Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov visited the production facilities of the DrozhzhanovskIy district of the republic
Today the Minister of Economy of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov paid a working visit to the Drozhzhanovskiy district. During the visit, the Minister held meetings with the labor collectives of the municipality, examined enterprises, and identified a number of issues requiring the participation of the Ministry of Economy in their solution.
Agriculture has always been and remains one of the key sectors of the economy in the Drozhzhanovskiy municipal district, therefore, together with the Head of the district Marat Gafarov, the Minister of Economy was among the first to visit the enterprise specializing in processing and storing grain “Gosudarev Ambar”. The enterprise is the largest backbone industrial facility in the district. At present, the company employs 238 people, with whom the Minister met during the visit. Midkhat Shagiakhmetov highly appreciated the professionalism and well-coordinated work of the employees, thanks to whom, for many years, “Gosudarev Ambar” has made a worthy contribution to the preservation and development of the industrial potential of Tatarstan.
After that, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov visited the enterprise for the production of bread, bakery and confectionery products of the “Khlebozavod” Agricultural Center, where, together with the Chairman of the cooperative, he examined the production areas that had recently been modernized: the production was reconstructed, modern equipment was purchased.
Also, the Minister of Economy met with the Director of the company “Zeolites of the Volga Region”. The enterprise possesses a raw material base in the form of one of the largest in the Russian Federation, the Tatarsko-Shatrashan deposit of zeolite-containing rocks, which accounts for more than 13% of all Russian reserves. The company specializes in the extraction and production of products from zeolite - a full cycle is organized, up to packaging of goods. The enterprise plans to expand the sales market and attract new partners, which will be facilitated by the program of the Entrepreneurship Support Fund subordinate to the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, aimed at advertising promotion and certification of products. The enterprise has already prepared an application for participation in the program.
During his working visit, the Minister also examined the “Drozhzhanoye” industrial park. The total area of the park is 19.1 hectares. Currently, 7 residents are located on the territory of the industrial park, and negotiations are underway to accommodate 3 more residents. The industrial park faced the problem of lack of power in the electrical networks. This problem is reflected in the second package of anti-crisis support measures aimed at economic recovery, which is currently being developed by the Ministry of Economy. One of the programs of the second package of anti-crisis measures will be the issuance of loans for management companies and residents of industrial parks and industrial sites for the construction, modernization and (or) reconstruction of engineering infrastructure, buildings and structures.
At the end of his working trip, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a meeting with representatives of the district business community. At the meeting it was possible to discuss issues related to the abolition of UTII, the removal of solid household waste. They also touched upon the topic of electricity tariffs and issues related to microcrediting and other business support programs.
A number of inquiries from entrepreneurs were resolved immediately, other issues were taken into account by the Minister of Economy.
Next week, the Minister will also visit the Nurlatskiy and Spasskiy districts of the republic on working visits.