Chemical Industry
Go to sectionThe Republic of Tatarstan is an ultimate competence centre in the field of chemicals production and plastics processing. It is a home for major Russian manufacturers of chemicals and hosts over 100 large and medium-sized businesses that are processing plastics. The amount of products shipped by chemical and petrochemical enterprises of Tatarstan totalled RUB 429.9 billion by the end of 2019.
14.9 %
Contribution to the industrial output of Tatarstan
10 %
Contribution to the Russia’s industrial output
429.89 billion RUB
Products shipped in 2019
Produced in 2019
112 400
tonnesCarbon black
678 700
tonnesSynthetic rubbers
1 719 800
tonnesplastics
952 000
tonnespolyethylene
212 000
tonnesPolypropylene
461 700
tonnesfertilisers
of basic polymers have been processed
514 600
tonnesNIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Nizhnekamskneftekhim is one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in Eastern Europe that holds leading positions among domestic makers of synthetic rubbers, plastics, and ethylene. It is part of the TAIF Group. The company was founded in 1967; its main production facilities are located in Nizhnekamsk (Republic of Tatarstan).
> 120
Types of products: polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, including linear polyethylene, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, alpha-olefins, and surfactants.
> 50 countries
The company's products are exported to more than 50 countries in Europe, America and Southeast Asia. The export share in the total production is about 50%.
> 2.5 million tonnes
Product output in 2019.

Core products are
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synthetic rubbers for general and special purposes
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plastics: polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, and ABS plastic
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monomers as feedstock for the production of rubbers and plastics
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other organic petrochemicals (ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, alpha-olefins, surfactants, etc.)
KAZANORGSINTEZ
Kazanorgsintez is the largest domestic producer of polymers and copolymers of ethylene, polycarbonate, polyethylene pipes, bisphenol, phenol, acetone, ethylene glycols, ethanolamines, and other products of organic synthesis, more than 170 products in total.
Company Today
170
types of productsof polymers
1.0
million tonnesof marketable products per year
16
%