The Central Economic Region accounted for almost 32 per cent of the Russia's GRP in 2008. The region specializes in
machine building,
chemical and
textile industries. Long-fibered
flax,
potatoes, and
vegetables are the most typical of the region's
agriculture.
Cattle breeding for
milking is also common. The machine building industry is mostly science-intensive. Instrument-making, radio, electrotechnic, and electronic production prevail. Companies manufacturing metal-working machines and instruments,
steam boilers,
turbines, current generators, and electric motors are concentrated in this region. Cities of
Bryansk, Moscow, and
Serpukhov are the centers of car-building industry. Trains and train cars are manufactured in
Kolomna,
Lyudinovo, and
Murom.
Rybinsk is a
shipbuilding center of the region. Tractors and other agricultural machinery are produced in
Bezhetsk,
Lyubertsy,
Ryazan,
Tula, and
Vladimir. Chemical industry includes the production of synthetic
plastics (in Moscow,
Novomoskovsk,
Orekhovo-Zuyevo,
Vladimir), chemical
fibers (in
Klin, Ryazan, Tver), rubber resin and
tires (in Moscow,
Yaroslavl,
Yefremov), and fertilizers (in
Dorgobuzh, Novomoskovsk,
Polpino,
Shchyokino,
Voskresensk). Textile industry is the traditional industry of the region. Most of the production is concentrated in Ivanovo, Kostroma, and Moscow Oblasts, manufacturing a wide variety of fabrics. While the region imports most of the raw metals,
metallurgy is still somewhat developed. There are metallurgical plants in
Elektrostal, Moscow, and in Tula Oblast.
Electric power is generated by
fossil fuels and
nuclear power plants. Fossil fuel (
oil,
natural gas, coal) are mostly imported from other regions of Russia (mostly from
Komi Republic,
Povolzhye, and
West Siberia). Other developed industries include manufacturing of
footwear,
pottery (including
porcelain),
glass,
cement, construction materials, as well as
food and
wood processing industries. Region's
temperate zone climate allows for growing of a great variety of
crops. As the
soils are mostly of
podsolic and grey forest types,
melioration and
fertilizing are often employed to improve the crop yields. ==Natural resources==