Groisman announced the rebirth of Ukrainian tractor industry
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Groisman announced the rebirth of Ukrainian tractor industry
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At the Kharkov tractor plant was enthusiastic the intentions of the authorities.
The Prime Minister recognized that agricultural machinery in the country is in the state of profound crisis.
About this Volodymyr Groysman said on 2 December in Kyiv, during his speech at the Second international business conference “free trade Area: opportunities and challenges for Ukraine and partners.”
“Fine-tuned “to handle”, which in the end, the Ukrainian tractor does not exist”, – said the Prime Minister. Industry experts believe that this conclusion is a policy that has pushed the situation at PJSC “Kharkov tractor plant” – the largest domestic manufacturer of agricultural equipment, once provided the appropriate products to the needs of agro-industrial complex of the Soviet Union. Now, starting in March 2016, the plant is idle because of undue pressure exerted by different structures. The new investor, who took responsibility for the revival of the legendary enterprises expressed interest in the modernization of Khartsyzsk pipe, but blocking third parties operation of the plant make it impossible to resume production. In addition, there is the danger of losing a unique human resource – despite the fact that the new owner from its own funds had paid all accumulated before his arrival, the arrears of wages, valuable employees begin to retire.
Policy at the highest level have repeatedly expressed their support for the KTP. About the need for authorities to intervene in various periods of said interior Minister Arsen Avakov, Secretary of the National investment Council Borys Lozhkin, representatives of regional authorities and others About the state of Affairs in the industry, the investor said during personal meetings with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, as well as its predecessor, Geoffrey Pyatt.
Evidence of support at the highest level, experts heard, and in a statement today, Volodymyr Groysman. “I think next year will be high-quality competitive tractor that can use tens of thousands of units in agricultural activities. This will mean that engineering starts the renewal. We add value, we create new jobs,” – said the Prime Minister.
Overall, this position coincides to the previously announced Volodymyr Groisman theses about the importance of agricultural engineering to national economy. “We have great need of Ukrainian tractors. Tens of thousands of units we need today in the fields of Ukraine, but we are not yet able to produce them, although the power we have,” – said the Prime Minister in September this year.