Representatives of the Southern Rice Union Nonprofit Partnership expressed concern about the growth in the cost of services provided by the Kubanmeliovodkhoza Federal State Budgetary Institution. In particular, prices for water supply and drainage increased immediately by 12,1% compared to last year to 6192 rubles / ha.
As calculated in the "Southern Rice Union", the actual cost of water supply services over 10 years (from 2008 to 2018) increased by 7,5 times - from 750 to 5524 rubles / ha.
“Along with a significant recent increase in the cost of fuels and lubricants, electricity, fertilizers and plant protection products, an increase in tariffs for water supply and drainage will lead to a significant increase in production costs. Rice growers will be forced to compensate for the decrease in profitability by raising the price of their products, which will lead to a decrease in the competitiveness of Russian rice in the domestic and foreign markets and, ultimately, will have a negative impact on consumers ", - said the executive director of NP YURS Mikhail Radchenko.
The members of the NP YURS Council proposed to approve the prices for water supply and drainage in 2019 in the amount of 5761 rubles / ha, which is more by 4,3% from the inflation forecast for the current year according to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The position of the Southern Rice Union was brought to the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
Source: FruitNews based on the materials of the press service of the NP of the Southern Rice Union