brief overview of the russian packaging market total taken together with unsubstituted imports constituted 4 5 bn in 2002 share machinery and equipment was 425 mln manufacturers 3 modern manufacturing materials products federation consists four basic segments metal glass plastic paper cardboard percentage ratio these is given table below material russia world 8 17 36 39 13 7 35 45 packages 1 tinplate 237 120 tons 94 029 them were exported import 53 083 volume amounted to 295 730 cans expected annual growth canning industry by 6 over next years will lead 10 only enterprise that produces for export magnitogorsky metallurgy plant this constitutes more