The Market of Ethyl Alcohols and Vodkas in Russia (III quarter of 2004)
In the third quarter of 2006, Consulting Agency Market Advice Ltd. carried out a research study of the Russian market of ethyl alcohols and vodkas in order to determine aspects of the market, including questions of supply to consumers, aspects of economic and political influence on development of situation in the Russian market of vodka products. Thus, an expert survey of commercial managers, main technologists, experts of laboratories, chiefs of purchase departments, experts of economical departments and accounts departments of 50 leading manufacturers of alcoholic beverage industry was performed.
The following data were obtained:
- Lists of the vodka products made, with shares
- Additives used in vodkas
- Basic kinds of the ethyl alcohols used, with shares
- Main ways of purification of vodkas
- Quality characteristics of spirits, by manufacturers
- Volumes of production of vodka in 2003 and volumes of consumption of spirits for the same period
- Shares of different categories of vodkas
- Trends of development of the market of vodkas in 2004, by categories
- Attitudes to the uniform rate of vodka excise for all spirits
- Attitudes to the foreign competitors making vodka, in particular Ukrainian manufacturers
- Protective measures for import of vodka
- Main Russian competitors
- Lists of the vodkas made, including those of 2003 and 2004
- Constant vs. inconstant suppliers of spirits, initiatives for change of a supplier
- Conditions of deliveries of spirits to the surveyed enterprises, intention to change a supplier
- Optimum price of the consumed spirit
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