthetic sodium sulfate in 1999-2007, $/t

Table 26. Export prices on Russian natural sodium sulfate in 1999-2007, $/t

Table 27. Export prices of Russian producers of sodium sulfate in 2005-2007, $/t

Table 28. Import prices on synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia in 1999-2006, $/t

Table 29. Supply-demand balance of sodium sulfate in Russia in 1999-2007, thousand t

Table 30. Structure of consumption of sodium sulfate in Russia in 2005, t

Table 31. Structure of supplies of sodium sulfate to the greatest Russian consumers in 2005-2006, t

Table 32. Production of commodity products in Russian pulp-and-paper industry in 2001-2006, thousand t

Table 33. Dynamics of production of synthetic detergents by LLC "Procter&Gamble-Novomoskovsk" in 1997-2006, thousand t

List of Figures:

Figure 1. Technology of obtaining of sodium sulfate by method "melting-evaporation"

Figure 2. Technology of obtaining of sodium sulfate by method "melting-salting-out"

Figure 3. Technology of obtaining of sodium sulfate by combined method

Figure 4. Shares of various CIS countries in production of sodium sulfate in total CIS production of the product in 1995-2007^*, %

Figure 5. Dynamics of production of sodium sulfate in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and in the CIS as a whole in 1995-2007^*, thousand t

Figure 6. Dynamics of production of sodium sulfate by JSC "Kuchuksulfate" in 1995-2006, thousand t

Figure 7. Dynamics of export supplies of sodium sulfate of production of JSC "Kuchuksulfate" in 1999-2006, thousand t

Figure 8. Dynamics of export and volumes of production of natural sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2006, thousand t

Figure 9. Dynamics of export-import supplies of synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2006, t

Figure 10. Dynamics of export and volumes of production of synthetic sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2006, thousand t

Figure 11. Shares of export in volume of production of sodium sulfate in Russia in 1997-2006, %

Figure 12. Shares of export supplies of sodium sulfate in volume of its production by Russian producers in 2006, %

Figure 13. Dynamics of import supplies of sodium sulfate in Ukraine in 1999-2006, thousand t

Figure 14. Structure of consumption of sodium sulfate in Russia in 2006, %

Figure 15. Dynamics of production of synthetic detergents in Russia in 1997-2006, thousand t

Figure 16. The main suppliers of sodium sulfate to LLC "Procter&Gamble-Novomoskovsk" in 2006, t

Figure 17. Dynamics of production of synthetic detergents by LLC "Henkel-Yug" in 1999-2006, thousand t

Figure 18. The main suppliers of sodium sulfate to LLC "Henkel-Yug" in 2006, thousand t

Figure 19: Forecast of development of production and consumption of sodium sulfate in the CIS up to 2012, thousand t

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