After all, the sowing campaign is just around the corner, and the issue of preferential diesel fuel is now worrying agricultural producers.
In view of this, at the initiative of the leadership of the Department of Economic Investigation, a meeting was held between the operator for the sale of petroleum products in the region, the leadership of the anti-corruption service, representatives of the agro-industrial complex committee and the leadership of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Karaganda region, the union of farmers, the management of the agriculture department.
Opening the meeting, the director of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Karaganda region Yernar Kulpeisov noted that the main purpose of the meeting is to discuss problematic issues and ways to solve them, as well as to analyze possible risks.
The moderator was Igor Zhabyak, Chairman of the AIC Committee of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Karaganda region.
He drew the attention of the authorized bodies and the operator to the need to ensure an uninterrupted supply of fuel and lubricants in the region. Unlike the neighboring, exclusively grain regions, where up to 20 diesel fuel operators operate, in our region there is only one enterprise for the sale of petroleum products.
Yernar Makhaev, Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Investigations, spoke in more detail about the distribution of the oil product.
Syrym Boshpanov, Deputy Head for Production of the Department of Agriculture of the Karaganda region, in turn, said that the region provides for the allocation of cheaper diesel fuel. To carry out the sowing campaign, farmers took advantage of state support under the Ken Dala concessional lending program.
Also during the meeting, agrarians made a proposal to introduce legislative reforms to tighten measures for those who use diesel fuel for other purposes – import or resell. There were also requests that the cost of diesel fuel be fixed for three months of sowing work, as well as the full loading of the railway tank from the plant.
Summing up, Igor Zhabyak added that the issue is systemic, a compromise solution needs to be worked out. And he invited all participants to give specific proposals to Atameken for further elaboration with central government agencies.