Editing Tatarstan (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Вид на улицу Баумана.JPG|thumb|[[Bauman Street, Kazan|Bauman street]] in Kazan]]
[[File:Kazan view from Riviera Hotel 08-2016 img1.jpg|thumb|A neighbourhood in Kazan]]
Tatarstan is one of the most economically developed regions of Russia. The republic is highly industrialised and ranks second to [[Samara Oblast]] in terms of industrial production per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="encarta" />

In 2021, Tatarstan's [[gross regional product]] was €40 billion, while GRP per capita was €10,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/VRP_s_1998.xlsx|title = Валовой региональный продукт}}</ref>

The region's main source of wealth is [[oil]]. Tatarstan produces 32 million tonnes of crude oil per year and has estimated oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons.<ref name="tatar.ru" /><ref name="economy" /> Industrial production constitutes 45% of the Republic's [[Gross domestic product|gross regional domestic product]]. The most developed manufacturing industries are [[petrochemical industry]] and machine building. The truck-maker [[KamAZ]] is the region's largest enterprise and employs about one-fifth of Tatarstan's workforce.<ref name="economy" /> [[Kazanorgsintez]], based in Kazan, is one of Russia's largest chemical companies.<ref name="0f6f5" /> Tatarstan's aviation industry produces [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tu-214]] passenger airplanes and helicopters.<ref name="tatar.ru" /> The [[Kazan Helicopter Plant]] is one of the largest helicopter manufacturers in the world.<ref name="nSqrh" /> Engineering, textiles, clothing, [[wood processing]], and food industries are also of key significance in Tatarstan.<ref name="encarta" />

[[File:Hydroelectric power station in Naberezhnye Chelny.JPG|thumb|Hydroelectric power station in Naberezhnye Chelny]]

Tatarstan consists of three distinct industrial regions. The northwestern part is an old industrial region where engineering, chemical, and light industry dominate. In the newly industrial northeast region with its core in the [[Naberezhnye Chelny]]–[[Nizhnekamsk]] [[urban agglomeration|agglomeration]], major industries are automobile construction, the chemical industry, and power engineering. The southeast region has oil production with engineering under development. The north, central, south, and southwest parts of the republic are rural regions.<ref name="g8Xie" /> The republic has huge water resources—the annual flow of rivers of the Republic exceeds {{Convert|240|e9m3||abbr=unit}}. Soils are widely diverse, with fertile soils covering approximately one-third of the territory that contribute to successful agricultural production. The main agricultural exports from Tatarstan are wheat, barley, and peas.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Asadullin |first1=Nail |last2=Avkhadiev |first2=Fayaz |last3=Gainutdinov |first3=Ilgizar |last4=Mikhailova |first4=Liliya |date=2020 |title=Development of the agricultural sector in the Republic of Tatarstan |url=https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/full_html/2020/11/bioconf_fies-20_00117/bioconf_fies-20_00117.html#:~:text=Agriculture%20is%20an%20important%20element,is%20presented%20in%20Table%201. |journal=BIO Web of Conferences |language=en |volume=27 |pages=00117 |doi=10.1051/bioconf/20202700117 |issn=2117-4458|doi-access=free }}</ref> Due to the high development of agriculture in Tatarstan (it contributes 5.1% of the total revenue of the republic), forests occupy only 16% of its territory. The agricultural sector of the economy is represented mostly by large companies as [[Ak Bars Holding]] and "Krasnyi Vostok Agro".

The republic has a highly developed transport network. It mainly comprises highways, [[railway]] lines, four [[navigable river]]s&nbsp;— Volga (İdel), Kama (Çulman), Vyatka (Noqrat) and Belaya (Ağidel), and oil pipelines and airlines. The territory of Tatarstan is crossed by the main gas pipelines carrying natural gas from [[Urengoy]] and [[Yamburg]] to the west and the major oil pipelines supplying oil to various cities in the European part of Russia.