Economics

Tatarstan Republic fruit and vegetable processing
industrial and commercial consern
TATPLODOVOSCHPROM

The concern comprises:
  • 32 state farms including 17 processing vegetables, 13 processing fruit and berries and 2 nurserygardens;
  • 5 wholesale and retail offices;
  • "Kombiz" firm;
  • central supply depot;
  • small-scale wholesale shop;
  • 8 storehouses;
  • cannery;
  • motor transport enterprise.
Total earth area is 115,500 ha including:
  • 102,000 ha of arable lands;
  • 78,800 ha of fields;
  • 4,288 ha of orchards.
Vegetables are cultivated on the area of 3221 ha of open fields and 115 ha of greenhouses (84 ha are heated and 31 ha are unheated).
Our state farms produce about 70% of vegetables in Tatarstan. 14 storehouses with total capacity of 32,600 tons were built during the last ten years. Among them 5 storehouses have refrigerating equipment.
Total capacity of all storehouses is 107,900 tons, namely the capacity of ones for potatoes is 44,700 tons; for vegetables - 35,100 tons; for fruits - 24,700 tons. Retail turnover in 1993 made up 1960 million roubles.
The concern has 7 cannery shops with total production output of 24 milion conventional cans per year. The shops produce 60 kinds of different canned fruits (36 kinds) and vegetables (24 kinds). The concern is interested in investments aimed at introduction of progressive processes in three directions: introduction of cassette technology for growing and planting out of seedlings; introduction of small capacity technology for growing of tomatoes in greenhouses; introduction of intensive technologie.

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