Экономические науки / Макроэкономика

 

Kolomiets M.I.,

National University "Lviv Polytechnic", Ukraine

 

Areas of development of internal market of building materials

 

Today in the construction industry in Ukraine lasts stage deal with the consequences caused by the financial crisis with its usual decrease current demand, high interest rates of mortgage loans, the recession in the construction industry. Reducing the volume of construction in the country duly impressed building materials, products and structures, which is a basic industry that provides construction activities.

At the same time, today in Ukraine there is steady increase in construction of new plants using the latest technology and reconstruction of existing production facilities. In recent years, commissioned new facilities for the production of modern building materials, including: Heat products, ceramic bricks (including the face), aerated concrete, dry cement and so on. But still dependent on imports of certain types of building materials, namely, window glass, sanitary ware, roofing tiles, fibrous plate heater etc..

Must overcome raw material export dependence. According to some experts Ukraine has almost 40% of world reserves of white clay and kaolin [1]. However, Ukraine exports to CIS countries high quality clay, but instead imports expensive, and not always the best quality sanitary ware and tiles.

The current market prices of materials is not a guarantee of quality and performance products. Many domestic enterprises and today runs on electricity and trudozatratnyh technologies. Deep processing of non-metallic materials has limited distribution because of the lack of domestic equipment and unavailability of import value.

The above causes the need to create conditions for the growth of innovative building materials, products and designs. While in developed countries the share of innovation active enterprises reaches 70%, in Ukraine it does not exceed 25%.

The main causes of problems in the field of building materials, products and structures are:

- Structural imbalances and commodity-export orientation of domestic construction materials;

- The lack of an established system for monitoring exports and imports of construction materials and monitoring resource fields for the production of building materials;

- Complicated procedure of allotment of land for career and non-metallic minerals permits for their use, the low level of technical equipment of mining;

- Low competitiveness of domestic construction materials, materials, energy and labor intensity, lack of implementation of new technologies;

- Neadaptovanist domestic legal framework with European standards;

- Lack of effectiveness of market surveillance for safety and quality of building materials;

- Poor ecological situation in the locations of businesses that work with outdated equipment and technologies that do not conform to the present;

- Low level of participation of associations of undertakings manufacturers of building materials in the formation of a favorable environment for the creation of conditions for development of the internal market of building materials, products and structures;

- Lack of public support for the creation of conditions for the realization of investment projects of high-tech building materials;

- There is a sale on informal markets building materials and products that do not comply with government regulations, standards and technical regulations.

Outlined the problems hindering the development of the internal market for construction materials in Ukraine and need to develop mechanisms that would allow to achieve these goals. There are two possible solutions to the problem.

The first option involves a passive state policy on the development of building materials industry in Ukraine. The state refuses to deliberate action on the building materials market, encourage investment, and provides exclusive use of market mechanisms for sustainable development in this area. The specified option promotes investment in companies that have high returns and quick payback, particularly in trade untreated non-metallic minerals and timber, but does not encourage investment in the real economy, infrastructure and industrial facilities.

The second best option would be an active policy aimed at consolidating the efforts of the government, business and science in order to create conditions for the development of the internal market in the production of building materials, products and designs. Implementation of the second best option involves complex determination of issues and problems and identify ways to address these problems in two ways:

- In the direction of public participation;

- Towards participation of enterprises that produce construction materials and their associations.

Implementation of this option will promote a balanced development of the building materials industry, focusing on development priorities, increasing the attractiveness of investment objects and so on. Thus this option corresponds to modern trends of the investment policy of the developed countries and allows to improve the investment climate and investment activity, provide support for the building materials industry as one of the basic branches of economy, development and diversification of import replaced external markets, expands entities to investment resources, creates the conditions for the transition to innovative investment model development and competitiveness of the industry.

 

Literature:

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