Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan: Demand for long-term storage products is below the norm for the second week
Demand for long-term storage products has stabilized in Tatarstan. Rustem Sibgatullin, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, stated this at a meeting in the House of the Government of Tatarstan with the President of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov on Friday, April 15.
“Analysis of streaming data from cash registers, presented by the Federal Tax Service of Russia, indicates the stability of demand in the retail food market. The volume of sales of long-term storage products is lower than the reference for the second week,” he said.
According to him, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan, together with municipalities, continues daily monitoring of commodity stocks in retail chains.
“The volume of basic goods in stores and distribution centers is sufficient to meet the demand of the population of the republic. Trade enterprises are provided with essential goods. In order to provide the population with quality products, traditional agricultural fairs have been held since March 19, where residents of the republic can purchase products at affordable prices. The level of demand in the retail network has stabilized,” Sibgatullin noted.
According to him, fairs are held weekly in the cities of Tatarstan. “Despite the fact that the level of demand in the retail network has stabilized, increased volumes of supplies for a number of positions at the fairs are maintained,” he said.
In pharmacy chains, daily operational monitoring of the availability and prices of the assortment minimum is carried out. Commodity stocks of medicines for budget purchases in the republic range from 2.8 to 5.3 months in the amount of 5.5 billion rubles.
Rustem Sibgatullin said that in order to minimize risks and ensure the smooth operation of enterprises, it is necessary to make the most of the opportunity to participate in federal support measures. Enterprises included in the federal list of backbone enterprises of the Russian economy can apply for them. Currently, it includes 49 organizations of the republic, which form a third of the economy of the republic. Currently, 15 backbone organizations of industry and agriculture of the republic have applied for preferential loans, 7 applications have been approved.
To ensure the smooth operation of enterprises today, import substitution is the most important, recalled the First Deputy Minister. To address this issue, the platform for import substitution based on the Republican Marketing Center has been improved. During the week, municipalities ensured an increase of 309 new positions of previously purchased imported products.
As a result of the ongoing work, there is a substitution of purchases of goods from the countries of the sanctions list for purchases of Russian production. Thus, in the resources of the RMC for the month of the current year, there was an increase in purchases of Russian goods (by 9%), a decrease in purchases of goods on the sanctions list (by 6%).
During the week, 64 applications were submitted for granting credit holidays in the amount of 1.2 billion rubles. 151 applications were approved for the amount of 1.2 billion rubles. In total, since the start of the program, entrepreneurs have submitted 810 applications worth 5.7 billion rubles.
The implementation of preferential business lending programs continues. Thus, under the Investment program implemented by the SME Corporation, 35 applications were submitted for the amount of 822 million rubles during the week, 5 applications were approved for the amount of 48.5 million rubles. Under the Revolving Program implemented by the Central Bank of Russia, 252 applications were submitted for the amount of 2.5 billion rubles during the week. 67 applications were approved for the amount of 1.1 billion rubles. Under the program "1764", launched by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, 27 applications were submitted for the amount of 1.6 billion rubles. Under the program of preferential lending for agricultural producers through the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, 23 applications were submitted for the amount of 1.8 billion rubles during the week.
As part of the republican support measures, 88 applications were submitted for microfinance products in the amount of 195.4 million rubles during the week. 8 applications for 4.3 million rubles were approved. 135 applications for the amount of 267 million rubles were submitted, 111 applications for the amount of 206 million rubles were approved for granting a deferment for the payment of microloans for up to 18 months and credit holidays provided by the Entrepreneurship Support Fund. During the week, the Guarantee Fund issued 13 guarantees in the amount of 82.3 million rubles as part of anti-crisis support, and the amount of borrowed funds amounted to 243 million rubles.