TOMSK, Feb 7 – RIA Tomsk. Total volume of investments in enterprises of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) in 2019 reached 2.74 billion rubles, and total production grew to 31 billion; level of salaries in the industry doubled over eight years – up to 32.2 thousand rubles a month, the deputy governor for agro-industrial policy and environmental management Andrey Knorr told.
As follows from the materials of the regional department for social and economic development of the village, in 2018, agribusiness enterprises of the Tomsk region produced products worth 30.7 billion rubles (in 2017 – 28.8 billion). The volume of investments in the industry amounted to 2.69 billion rubles, and the volume of state support for agricultural enterprises – 1.92 billion rubles (in 2017 – 1.81 billion).
"The volume of production by enterprises of agro-industrial complex in 2019 grew and is estimated at 31 billion rubles. The volume of investments in agricultural enterprises is also growing, it reached the level of 2.74 billion last year ... I must say that labor productivity has also grown in the industry – at the end of the year it is 2.5 million rubles per person per year", – Knorr said.
As follows from the materials of the relevant department, along with production volumes, the contributions of agricultural enterprises to the budgets of all levels are also growing. In 2019, industry companies paid taxes in the total amount of 3.8 billion rubles (in 2018 – 3.4 billion). At the same time, the volume of state support for the industry last year decreased to 1.62 billion (in 2018 – 1.92 billion rubles)."Here we see, in fact, delayed results. For many years, the region invested in support of agricultural producers. Now they grow even with a decrease in the volume of support. The salary also shows the success of the agro-industrial complex – it has doubled over the past eight years and reached the level in 2019 at 32.2 thousand per month", – Knorr said.