THE PRICE FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF FOOD FLOWS AND PROFITS IN THE REGION

Issue № 9, 2025, article № 8, pages 87-95

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Language: Russian

Original language title: ЦЕНОВОЙ ФАКТОР В ФОРМИРОВАНИИ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННЫХ ПОТОКОВ И ПРИБЫЛИ В РЕГИОНЕ

Keywords: FOOD SUPPLY OF THE POPULATION, FOOD BALANCE, FOOD PRICES, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, RATIONAL CONSUMPTION STANDARDS, EXPORT, IMPORT, LOST PROFITS, SIBERIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT

Abstract: This article evaluates the degree of influence of prices on the balance sheets of basic foodstuffs in the regions of the Siberian Federal District and on the efficiency of agricultural and food production. The paper uses a methodological approach combining the method of economic and mathematical modeling, the balance method, methods of economic coefficients and grouping. As a result of the study, it was found that the price factor significantly reduces the degree of balanced food supply for meat from 95,4 to 60,7% (-34,7%), milk from 85,8 to 58,1% (-27,7%) and potatoes from 206,6 to 112,6% (-94%), at the same time due to the significant import dependence of the food market of the district. For vegetables, there is an increase in the balance of this type of product from 67,3% to 88,5% (+21,2%). It has been revealed that irrational interregional food flows significantly affect the food balance, in which food produced in the regions of the Siberian Federal District is exported outside their borders, and imported volumes of similar food products are already used to feed the population, which leads to the loss of a part of their own food market by regional agricultural producers and generates the so-called "lost profits". The calculations have shown that due to irrational interregional food flows, farmers in the Siberian Federal District annually receive less than 198 billion rubles in profit. The data obtained during the study indicate the need to increase the role of state agribusiness management bodies in organizing control over interregional (including export-import) food exchange and optimizing these activities.

Authors: Baskakov Sergey Mikhailovich, Samokhvalova Anastasia Alexandrovna, Stadnik Anatolii Timofeevich, Sukhanova Irina Fedorovna, Mamonov Oleg Vladimirovich