«Expert» business magazine in its issue #36 of September 27, 1999 published annual rating of the biggest Russian comapanies. It was prepared by «Expert - RA» rating agency on the basis of financial reports provided by the enterprises. Two main parameters were mostly taken into account for the preparation of the rating tables, namely the volume of product sales in 1998 and market value (capitalization) of a company. The reliability of the rating was confirmed by «PriceWaterhouseCoopers» auditors.

According to this rating JSC «Nizhnekamskneftekhim» was rated the 24th by sales volume among 200 biggest companies. By capitalization JSC «Nizhnekamskneftekhim» was rated the 11th, market value of the company was evaluated in the amount of 11.6 billion rubles as of September 1, 1999. It means that market evaluation of company's shares came close to their actual value. In the rating table Nizhnekamskneftekhim occupies the 18th place among top 30 companies the most highly evaluated by the investors.