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Ladanenko E.I.

THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF INCREASE OF COMPETITIVENESS OF THE FLOUR-GRINDING ENTERPRISE IN MODERN CONDITIONS

 

Now in the republic processing of grain is one of most dynamically developing branches of processing sector. For years of reorganization the number of the enterprises which are engaged in production torments and grain, increased in tens times. In 1999-2000 their total number on the republic was estimated at 2200-2300 units. Extension of the nomenclature of mills was carried out mainly at the expense of modular, low-power, almost not demanding installation, productions. In recent years the number of mills in the republic was reduced to level of 1500 pieces. Against reduction of total of mills the new hi-tech mills constructed by leaders of world mechanical engineering are put into operation. As a result the Kazakhstan flour differs high quality that is its serious competitive advantage. Besides, millers provide today the guaranteed sale for the Kazakhstan zernoproizvoditel, which is estimated to 5 million tons per year, and also are the largest buyers of grain at landowners. A half of this grain is overworked and on sale for export in the form of products with a high value added. Thus the flour gives 80% of currency revenue of the republic of export of all processed agricultural products. Success of flour-grinding branch achieved in recent years, is obvious - Kazakhstan takes leading positions in the world on flour export. Certainly, in it a merit of the enterprises which were actively mastering foreign markets. [1].

The current state of the Kazakhstan market of grain and products of its processing is a consequence of processes of its formation in the conditions of transition of branch to the market relations with simultaneous weakening of a role of the state. Problems following, in our opinion, because of which the market of a flour constrains the development are result of it:

1) absence of statistically full and authentic data on branch and outputs;

2) high interest bank rates when financing development of productions;

3) backwardness of channels of realization of a flour, lack of system of the civilized wholesale markets and marketing;

4) poor development of exchange trade.

The suspense of these problems leads to deformation of system of pricing on products of processing of grain, to decrease in dependence between the price and quality indicators of a flour, to violation of control of commodity and financial streams, development of the shadow market.

Absence or backwardness of separate elements of market infrastructure, first of all exchange trade became one of a barrier in the flour market today.  In world practice at the exchanges it is made from 5 to 10% for real goods and 90-95% of future and forward transactions.

In Kazakhstan exchange trade in agricultural products in general (grain and products of its processing in particular) develops extremely slowly. In 1995-1997 in the republic the grain exchange, and grain crops according to the resolution of the Cabinet of RK No. 1035 rather actively functioned of 28.07.95 No. 2170 were carried to exchange goods for implementation of the Law RK "About Commodity Exchanges" of 07.04.95. Further exchange trade in grain and products of its processing in the country practically stopped, and in 2008, according to RK Ministry of Agriculture, through existing commodity exchanges only Appeal of commodity exchanges to realization of grain and products of its processing consists in a non-obligation of their delivery to the auction, reduction of numerous intermediaries, expansion of access of small farmers to the markets of material resources, sale of grain and other types of agricultural products. Their activity provides transparency of transactions with grain and products of its processing that promotes legalization of shadow economy in grain business and to increase in tax revenues. It is necessary to revive functioning of the grain exchanges that demands active state intervention in the republic. At the first stage exchange trade in grain and products of its processing has to go on a voluntary basis. Obligation should be extended, first of all, to export deliveries that most of all needs transparency and influences the prices in domestic market. At the same time follows through an operating network of dissemination of knowledge of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC Kazagromarketing system and constantly operating training courses of fund "LADY" to conduct large-scale active promotion, using and mass media.

Flour-grinding production belongs to fields of activity with the increased risk that defines their need for insurance and reinsurance protection. Serious risk factor for producers of a flour is influence from shadow structures. Illegal turn of grain and consequently, and a flour let out mainly at small enterprises which, by expert estimates, makes 20-25%, creates risk for the guaranteed sale of a flour by the large industrial enterprises. The most important problem of the state in the solution of this question consists in creation of the information system providing all interested users with full, operational and reliable information. It doesn't mean at all that the state has to create such system and to be the exclusive owner of information as goods. In all countries developed the zernoproizvodyashchikh there is a plurality of information structures and information systems which besides the government statistical bodies are created on the basis of the research centers, commodity exchanges, public structures, large grain companies, etc.

The existing system of the accounting of availability of grain and its use in Kazakhstan, in our opinion, is very imperfect and doesn't allow to use balance of grain as the tool of the grain processor in business planning. In our opinion, it is necessary to publish balance of a foodgrain in which data on the actual existence of a foodgrain (without data on seed and fodder grain, a state reserve) will be submitted only that will allow to judge the real amount of grain intended for processing for saturation of domestic market, and also availability of grain which represents an export potential – in the form of the grain pure or recycled in a flour on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is possible to give a site of the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus where the balance of grain is looked through not only as a whole about the country, but also in a section of territorial administrative units as an example.

One of the most important conditions of stimulation of dynamic increase in production and improvement of quality of grain, increase of investment appeal of branch, creation of conditions for obtaining the additional income is export of grain and products of its processing. And in the long term value of export for national grain branch will increase as change of structure of food, increase of efficiency of animal husbandry will conduct to reduction of rates of a gain of internal consumption of grain in comparison with rates of a gain of production. Kazakhstan was included into group of leading world exporters of wheat and a flour. For today every second ton of a flour released by the flour-grinding enterprises, is intended for delivery to export. The flour of the first grade is in most cases exported.

However preservation of the reached volumes of export of a flour can be provided only on condition of state-private partnership. Basis for the solution of the matter have to become:

- development of legislative base on subsidizing and other measures of the state support of export with a binding of subsidies and supports to export volumes;

- state support of advance and expansion of practice of application of a uniform national brand of a flour and Kaznan pasta.

- creation of the long-term program of development of grain processing branch on prospect till 2020, with concrete actions for the state support of export of a flour which would include state regulation on division of the export markets of grain and a flour; subsidizing of export of grain at its export in the Black Sea and Baltic directions, both subsidizing and state support of export of a flour, in particular at development of new sales markets.

 

Literature:

1 . Reutov A. Rynok of grain and grain products in Kazakhstan//Economy and statistics. – 2000, No. 4. - Page 24-26.

2 . Rybczynski R. The grain market of Kazakhstan looks for the new directions of development. // Storage and grain processing, 2010, No. 4.