VSMPO-AVISMA's sales, in line with its key aerospace market, will remain under pressure for the years to come. With
75% of its revenue coming from sales to the aerospace industry, primarily aircraft and jet engines manufacturers,
VSMPO-AVISMA's sales will remain under pressure in the coming years as the aerospace industry slowly recovers
from severe decline in air travel globally, which led to collapse of demand for both aircraft and spare parts for them.
The group's sales will decline by a further 10% in 2021, after a 28% decline in 2020, as we expect aerospace demand to
remain depressed, despite some pick up in plane deliveries by key aircraft manufacturers. In our base case, volumes
will start to increase by up to 10% in 2022 and another 5% in 2023, but at a slower pace than the rebound in aircraft
deliveries because there is a large stock of both planes (particularly at Boeing, due to its high 737 MAX inventory) and
titanium at the manufacturers. We expect deliveries for narrow-body planes, which have significantly lower titanium
content, to rebound first with the rebound of deliveries for wide-body planes taking much longer. We also note that
most of the decline in VSMPO-AVISMA's sales is from export markets, while its domestic sales in Russia generally
remain stable.