CURRENT ISSUES OF IMPROVING PRICE RELATIONS IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Issue № 1, 2024, article № 8, pages 83-89

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЯ ЦЕНОВЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ В АПК

Keywords: AIC, MATERIAL COSTS, CONSUMER PRICES, PRICE REGULATION, COST, AGRICULTURE, PRICES, PRICE RELATIONS, ECONOMIC MECHANISM

Abstract: The presented article analyzes the price situation in the agro-food market of Russia. The balanced system of prices and price relations is the basis for the stable functioning of the economic mechanism. The authors revealed that in 2023, there was a multidirectional price dynamics in various areas of the agro-industrial complex, as well as in the consumer market. During the study period, prices of agricultural producers decreased by 2.5%, while producer prices in industry increased by 4.0%, in the food industry – by 2.0%, and consumer prices for food products – by 4.6 percent. The authors also considered the dynamics of prices for material means of production: mineral fertilizers, electricity, fuel. As measures to reduce the costs of agricultural producers, the authors propose: preferential tariffs for electricity, the abolition of the excise tax rate on gasoline and diesel fuel. The article emphasizes that increased attention should be paid to the prices of baby food products. The authors propose to include baby food in the list of goods, the prices of which are subject to regular monitoring by the state, to consider the possibility of including certain types of baby food in the list of socially significant essential goods for the possibility of limiting consumer prices in case of significant growth.

Authors: Maslova Vlada Viacheslavovna, Avdeev Mikhail Viktorovich