The strategic directions of development of domestic engineering industry for agrarian and industrial complex

In a note it is told about technical and technological re-equipment of APP. Funds for these purposes are defined in the State budget of Ukraine by separate line. The main strategic directions of development of domestic agricultural mechanical engineering are given.

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           Defining factor of technical and technological re-equipment of agroindustrial production at the present stage of transition to the market relations is updating and development of material and resource capacity of agricultural enterprises.

Considerable reduction of quantitative structure of equipment and decrease in level of its technical readiness led to increase several times loads of volumes of technological works of tractors, combine harvesters and other agricultural cars.

Such condition with providing agricultural industry with equipment is one of the main factors which lead in recent years to considerable yield losses which by calculations of scientists-landowners makes over 5 million t a year.

In these conditions specification and a specification of the main priorities in implementation of the strategic directions of public policy of development of branch of mechanical engineering for agrarian and industrial complex which totals over 130 industrial enterprises is necessary, including 24 on equipment manufacturing for food and processing industry, there are a lot of design organizations, educational institutions, etc.

The specialized enterprises of branch which are a part of State department of tractor and agricultural mechanical engineering, since 1997 increased volume of production and realization to farms of agrarian and industrial complex of equipment, the equipment and spare parts in 2,5 times and in 2005 total amounts of products at the mentioned enterprises reached more than 2,3 billion UAH.

However potential domestic market of equipment and the equipment for agrarian and industrial complex, according to Minagropolitika, makes 8-10 billion UAH.

As development of domestic engineering industry for agrarian and industrial complex together with its components is defined in the Law of Ukraine are the priority directions of development of national economy. It is provided that expenses of the State budget of Ukraine on these purposes annually for 2003-2010 will be defined by separate line and should make to one percent from its general expenses, i.e. the UAH now there is not less than 1 billion. These means should be directed on:

– creation and preparation of a mass production of new equipment and the equipment it agrees with the programs approved by the Government;

– technical re-equipment of the industrial enterprises of agricultural mechanical engineering;

– formation and development of the market of equipment, equipment and improvement of its infrastructure.

Minagropolitika’s first strategic activity in the mechanical engineering sphere for agrarian and industrial complex is creation and production of highly technological and competitive equipment, first of all:

– universal propashnyx and universal power saturated tractors;

– combine harvesters, including rotor type;

– diesel engines for difficult page – x. technicians, including domestic limited engines;

– integrated complexes of modular construction for simultaneous performance of several main operations intended for an agregatirovaniye with new models universal propashnyx, small-sized and universal power saturated tractors;

– technological complexes of cars and the equipment for farms of agrarian and industrial complex and the enterprises food and processing industry.

For the solution of these questions, except means from the State budget, it is necessary to provide attraction of investments that will allow to intensify production of new samples of competitive equipment on innovative bases.

Special attention improvement of quality of made production, in particular demands reliability of tractors, combines, agricultural cars. It is necessary to make use of experience of foreign agricultural mechanicians more widely.

The production base of a considerable part of the industrial enterprises of agricultural mechanical engineering and first of all on production of tractors and combines has the out-of-date equipment, and existing capacities of the enterprises the long period in the absence of current assets and sharp slump in demand on equipment are loaded no more than on one third, and separate plants – for 10-15 %.

Other strategic priority at the present stage of development of mechanical engineering for agrarian and industrial complex is technical and technological re-equipment, deep reconstruction and increase of a technological level of the machine building plants, directed on development of new types of competitive equipment which would correspond to the international standards.

The third strategic priority of development of mechanical engineering for agrarian and industrial complex is formation of the high-grade market of equipment and services by creation of a network of the trading and technical centers, the dealer enterprises, rolling points, firm shops on realization of means and spare parts to them.

The market of resources should be supplemented with service structures which carry out before – and after-sale technical equipment service.

Well-known that important function of the market of equipment and the equipment are the prices which are formed under the influence of supply and demand. The analysis testifies that import means are several times more expensive, than domestic analogs. It is necessary to note that foreign pages – x. cars in the majority differ the first-rate quality and efficiency.

The law of Ukraine About stimulation of development of domestic engineering industry for agrarian and industrial complex provided implementation at the expense of budgetary funds partial (to 70 %) compensations of discount rate of National bank of Ukraine for the credits of banks which are provided to machine-building enterprises, and also partial (to 40 %) compensation by the state of cost of equipment and the equipment, goes to agricultural producers and the enterprises food and processing industry.

Now the mechanical engineering enterprises for agrarian and industrial complex whenever possible productions of equipment exceed financial possibilities of agricultural producers on its acquisition.

Thus, the main task of development of the market at this stage is filling by its financial resources. Realization of this task becomes the reliable basis for further stable technical re-equipment of agrarian and industrial complex of Ukraine and development of domestic enterprises of mechanical engineering for agrarian and industrial complex which serve it.

(On magazine materials Equipment of agrarian and industrial complex).