Красноярский край: вопросы регионального развития. Практикум профессионально ориентированного письменного перевода и перевода с листа.The Krasnoyarsk Krai: the Issues of Regional Development - страница 7

Structure of the regional economy according to the types of economic activities

The economic activity of the Krasnoyarsk Krai specializes in:

• capital-intensive and energy-intensive production based on natural resources utilization;

• intermediate products manufacturing intended for export to other regions of Russia and abroad;

• export to the CIS and other foreign countries.

The tendency of economic development in the Krasnoyarsk Krai:

• specialization in export-oriented industries;

• certain increase in the share of extractive and processing industries due to realization of large investment projects in the spheres of extraction, fuel and energy resources, transport infrastructure, realization of complex development program of the Lower Angara River, including construction of the Boguchany hydro-electric power station;

• volume stabilization of the raw materials output;

• increase in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy production;

• intensive development of the services market related to culture, sports and tourism.

Competitive advantages of the region are determined by the economy specialization:

• large opportunities for wide cooperation with other regions and foreign countries; expansion of goods deliveries geography;

• wide opportunities for production diversification;

• opportunities for vertical integration of production on the basis of domestic raw mineral resources extraction and deep processing;

• innovation potential for development of new science-intensive, high-tech production with prompt return;

• keeping stable long-term demand to the main products on the world markets;

• developed system of financial-credit establishments;

• developed transport and communication structure.

Weak positions of the Krai:

• high dependence of the region on the world metal market prices;

• small production share of deep processing of timber and agricultural production;

• polluting manufactures;

• high degree of the capital assets depreciation.

Since 1998 the volume of the gross regional product (GRP) has increased:

• The Krasnoyarsk Krai is one of the ten donor regions which form more than 50 % of Russia’s Gross Domestic Product and federal budget.

• According to the latest statistic data, the Krasnoyarsk Krai ranks sixth among the 84 subjects of the Russian Federation in the gross regional product (GRP) volume. Region's share is more than 20 % of Siberia’s GRP and about 2.7 % of Russia’s GDP. GRP of the Krasnoyarsk Krai in 2007 was estimated in 721.2 billion rubles (+105.5 % in comparison with 2006). Industry (processing and obtaining) makes 60.4 % of GRP volume, transport and communication – 8.1 %, trade and services – 6.7 %, construction – 6.1 %, agriculture – 4.9 %.

For the economy of the Krasnoyarsk Krai 2007 was the year of moderate economic growth. The tendencies of growth of GRP, volumes of industrial out-put, employment of the population and real incomes of the population, observed during the last seven years in the Krai, continued.

In 2007 the volume of the shipped goods of own production, executed works and services according to the types of economic activities, extraction of the minerals, processing industries, production and distribution of the electric power, gas and water constituted 538.1 billion rubles. In comparison with 2006 it reached 104.4 %. In 2007 the rating of the Krai among the Russian Federation’s subjects, arranged according to physical volume index, improved. The Krai moved from the 68th (in 2006) to the 57th place (in 2007).