According to the Russian Federal Ministry for Economic Development forecasts, the industrial and agricultural output will keep growing in the majority of Russian regions due to stable positive trends in their economy as of the first half of 2001.
The industrial territorial structure did not see any changes. Over 60% of the total industrial output is made by 3 federal districts Privolzhsky, Tsentralny (Central), Uralsky (Ural). Over 50% of the total industrial output is made by 11 oblasts: Tumen, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Samara and Perm, the Kray of Krasnoyarsk, Tatarstan, Bashkorstan, Moscow and St Petersburg.
In accordance with Ministry for Economic Development estimates, total capital investment in the first half of 2001 was registered in all federal districts apart from Tsentralny. It is outperformed only by Dalnevostochny and Privolzhsky federal districts (148% and 130% of total capital investment s respectively).
According to the Russian Federal Ministry of Taxes and Excise, tax revenues to the Russian Federal budget increased in all regions. Three fourth of the total tax revenues to the federal budget were made by Tsentral, Privolzhsky and Uralsky federal districts.
According to the rating developed by the Samara State Statistics Committee to measure the performance of regions comprised in the Privolzhsky federal district in first half 2001 rating, Samara Oblast ranks 4th in a set of all parameters.
Samara Oblast takes the first position in financial and investment sector parameters.
