The rules for the provision of subsidies of sugar and sunflower oil producers, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, will completely change the current market work schemes. Details of the transition to the planned production of these products in Russia became known to publish the VTIMES.
The final text of the document, which the government must approve from April 1 to September 30, confirmed two participants of the meetings on this issue in the ministry. The key in the proposed scheme are two conditions.
The first states that money from the state will receive only manufacturers plants, which means that it is with them that it will have to make contracts to sellers (retail networks and carnet shops). Prices are fixed at 36 rubles per kilogram of sugar and 95 rubles per liter of bottled sunflower oil.
In the case of sugar, the size of the package is not important, and for oil the plant must be directly directly by the manufacturer of refined bottled oil. The market participants with whom the publication talked to indicate a lot of problems.
Sahara manufacturers, as a rule, ship it in industrial packaging 50 kilograms, and retail chains – in packs no more than five kilograms. Since December, the scheme has worked in this way: traders and suppliers bought a product in the factory package for 36 rubles, and the networks took their ready-made product for 39-40 rubles.
The idea of the Ministry of Agriculture breaks this scheme, and the department wants the sellers themselves buy sugar themselves, then resell it with packs, and then redeemed it back. As a result, the number of contracts will increase several times, and possibly the scheme will require another regulation. After all, there is no single price packing and packaging.
Some plants want to separately sell packaging services, but in this case the result may be more expensive than the usual scheme. In the Ministry of Industry, the problems do not see, indicating that regional networks and so work according to direct contracts.
Nevertheless, the representative of the largest network “Commander” network Dmitry Bolotov said that the manufacturers of sugar stopped its supply at a fixed price since the end of March. According to him, they talk about the shortage of products and are waiting for government solutions.
Butter the situation is calmer, but more difficult to consumers. Due to the decision on freezing prices, the plants changed the structure of the supply and almost stopped producing the cheapest product. Instead of oil under the brand of retail chains, they offer to buy branded products. As a result, the buyer sees only oil at the store not lower than the minimum price, which creates a feeling of sharp rise in prices, although formally all requirements are executed.
Earlier, Rosstat estimated that in February 2021, food prices in Russia rose five times faster than in Europe – 1.5 percent compared with January versus 0.3 percent. If you take January-February, prices in Russia grew 2.5 times faster than in EU countries.