Chemical industry in Russia

Russian chemical industry is a branch of Russian industry .

Share of the chemical industry in the structure of Russia's GDP in 2006 was about 6% of exports - about 5%, the industry has focused almost 7% of industrial fixed assets .

In 2009 it was exported 3.1 million tons of ammonia in the amount of 626 million dollars, 814 thousand tons of methanol in the amount of 156 million dollars, 22 million tons of mineral fertilizers worth $5.6 billion, 702 thousand tons of synthetic rubber in the amount of 1, $2 billion.

The average monthly wage in the chemical industry - 21956 RUR / month (March 2010 ). The Russian chemical industry was facing problems in 2014 due to the sanctions imposed on Russia by Western nations.

Enterprises

The company	Headquarters	Factories	Sales in 2011, billion rubles.	Specialization
Sibur	Moscow	Togliatti, Voronezh, Krasnoyarsk, Dzerzhinsk, Perm, Tomsk	248,7	Petrochemistry
Gazprom Salavat neftekhim (Salavatnefteorgsintez until 2011)	Salavat	Salavat	147,8	Petrochemistry
EuroChem	Moscow	deposits: Berezniki, Kotelnikovo, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug plants: Kovdor, Nevinnomyssk, Novomoskovsk, Belorechensk, Kingisepp	131,3	Production of fertilizers
Nizhnekamskneftekhim	Nizhnekamsk	Nizhnekamsk	122,7	Synthetic rubbers
Acron Group	Veliky Novgorod	deposits: Murmansk Oblast plants: Veliky Novgorod, Dorogobuzh, Shandong (People's Republic of China) transshipment port terminals: Kaliningrad, Sillamäe (Estonia, Muuga Harbour (Estonia)	65,4	Сhemical fertilizers
Uralkali	Berezniki	deposits: Perm Krai plants: Berezniki, Solikamsk	108,3	Potash

TogliattiAzot — world's largest producer of ammonia . The main products are ammonia, fertilizers, methanol . Total turnover in 2008 — 29.97 bln rubles.

Ural Plant of Industrial Gases (Uraltehgaz) — produces technical gases and cryogenic liquids, food gas mixtures, welding gas mixtures, cylinders and welding equipment.