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All last year the Government has promoted some strategic industries at the expense of others. In particular, freeze the growth of tariffs for rail transportation of metallurgical and chemical raw materials and products. This year, the Cabinet decided that the railway will be a moratorium is not enough, and far-fetched and even reduce prices on handling the above goods in ports.

According to experts, such a government activity can lead to a significant reduction in profits as1000the State Administration of Railway Transport "Ukrzaliznytsya" (KM), and domestic marine trade port (ICC).

Iron road builders
    

raise their tariffs railway monopolist tries for the second consecutive year. More July 30, 2008 Ministry of Transport and Communications its order № 955 approved the two-stage increase in rates applicable to the tariffs for railway transportation. According to this document, the first time rates were increased by 6,5% on Aug. 23, 2008, and the second time - on 9,5% - had to be increased by 1 October of the same year. But on Oct. 14, 2008 the Cabinet of Ministers, anxious to crisis support chemical and mining industries, adopted a resolution number 769, which until the end of 2008 imposed a moratorium on tariff increases for rail transportation for companies mentioned industries.

Throughout 2009 the government three times extended the moratorium. As a result, according to preliminary estimates by Dmitry Podturkin, head of the expert group of the consortium Management Consulting Group "," needy "in 2009 cost the railroad about 400 million grn. lost profits. According to the expert, if the current year moratorium on the increase in railway tariffs will be extended, the U.S. did not suffer a smaller loss. Against the backdrop of U.S. debts to the creditors it may still lead to bankruptcy of the company, not to mention the breakdown of investment plans for the current year (which, incidentally, KM, and so does not perform that year in a row).
    

According to analysts of Management Consulting Group, a moratorium has been extended to April 1, 2010, but a relevant ruling Cabinet has not yet been published, although it is 13 January the Deputy Minister of Industrial Policy Sergei Grishchenko stated that the draft resolution to extend the Memorandum of Understanding between government and enterprises of MMC on the I quarter of 2010, involving including a ban on the increase of railway tariffs, already visaed Minister prompolitiki and sent for signature of the Prime Minister. Experts do not rule out that a moratorium on tariff increases KM for metallurgists and chemists can be extended until the end of this year, and in the coming days, because such a reverence towards the country"s largest financial-industrial groups could give one candidate an additional advantage in the electoral race.
    

And the fact that the steel industry today is already far from being in a critical condition in late 2008, nobody paid any attention. And the metallurgists themselves and charge of them, industry officials say about the current and future growth in production volumes. According to forecasts, Mr. Gryshchenko, this growth in 2010 will be approximately 7% compared to 2009, and probably by the end of this year, domestic metallurgists will appear on the figures in 2008

fees to help

actively and effectively lobbied for metallurgy (from the end of last year) and lower port charges. In mid-January on the official website of the Ministry of Economy was leaked draft government resolution "On Amending Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on 12 October 2000
№ 1544 "On Port Fees", according to which port charges should be reduced on average by 30%.
    

Recall: 20 August 2008 Cabinet Resolution № 769 increased the level of fees in domestic ports by 58%. But in July 2009, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has commissioned the first deputy minister of transport and communications Vasily Shevchenko understand how grounded current rates of port charges. Then the high cost of port handling complained farmers and steelworkers. According to Alexander Kawa, the head of the Center of political and economic analysis, the Government is noe43w on the eve of the second round of elections has decided to once again "pozaigryvat with metallurgists. And ports, and metallurgists "measured", who lobby "longer". As recognized in informal conversations heads of several Ukrainian ICC, they are making maximum efforts to the resolution "On Making Amendments ..." had been taken. Officially, the president of the Association of Ports of Ukraine "Ukrport" Vladimir Ivanov BUSINESS advised to seek comments on the matter after the election.

As experts note, reducing port charges would lead to that port workers, as well as railroad workers, will be in no better financial position. As the largest ICC port dues provide up to 15%, and smaller - up to 50-60% of income, then investing in the development of its port infrastructure will have to, like ultrasound, completely forgotten.

Angelina Bakalinskij

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