Economic Infrastructure

GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT STRUCTURE
Industry - about 25,8%; agriculture, hunt and forestry - 9,8%; construction - 4,9%; transport and telecommunications - 12,5%; both wholesale and retail trade,repair of vehicles, domestic appliances and personal items - 13,6%; other activities - 33,4%.

INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
The manufacturing industry consists of about 4600 enterprises, 1613 of them are large and medium-sized.

Their competitive products include: fluoroplasts, fertilizers, synthetic ammonia, tyres, saw timber, fiberboards and chipboards, plywood, electric cables, leather goods, wooden furniture, railway machinery, both ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy produce, special-purpose products, biotech products (ethyl alcohol for industrial use, fodder yeast, furfural, enzymes; protein, vitamin and amino-acid additives for livestock farming, antibiotics, preparations for plant. protection, anti-cancer and cardiovascular medicines).