At the conference held in St. Petersburg “Wire-Fixtures 2017” Boris Yarantsev, General Director of the Prommetiz Association, spoke about the results of the Russian hardware industry in 2017 and plans for 2018. In 2017, the production of hardware increased compared to 2016 - 2,280 thousand tons versus 2,230 thousand tons. However, it was lower than in 2014 (2,556 thousand tons) and 2007 (2,832 thousand tons)
According to Boris Yarantsev, in the near future, at least several years, we cannot expect an increase in demand for hardware - construction and industrial production are now going through hard times.
Imports of hardware to the Russian Federation also increased. In 2017, this is about 350 thousand tons, of which 220 thousand tons are supplies from the Middle Kingdom. There has been an increase in domestic demand for high-quality hardware. Russian manufacturers of hardware produce these in very limited quantities. Also, consumers are in demand for small-scale wholesale supplies of hardware, which is impractical for large manufacturers.
Segmentation of imported hardware products looks like this:
- fasteners - 57%
- welding electrodes - 22%
- metal mesh - 20%
To protect domestic manufacturers of hardware and qualitative development of the market, Boris Yarantsev pointed out the need to carry out the following measures:
- prevention of imports that do not meet the declared quality
- formation at the federal level of a research center for hardware, which will carry out technical regulation, develop and implement advanced hardware technologies
- reducing the tax burden for manufacturers of advanced, high-margin hardware products.
