representatives of the industry warned Vladimir Putin that the economy goes into a nosedive. According to the Directors of the largest enterprises demand for their products has fallen dramatically, supply chains severed, the banks have ceased to give money. “The current situation in the economy more difficult than in 2008-2009, when the global financial crisis,” agreed the President, noting that the epidemic significantly limit business activity in the country, which was not observed before.
Vladimir Putin is not the first week holds sectoral meetings, and you can see how the optimism of their participants is melting day by day. If at the beginning the difficulties were called temporary, but now the representatives of the industries one gets the impression that coronavirus crisis is here to stay. And negative consequences for the Russian economy it can even surpass the difficult period of 2008-2009 and 2015-2016, on Friday to ask for help came representatives of the automobile industry, which in their speeches, outlined a bleak picture that is emerging at the largest enterprises.
No, they work, unlike many, has not stopped. Some opened on 7 April, the other 13-15. But all are tied to subcontractors (in particular, KAMAZ them more than 2 thousand), which are dominated by enterprises of small and average business. And their economic activities, as you know, frozen. In addition, the subcontractors are located in different regions and regimes of limitations are also different. But the production chain alone, and in such circumstances, to operate in the normal mode it can not by definition.
“History can avoid peak,” warned the owner of the company that produces UAZ, Isuzu, Mazda and Ford, Vadim Shevtsov. He said that large banks “turned off the mode of issuing money and shut down limits”. “Our need for working capital is 3.5 billion rubles in may. We do not expect the flow of money from retail sales, so was hoping to survive this period due to Bank limits. It turned out, in vain hoped for,” – said the businessman.
According to General Director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, the last month has sharply decreased purchasing power and domestic demand is in critical condition. If in the first quarter the market declined by 15%, over the three weeks of April in a number of segments falling sales exceeded 90% compared to last year. “Stopped almost all export sales,” – he stressed.
In this situation, the auto industry can only rely on state support. Industry representatives asked the President to conduct a forward purchase of vehicles by government agencies.
Entrepreneurs want to the interior Ministry, Regardie, Ministry of defense, Russian Post and other agencies bought the car they planned to buyand in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in the second quarter of this year.
“I would offer to stay on until year 2022! – hastened to throw in my two cents, the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov, Because we don’t yet understand how to live even this year.”
However, the initiative of car manufacturers is recognized as fair and proper. Security forces, according to Putin, this year will additionally acquire domestic enterprises 25 thousand new cars. This decision has been made. Other agencies, the President instructed to control what cars they buy. “The bodies of state power, state-owned companies should purchase the equipment needed for work, but in any case not a foreign limousine”, – he stressed.
Among other measures to support the industry’s GDP called the purchase of cars in the framework of national projects, as well as preferential leasing and soft loans. Moreover, they can expect not only manufacturers, but also, for example, cateringove company, which Putin has promised 2.5 billion rubles “on preferential leasing arrangements” for renewal.
the Demand for cars, according to the President, you can support by providing discounts to members of car crediting programs “Family car” and “First car”. Young or large families, who decided to purchase the products of domestic automobile industry, will be able to reduce your down payment by 10%. “To Finance such programmes, it is proposed to allocate 7 billion rubles, and thereby to make them more accessible for our citizens,” – said the GDP.
the Automakers, in turn, quickly promised to start production of equipment demanded in the context of the epidemic kovida. This is not only ambulance and mobile intensive care units, and equipment for disinfection of streets.
“Ready to put all of its regions in the required quantities and in various modifications,” – said the Director of KAMAZ. In turn, Gas-developed modifications of antiviral buses. According to the head of the company Vadim Sorokin, they will be equipped with anti-bacterial handrails, quartz recyclers air touch devices to disinfect hands and contactless buttons “stop on demand”. Orders for them can be made out, since the end of may.
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