In 2011, commercial cargo turnover of vehicles went up by 4% and amounted to 84.1 billion tonne-kilometres. In 2011, cargo turnover growth was conditioned by following factors: general run-up of traffic performance of the Russian motorways, growth of transported cargo bulks, also increase in number of deals and decrease in leasing interest rate of automobile equipment.

By the end of 2011, it was accounted for 46.3 thousand enterprises of automobile freight traffic in Russia, whereas 90% of automobile freight traffic in the country is done by the enterprises of small business. Business division into smaller organizations allows commercial structures evade repayment of big taxes and work by the line-up of single tax repayment on imputed taxes.

Annually BusinesStat publishes series of cargo transport market outlooks in Russia:

• The outlook for the automobile freight traffic market
• The outlook for the overseas freight traffic market
• The outlook for the inland water freight traffic market
• The outlook for the air freight traffic market
• The outlook for the railway freight traffic market
• The outlook for the pipeline freight traffic market
• The outlook for the storage and handling service market

In 2007-2011, value of the sales volume of pencils in wooden casing doubled in Russia: from 3 to 6 billion rubles. The highest turnover growth of pencils in wooden casing by 43% was recorded in 2010 in Russia.

During the period from 2007 to 2011, consumer number of pencils in wooden casing went down by 4 million people and amounted to 87 million people in Russia. In 2012-2016, the consumer number of the product will continue to reduce by 1% per year. According to Federal State Statistics Service, in the nearest future number of schoolchildren will grow and share of able-bodied population will reduce, that will lead to the growth of school supplies and reduction of the office supply sales.

In the coming years, the average price for service according to voluntary health insurance programme will be increasing slower than for single services of commercial clinics. By 2016, the average price for medical attendance on voluntary health insurance will have amounted to 3,111.5 rubles per visit. Slow price growth is connected with the profit of insurers, composed by the variance of insurance premiums and payouts. This profit lets companies undertake part of expenditures appearing after the price growth of clinics.

From 2007 to 2011, the average price for voluntary health insurance policy went up by 57% and reached 18.7 thousand rubles per annual policy. As far as 85% of the voluntary health insurance volume sector is occupied by the corporate insurance, the average price for policy will be advanced to the wholesale price for big organizations, in other words to minimum possible price. Insurers are forced to work closer with the physical persons and small business because of the segment depletion of big clients. That is why the average price for policy will be increasing annually and will have amounted to 27.4 thousand rubles per policy by 2016.

In the coming years, the average price for service according to VHI programme will be increasing slower than for single services of commercial clinics. By 2016, the average price for medical attendance on VHI will have amounted to 1,550.8 rubles per visit. Slow price growth is connected with the profit of insurers, composed by the variance of insurance premiums and payouts. This profit lets companies undertake part of expenditures appearing after the price growth of clinics.

From 2007 to 2011, the average price for VHI policy went up by 53% and reached 5.2 thousand rubles per annual policy. As far as 83% of the VHI volume sector is occupied by the corporate insurance, the average price for policy will be advanced to the wholesale price for big organizations, in other words to minimum possible price. Insurers are forced to work closer with the physical persons and small business because of the segment depletion of big clients. That is why the average price for policy will be increasing annually and will have amounted to 9.2 thousand rubles per policy by 2016.

In 2011, the production of chocolate and cocoa products amounted to 12.0 million tons. In 2012-2016, the production will continue to grow following the rising demand. The USA and Germany are the leaders in producing chocolate and cocoa products in the world.

Countries consume chocolate and cocoa products of own production. In 2007-2011, the import share of products in the global volume of sales amounted to 41.6% on the average.

Russia is the leader of the volume of sauce sales among the CIS countries. In 2007-2011, its share in the total sales of the CIS countries fluctuated between 67.8% and 69.5%.   

In 2007-2011, the biggest share in the sauce production stricture fell on mayonnaise sauce and sour cream in the CIS countries. In 2011, share of the production of mayonnaise sauce in the total production volume of sauces amounted to 49.3% in the CIS. Share of sour cream production reached 32.4%.

The CIS countries can provide themselves with sauces almost totally. In 2007-2011, the import share amounted to 10.3% on the average of the total sales volume.

Export of fiberboard of wet production forms the basis of Russian export. In 2011, share of fibreboard of wet production reached 51.4%. In 2011, share of fiberboard with treated surface did not exceed 28.3%; share of dry production fibreboard was 20.3%. Thus, share of fibreboard with special features amounted to not more than 0.1%. Uzbekistan was the main customer of Russian fibreboard in 2007-2011. The export share of Russian products into Uzbekistan went up from 29.8% in 2007 to 41.5% in 2011. More than 23.7 million cubic metres were exported into Uzbekistan in 2011. Kazakhstan and Tajikistan were also the biggest exporters of fiberdoard in 2011.  Thus, share of fibreboard to Kazakhstan reached 16.1% and share of Tajikistan amounted to 16.15 in 2011.

According to BusinesStat estimates, in 2012-2016, the export volume of fibreboard will decrease by 2.6% on the average annually because of the growing domestic demand. In 2016, the export volume of production supply from Russia will amount to 50 million square metres.

According to BusinesStat estimates, during the period from 2007 to 2011, demand for sugar beet went up almost by 52%: from 29 to 44 million tons. In 2009-2010, reduction of demand by 13% and 11% relatively was recorded.  The main reasons of demand reduction were decrease in sugar consumption by industries and flexible quotas on import of raw sugar.

In Russia, sugar beet is being sold out in the domestic market almost totally. Export of sugar beet consists of single transactions and its share in demand structure is insignificant. Russian beet-root material is more expensive than imported cane sugar. That is why its export is not profitable.

In 2007-2011, the factor that influenced the growth of output was a positive dynamics of demand for fat and oil production. Thus, in 2007-2011, sales of fat and oil production in the CIS countries advanced by 9.6%. Sales of fat and oil production decreased by 2.3% only in 2009, which was because of the fall of the volume of products, consumed by the population of the CIS countries.

Russia is net importer of gas cylinders, in other words, more gas cylinders are imported into the country than exported from it. In 2007-2011, the import of gas cylinders into Russia had lowing tendency. The maximum drop of import by 67.4% was recorded in 2009.  In 2011, the import of gas cylinders amounted to 520 thousand units; it turned to be by 75% less than the rate of 2007.