Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 3 (7) September - November 2006
3 (7) September - November 2006
"TO GIVE UNHAMPERED ACCESS": Rail transport importance for foreign trade between Russia and China cannot be overestimated. Recently about 80% of aggregate turnover was transported by railways. Vadim Morozov, First Vice-President of OAO RZD, comments on this cooperation perspectives.FERROUS METALLURGY: DEPENDENCE ON WORLD SITUATION OR STRONG COMPETITION?: Since the beginning of 2005 most part of Russian metallurgical enterprises slowed down and reduced volumes of metal produce, which can be explained by worsening of the market situation in the world. However, nowadays the situation is changing for the better: Russian metal is again popular abroad, as well as inside the country.
FROM FRONT AND BAND: Last year can be characterized by the emergence of many companies announcing their plans to open their own logistic container terminals. Among them are the Far Eastern Transport Group, ZAO Eurosib, OOO Containerships East, OOO National Container Company etc.
A New Leader
RUSSIA AND CHINA: PARTNERS OR COMPETITORS
Russia and China are not only neighbours: the countries closely cooperate in commercial sphere; they even had similar political and economic systems until the dissolution of the USSR. Nowadays, the Russian economy is moving towards the market type, while the Chinese policy is based on the social market economy and the idea of a "complex state power", which, as the official Beijing claims, unites an open economy and a high level of production potential with available mechanisms of administrative-command regulation. Nowadays, Russia and China are not only partners, but also competitors on the world market.