Economic Aspects to the Formation of an Interstate Cluster (Russia-Belarus) for the Production of Food Ingredients: a Practical-Oriented Approach

Issue № 6, 2022, article № 1, pages 3-16

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ К ФОРМИРОВАНИЮ МЕЖГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО КЛАСТЕРА (РОССИЯ-БЕЛАРУСЬ) ПО ПРОИЗВОДСТВУ ПИЩЕВЫХ ИНГРЕДИЕНТОВ: ПРАКТИКО-ОРИЕНТИРОВАННЫЙ ПОДХОД

Keywords: PARTICIPATING STATES, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT, CLUSTER, FOOD INGREDIENTS, PPP

Abstract: The article justifies the need to create an interstate cross-border cluster within the framework of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State (other States Parties) in the form of a biotechnological complex for the production of food ingredients: inulin, pectin, fructooligosaccharides, fructose-glucose syrups, apple concentrated juice and dietary fiber. This is due to the fact that Russia and Belarus continue to import significant volumes of food ingredients from abroad. The Russian market for inulines and pectins is completely import-dependent, with an annual demand of about 5 thousand tons and 15 thousand tons, respectively, which in monetary terms is more than 200 million US dollars per year. In the conditions of the mobilization economy, domestic enterprises (consumers of food ingredients) fall into an even greater dependent position, which causes significant damage not only to the national economy of a single country, but also to the Eurasian Economic Union as a whole. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to develop practical proposals (practice-oriented approach) for the formation of an interstate cross-border cluster (Russia-Belarus) for the production of food ingredients. The article analyzes the current state of the Russian market for inulines and pectins, presents the structure of their consumption, and also highlights the main reasons that impede the implementation of pectin production projects in the country. Therefore, one of the promising areas of innovation and investment activities in the agricultural sector in the space of the participating states can be the creation of an interstate cluster "Russia-Belarus" on the basis of public-private partnership for the production of food ingredients with high added value. The economic feasibility of creating a cluster in the form of a full-cycle biotechnological complex in two technological stages is justified. The issues discussed in the article may be reflected in the concept of innovative development of the Russian agro-industrial complex for the medium and long term.

Authors: Nechaev Vasilii Ivanovich, Arzhantsev Sergei Aleksandrovich, TSyplenkova Nataliia Vladimirovna