There are reserves of dolomite, clay and gypsum (including the largest in the republic, the Kamsko-Ustinskoye deposit) on the territory of the district.

Before the formation of the reservoir, the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers lay within the boundaries of the district.

The silver color and the mountainous river bank indicate the natural and geographical features of the district.

[9][10][11] The regional center of the district was founded as a fishing village in the 17th century on the right bank of the Volga river.

[14][15] Starting on October 31, 2005, Zufar Galimullovich Garafiev occupied the position of the head of the Kamsko-Ustyinsky municipal district.

[20] The largest regional industrial enterprises are the companies "Kamsko-Ustyinsky gypsum mine" (the main supplier of gypsum stone in the Republic of Tatarstan), “Fonika Gips” (mining, processing and production of construction materials, production of dry building mixtures, and others), "Repair base of the fleet named after Kuibyshev" (repair, maintenance and re-equipment of ships).

44.9 thousand hectares of this land was occupied by the "Ak Bars" division of the holding agricultural production “Kamsko-Ustyinskoe” and livestock farming "Idel".

The companies “Krasny Vostok” (“Bolshie Klyari” and agricultural production named after Lenin) work in the same areas of the district.

The agricultural companies “Kamskaya”, “Burtasy”, “Bolshiye Klyari” and “Novoagrotek” were registered in the district in 2020.

[23] According to the Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on Socio-Economic Monitoring, investment in the fixed assets of the Kamsko-Ustyinsky district amounted to 448.5 million rubles in the first half of 2020.

[30] According to the report of the Federal State Statistics Service of the republic, almost 235 million rubles of investment was attracted to the Kamsko-Ustyinsky district in 2019 (with the exception of budgetary funds and income from small businesses).

[32] The Russian government approved the construction of the “Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod-Kazan” highway, which will become part of the Europe-Western China international road in 2018.

On the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, the route will pass through the Kaybitsky, Apastovsky, Verkhneuslonsky, Kamsko-Ustyinsky, Laishevsky and Pestrechinsky districts.

[21][8] The regional newspaper “Volzhskie Zori” (“Idel Tanary”) has been published in the Russian and Tatar languages since 1932.

Earlier the newspaper published under the title "Vperyod" ("Alga"), from 1938 to 2000 - “Red Banner” (“Kyzyl Bayrak”).