MSP Issue 24

Regional News
Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Creates a
Catalogue of Manufacturers of Machines and Equipment
for the Food and Processing Industry
Alexander Morozov, Deputy Minister of Industry
and Trade of the Russian Federation, took part
in the Round Table meeting “On the progress
of the Strategy of Russian food and processing
industry development for the period until 2020”
held on February 10th at the Federation Council.
The executives of Russian Ministry
of Agriculture, representatives
of the regulatory bodies of the
agroindustrial complex of the federal
subjects of the Russian Federation,
manufacturers and users of food
and processing industry equipment
also participated in the meeting.
Alexander Morozov said that
according to the results of the
previous year, the market of the food
and processing industry mechanical
engineering showed a positive
momentum. According to him, the
Ministry of Industry and Trade of
Russia intends to reach the target
values of the food and processing
mechanical engineering development
by 2025, using measures of
government support.
“We aim at reaching more than
50% of the Russian equipment
volume in the domestic market,
which is 4 times more than we have
now”, Alexander Morozov said.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade
of Russia has already drawn up
a draft decree of the Government
of the Russian Federation on
supporting the manufacturers. The
President of the Russian Federation
has supported this proposal, and
1 bln roubles will be granted for
subsidies this year (manufacturers
will be granted a subsidy of 15% of
the equipment price, provided that
they will sell the equipment to the
buyers at a discount).
Furthermore, currently, Russian
manufacturers can use such
support measures as subsidization
of expenses for R&D (Regulation
of the Government of the Russian
Federation No. 1312), subsidization
of the interest rate payment for
implementation of new complex
investment projects (Regulation
of the Government of the Russian
Federation No. 3), provision of credits
in roubles with 5% per annum by
the Industry Development Fund,
support of the export activity of the
companies.
The list of machines and equipment
for the food and processing industry
manufactured by companies is very
extensive and diversified, as is the
range of foods for the production of
which they are used (the food and
processing industry includes more
than 30 different sectors). This list
includes not only standard, but also
customized equipment (from small
machines to full food production
lines). Currently, the Ministry of
Industry and Trade of Russia is
working on creating a catalogue
of manufacturers of machines
and equipment for the food and
processing industry according to
the different sectors.
Â
Source: www.eqinfo.ru
30 | MSP Magazine • February/March 2017