Metal-roll of stainless steel is widely used in various industries of national economy. Data on domestic and European structure of stainless rolled products presented, as well as volume of Russian market of stainless steel products. In 2019 the volume of Russian market of stainless steel products accounted for 427.5 thousand tons comparing with 441.1 thousand tons in 2018. Its high dependence on import was noted. From 2014 to 2018 it varied in the range of 65.1–79%, and in 2019 it accounted for 76.6%. In 2019 the volume of Russian import of stainless steel rolled products accounted for 253 thousand tons. Within 2014–2019 import of stainless steel rolled products increase in natural terms by 58%, in cost terms – by 38%. The volume of Russian export was not large and in 2019 accounted for 13.3 thousand tons. Within 2014–2019 export of rolled stainless steel products from Russia increase in natural terms by 42%, in cost terms – by 21%. Production of stainless steel rolled products in Russia in 2014–2019 was varying in the range of 106 thousand tons (2017) to 155 thousand tons (2016). In 2019 130.4 thousand tons were produced, which exceeded level of 2018 by 7.1%. At present there are two projects for modernization and construction of new facility at Chelyabinsk metallurgical plant and metallurgical plant “Elektrostal”. Realization of the projects will enable to increase production of flat stainless steel rolled products (including cold-rolled one) by 200 and 250 thousand tons correspondently. A forecast of Russian market of stainless steel presented, according to which to 2030 its volume will increase to 1.14 mil tons, that is 2.7-fold large comparing with 2019.
The article describes state of the Russian market of medical instruments and equipment, the volume of production, import and export of medical instruments based on metals, and assesses the import dependence on various market segments. The comparative analysis of domestic alloys and materials produced by foreign companies has shown that Russia has developed unique alloys and steels that have no analogues abroad, with improved indicators of corrosion resistance, wear resistance, static and cyclic strength. However, metallurgical products supplied to the medical industry do not always meet the quality requirements, and medical industry enterprises use imported types of metallic products. It should be noted that for medical purposes, lowtonnage production batches are required, which are associated with increased costs. The situation is aggravated by the fact that some of the enterprises that produced low-tonnage batches of special steels and alloys were completely liquidated. In this regard, it is necessary to create a specialized manufacture of such materials. Results of the analysis of the Russian market of special metals and alloys used for medical needs are presented, and ways to solve the problem of import substitution in this market are suggested.
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