side of the deficit of working capital at the farmers' savings and purchasing agricultural machinery has been the demand for spare parts and repair services. At the same time the government took control of this particular market segment, operators suspected of unjustified price increases.

As the crisis in the economy since the autumn of last year, the production of agricultural machinery in the country has steadily declined. Landmark was the month of March, when the production of tractors was a total of three pieces. The decline in the agricultural machinery was the result of lower demand from the farmers because of the declining financial opportunities and the shortage of loan funds. The peak shortage of funds was in the spring, when all the resources, especially financial, have been concentrated on a seed.

This year fleet renewal machines virtually no due to the presence of more pressing areas of spending. I think that this year, most farmers will be working on the technology, which was acquired earlier. At least thus far I have not heard from any of the farmer's plans to buy equipment during the year, - said President of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region Nikolai Shaposhnikov.

Decreased production and revenue declared virtually all enterprises engaged in agricultural machinery. In particular, as stated in the message OAO reaper Berdyansk (Zaporozhye)., January-June this year, net income from product sales decreased by 56.7% compared to the same period last year - up to 7.73 mln . This year, the company originally planned to release the product for 20 mln. and implement a 20.8 million UAH. As noted in the company, the main problem is the seasonality and uneven demand for core products - cleaning equipment. In addition, in response to the crisis marked a significant decline in effective demand.

This company suppliers and dealers of spare parts indicate a steady demand for their goods. Michael Didenko, Head of PE Didenko - the supplier of the ICTR to the markets of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Kharkiv, noted that demand remains only in small equipment at the lowest price segment. We are working with the Polish factories, and forced to admit that there really are not buying technology - he says .- But the demand for spare parts fixed stably on the part of those companies that have previously purchased equipment.

Maria Kolesnik, expert consulting company, AAA, notes that remained stable demand for spare parts for Russian equipment, because the imported models are expensive and /or because of greater reliability require less frequent repairs. If farmers do not have the means, they can not afford high-quality repairs. Rather, now is in demand for home repair agreement, - she said.

Note that the demand for spare parts has improved so that this segment of the market has already drawn the attention of the Government. Yulia Tymoshenko asked the Antimonopoly Committee to conduct an investigation in relation to the unjustified rise in prices of spare parts for agricultural machinery of domestic production. According to her, representatives of agricultural businesses have complained that the parts went up by 60-70%.

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