This is article to dedicate to statistics of leasing in Russian Federation. Now finance leasing becomes an important element of the investment activities of many manufacturers aimed at commercial success becauseincreased demand of enterprises of various branches economy for renewal of the main production facilities, and the understanding that finance leasing is one of the most effective approaches to the implementation of investment projects.

The results of the regular Eighth annual analysis undertaken by author’s the most important trends in leasing market and made it possible to determine leasing capacity in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), investment in fixed productive assets, investment in regions, of some branches (Machine сonstruction and metal working, Power generating, Communications, Agriculture, Railway rolling stock, Сonstruction, Food industry, Wood industry, Chemical). The point is that leasing – is one of the compound and effective finance instrument, which used of investment activity.  

The calculations show that in 2005 the level of competition on the Russian market of leasing services increased and the leasing market concentration indices decreased. The development of competition manifests itself in the offers by leasing companies of more favourable terms to their clients as regards the price, the duration of contracts, the schedule for the repayment of the debt, the amount of down payment; in the development of new leasing products, services and various options.

Author to worked up strategy for objective statistics of leasing and capacity leasing in investment, based on the investment cost lessees, but not investment cost lessors, as now to have prepared Rosstat.