Regulation of prices and price relations in the agro-industrial complex at the present stage

Issue № 4, 2024, article № 1, pages 3-12

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЕ ЦЕН И ЦЕНОВЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ В АПК НА СОВРЕМЕННОМ ЭТАПЕ

Keywords: COST, PRODUCER PRICES, CONSUMER PRICES, PRICE RELATIONS, PROFITABILITY, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM, PRICE REGULATION, AGRICULTURE, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, EXPANDED REPRODUCTION

Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of price regulation and price relations in the agro-industrial complex in the context of the development of import substitution and technological sovereignty of the country. It is necessary to ensure the financial stability of agricultural producers and expanded reproduction, which largely depend on balanced price relations in the agro-food market. The change in price proportions in one segment of the agro-industrial complex leads to a transformation of the price system throughout the agro-food chain. The article notes that currently the regulation of price relations in the agro-industrial complex is based on two legal acts that do not cover the range of emerging problems related to the formation of the price situation in the agro-food market. The analysis of the price situation showed that over the past five years, the price increase of agricultural producers amounted to 33%, while the prices of producers of industrial goods and services purchased by agricultural organizations increased by 42%, in the food industry – by 44%, and in the consumer market – by 45%. The authors estimated the cost of agricultural products according to the main elements of material costs, which occupy a significant share in the cost structure: mineral fertilizers, fuel, electricity, feed. Recently, there has been a significant increase in spending on these resources. As a result, there was an increase in cost, and producer prices did not compensate for their rise in price and did not provide the necessary level of profitability for the main types of products, which leads to an increase in the number of low-profit and unprofitable organizations. In this regard, the authors propose to develop an organizational and economic mechanism for regulating price relations in the agro-industrial complex and consolidate it with a legal act, and add a block with financial support to the State Program.

Authors: Ushachev Ivan Grigorevich, Maslova Vlada Viacheslavovna, Zaruk Natalia Fedorovna, Avdeev Mikhail Viktorovich