Meeting of wine-growers and wine makers

In correspondence it is a question of ARK which have taken place in Council of ministers meeting of the Crimean wine-growers and wine makers on which problems of branch were considered and ways of their decision are defined.
Participants of meeting decided to create association of wine-growers and wine makers, to achieve streamlining of a payment for the license and the excise duty, to establish control and not to pass on the market of falsifications, to create uniform management and to pursue uniform policy of branch.

In Council of ministers of AR Crimea the meeting of wine-growers and wine makers of our republic on which the main problems of branch were comprehensively considered took place and ways of their decision are defined.

The vice-chairman of Council of ministers of the Autonomous Republic Crimea Nikolay Kolisnichenko opened and conducted meeting, with the report the minister of an agrarian policy of ARK Pavel Akimov, made the supporting report – the director general of NPAO "Massandra" Nikolay Boyko.

Representatives of the Ministry of an agrarian policy of an autonomy, vinogradarsky farms, the wine-making enterprises took part in work of meeting, tax inspection, department on the excise duty, committee on protection of the rights of consumers, vinogradarsko-wine-making associations, Magarach institute.

The speaker and a sodokladchik in details considered a present condition of branch, both positive, and its negative sides.

Considerable reduction of the areas under grapes, aging of vineyards, their insufficient updating and, at last, severe weather conditions of last winter compelled processing enterprises of the Crimea to reduce production of wines sharply. Past year only 44 thousand tons of grapes, for example, were processed, for 35 % it is less, than in 2005. And now, as the speaker, the main problem of branch - an insufficient source of raw materials defined. And not only in a quantitative sense, but also in the qualitative.

What disturbs branch development? High interest rates for the credit, eating profit of the agricultural producer, insufficient financial support of development of wine growing and winemaking the state, an unreasonable payment for the license for production of wines, big (for 48 %) depreciation of fixed assets of production and a lack of funds for modernization and branch modernization.

As the minister noted, is weak in wine growing and winemaking there is an innovative process, not at the proper level marketing and advertizing.

The Magarach institute develops new technologies, the new development program of branch is installed, business plans are developed. If on it money suffice, it will be possible to carry out modernization, to let out competitive production. But to break through with it on the market, it is necessary to block the road to it to the forged wines, to achieve, that the market was transparent.

There is also one more obstacle – difficulties with receiving a tax stamp.

Now the Council of ministers of AR Crimea approved the plan of stabilization of branch in which increase in production for 10 % is planned for this year. To carry out it intend at the expense of rational use of one-percentage allocations for realized production.

Sodokladchik, in particular, told that it is necessary to improve system of the taxation, the excise duty, to order financing.

- To revive production of wines, Nikolay Boyko noticed, it is necessary to reform a public sector, to involve investors who would enclose money in production of these enterprises and their social sphere.

Made a speech at meeting on problems of wine growing and winemaking to create in the Crimea association of wine-growers and wine makers, to achieve streamlining of a payment for the license and the excise duty, to establish control and not to pass on the market a counterfeit, to create uniform management and to pursue uniform policy in branch.

Results of meeting were brought by the minister of an agrarian policy of AR Crimea Pavel Akimov.

Century PASHHENKO, literary editor.