MARKET STUDY GREENHOUSE SECTOR IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND KAZAKHSTAN REPUBLIC January 2020 1 Ltd. «Rusmarketconsulting» www.agricons.ru, [email protected] +7 (812) 712 50 14 CONTENT METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 5 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ............................................................................................................ 9 1 GREENHOUSE SECTOR SITUATION ........................................................................................ 9 1.1 RUSSIA IN THE WORLD ................................................................................................. 9 1.2 AREA AND STRUCTURE OF GREENHOUSES IN RUSSIA....................................... 10 1.3 MAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTS ...................................................................................... 13 1.4 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SECTORS ....................................................................... 14 1.4.1 PRODUCTION OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES ....................................................................... 14 1.4.2 PRODUCTION OF CUT FLOWERS ................................................................................................ 16 1.4.3 PRODUCTION OF SEEDLINGS AND POTTED PLANTS .............................................................. 21 1.5 PRODUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GROWN VEGETABLES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ........................................................................................................................... 24 1.5.1 DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GROWN VEGETABLES, STRUCTURE BY TYPES OF PRODUCERS ................................................................................................................................ 24 1.5.2 STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION BY CROPS (CUCUMBERS, TOMATOES, OTHERS) .............. 25 1.5.3 STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION BY REGIONS ............................................................................ 29 1.5.4 YIELD OF VEGETABLES ................................................................................................................ 31 1.6 FOREIGN TRADE DURING 2013-2018 ........................................................................ 33 1.6.1 IMPORT ............................................................................................................................................ 33 1.7 REGULATIONS RELATED TO PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM THE EEU .......... 37 1.8 MARKET CAPACITY AND CONSUMPTION ................................................................ 37 1.8.1 MARKET CAPACITY AND SHARE OF IMPORTS .......................................................................... 37 1.8.2 CONSUMPTION ............................................................................................................................... 38 1.9 THE LARGE RUSSIAN PRODUCERS OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES ............... 39 1.9.1 THE LARGE PRODUCERS ............................................................................................................. 39 1.9.2 THE STRUCTURE OF PRODUCERS BY THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION ............................... 39 1.9.3 THE LARGE GREENHOUSE HOLDINGS ...................................................................................... 40 1.9.4 THE LARGE INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES (NOT INCLUDED INTO THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS) .................................................................................... 46 1.10 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ........................................................................................... 48 1.11 PERSPECTIVES OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR. INVESTMENT PROJECTS .... 50 1.11.1 PERSPECTIVES OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR ..................................................................... 50 1.11.2 INVESTMENT PROJECTS .............................................................................................................. 52 1.12 THE FEATURES AND PROBLEMS OF GREENHOUSE SECTOR ............................ 55 1.12.1 THE FEATURES OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR ..................................................................... 55 1.12.2 THE PROBLEMS OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR .................................................................... 55 1.13 SWOT–ANALYSIS OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR IN RUSSIA ............................ 56 1.14 INTERMEDIATE CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................. 56 2 PRODUCT CATEGORIES .......................................................................................................... 58 2 Ltd. «Rusmarketconsulting» www.agricons.ru, [email protected] +7 (812) 712 50 14 2.1 INVESTMENT AND OPERATING COSTS FOR PROJECTS ...................................... 58 2.1.1 INVESTMENT COSTS ..................................................................................................................... 58 2.1.2 OPERATING EXPENSES ................................................................................................................ 60 2.2 PROPAGATION MATERIAL .......................................................................................... 62 2.3 GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................... 70 2.4 HEATING & POWER EQUIPMENT............................................................................... 80 2.5 CLIMATE CONTROL AND (LED) LIGHTING ............................................................... 84 2.6 INPUT FOR CROP GROWING ..................................................................................... 92 2.7 GREENHOUSE MATERIAL......................................................................................... 100 2.8 AUTOMATIZATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ....................................................... 105 2.9 CROP PROTECTION .................................................................................................. 107 2.10 AFTER HARVEST LINES ............................................................................................ 113 2.11 LOGISTICS OF PLANT PRODUCTS .......................................................................... 120 2.12 CONSULTANCY .......................................................................................................... 123 2.13 INTERMEDIATE CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................... 128 3 GUIDE TO MARKET ENTRY ................................................................................................... 134 THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ............................................................................................... 138 4 GREENHOUSE SECTOR SITUATION .................................................................................... 138 4.1 THE AREA OF GREENHOUSE FOR GROWING OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES138 4.2 GROSS PRODUCTION OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES..................................... 140 4.3 IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES .................................... 142 4.3.1 IMPORT .......................................................................................................................................... 142 4.3.2 EXPORT ......................................................................................................................................... 142 4.4 MARKET VOLUME AND CONSUMPTION ................................................................. 143 4.4.1 MARKET VOLUME AND IMPORT SHARE ................................................................................... 143 4.4.2 CONSUMPTION ............................................................................................................................. 143 4.5 GROWING AREA AND GROSS COLLECTION OF PROTECTED GROUND CUT FLOWERS 146 4.6 CUT FLOWERS FOREIGN TRADE ............................................................................ 147 4.6.1 IMPORT .......................................................................................................................................... 147 4.6.2 EXPORT ......................................................................................................................................... 148 4.7 CUT FLOWERS MARKET VOLUME .......................................................................... 148 4.8 THE LARGE PRODUCERS ......................................................................................... 149 4.8.1 THE LARGE PRODUCERS OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES ................................................. 149 4.8.2 BIG FLOWER PRODUCERS ......................................................................................................... 152 4.9 STATE SUPPORT ....................................................................................................... 154 4.10 PERSPECTIVES OF GREENHOUSE SECTOR ........................................................ 155 4.11 INVESTMENT PROJECTS .......................................................................................... 157 3 Ltd. «Rusmarketconsulting» www.agricons.ru, [email protected] +7 (812) 712 50 14 4.12 SPECIFIC FEATURES AND PROBLEMS OF THE INDUSTRY ................................. 159 4.12.1 SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE INDUSTRY ................................................................................. 159 4.12.2 CHALLENGES IN THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR ........................................................................ 161 4.13 SWOT–ANALYSIS OF THE GREENHOUSE SECTOR ............................................. 161 4.14 INTERMEDIATE