FEATURES OF THE FORMATION OF PRICES AND PRICE RELATIONS IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Issue № 8, 2025, article № 6, pages 54-63

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: ОСОБЕННОСТИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ЦЕН И ЦЕНОВЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ В АПК В СОВРЕМЕННЫХ УСЛОВИЯХ

Keywords: GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, MATERIAL COSTS, PRICES, PRICE RELATIONS, ECONOMIC REGULATION, ECONOMIC MECHANISM

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the peculiarities of the formation of prices and price relations in the agro-industrial complex of Russia in modern conditions. The author notes that in recent decades, the development of the agricultural sector has occurred with minimal government involvement in regulating price relations. At the same time, this problem has significantly worsened in the context of increasing sanctions pressure on the domestic economy. The study showed that in the period 2022-2024, there was an increase in price imbalances between agriculture and other agricultural sectors, as well as the consumer market. The article provides an analysis of the price dynamics for the main industrial materials used in agriculture in the period 2018-2024. The author has calculated the price ratios between the II and I spheres of the agroindustrial complex using the index method and the method of comparing the exchange value of manufactured products and purchased means of production. As a result of the accumulated price imbalances between the II and I agricultural sectors due to the rising costs of seeds, fuels and lubricants, chemical plant protection products, feed, vaccines, wages, machinery and equipment, logistics, there is a decrease in the purchasing power of farmers. The article presents the key instruments of economic regulation used by the Russian Government to stabilize prices in the agri-food market. The author suggests directions for improving price relations in the agro-industrial complex.

Authors: Avdeev Mikhail Viktorovich