In several years representative offices of the company will cover whole Ukraine - Holding-group Tihomirov

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Journalists of APK-Inform Agency took the interview with Anton Tihomirov, General Director of Holding-group Tihomirov – the company, which directly deals with all problems of the agricultural industry of Ukraine.

- Anton Mikchaylovich, to date the economy of Ukraine faces the essential changes. Do they affect your holding activity?

To date the country's economy faces changes which will be positive for its development and agriculture also. The financial crisis affected the range of agrarian industries, but despite of all the difficulties, they continue stable production of their commodities and provide all Ukraine with rather important resources.

To date the Government introduces the special program for development of Ukraine till 2020, planning to increase the grain production to 70 mln tonnes and essentially to increase the agricultural commodities exports. The major aim of our company is the contribution to agricultural sector of Ukraine in development and consolidation of the leading positions as the top exporter of agricultural commodities on the world grain market. We are ready to provide with the support not only producers but also the country people.

- Do you provide any support for agriculture development? What programs for improving the life level in the country does your company offer?

While working in the agrarian sector our company faces the shortage of the young qualified specialists and so became the initiator and the organizer of the unique long-term educational-developing project “Vozrozhdenie”. Its main purpose is the popularization of the agrarian profession among the youth and engagement of the young specialists to work in the sector of agriculture by financing of the education in the institutes. I am sure – the agrarian sector will be glad to accept the young and energetic staff, and our students will bring use for your country.

- And what is the key of your confidence?

There are few companies representing us in the agrarian sector. Each of them takes the certain direction, including all the complex of the services – from the soil treatment, crop harvesting, the grains transportation by trucks and railway cars, certification services and exports.

Such close cooperation with farmers allowed us to find out the problems of the agrarian sector, one of which is the acute shortage of the young staff.

- Can the participants of the project “Vozrozhdenie” become the staff of your company?

We will certainly be glad of someone of our students will continue to work in Holding-group Tihomirov. The work in the company is full of the various prospects and a lot of career opportunities. In order to improve the professionalism of our staff we constantly organize the specialized trainings and seminars.

- Your company provides the services for realization of field works. Do the agrarians mostly prefer to treat the soil by themselves or use the services of the specialized companies?

According to my opinion, there is the certain economic reasonability to attract for treatment the specialized companies, due to the bad economical situation of agriculture. Only the large-scale agrarian holdings with the foreign investments are able to purchase the expensive machinery. But if you have the field bank of 100-200 thsd ha it is still difficult for these companies to maintain large tractor park. Thus these enterprises apply to the companies like ours. Agricultural producers owing the land bank of 3-5 thsd ha are also interested in attracting of the import machinery, because they have already started to make the certain calculations: during the period of the last two years grain prices face an increase almost by 2 times. To date the producers understand what is the losses and the harvesting rates due to the fact the new machinery harvests much faster and better. According to the made calculations it is obvious that it is better to attract the machinery of the foreign producers than the analogues of the Ukrainian and Belarus companies, even if the price is higher.

I can state that over the recent few seasons, the larger number of the average-scale enterprises accept the decision to trust the specialized enterprises with the soil treatment.

- To date there is the active discussion of the agricultural land selling moratorium cancellation. How real is it and how will it affect the market work?

The future belongs to land sale due to the land is the commodity.

I know there is the problem in Ukraine with the land quality due to people who rent it for short-term have the different relation to it: do not maintain the crop rotation, do not treat the land as it should be. So, when the land is the commodity, it will attract the investments and agriculture will develop faster than to date.

As for our company activity in the conditions of the moratorium cancellation we will continue to support the agrarians during the land treatment. To date the aim of our holding is the creation of the own land bank. Probably later in a few years will accept the stated decision for our company.

- The market has already entered the new MY. What crops are the most prospective in work in the current season? Why?

Our company usually exports wheat, barley, maize and sunflower. Also we supply the rapeseed, linseed, coriander, mustard seed and others. To date we plan to enter the North and maybe in one-two years the representative offices of our company will be all over Ukraine. And the work will be coordinated in accordance with the principle used in the Southern region.

- Tell me please the details of the export activity.

To date we plan to develop sunflower oil and meal exports, and also the bran. Certainly we will continue to export the main grain crops. The countries-consumers will be the same; there were no any essential changes in the recent time. Our buyers are the following countries: Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and the European Union countries. The holding will increase export volumes and to widen exports geography. Even the time when we were “resting” from the export was useful for us. We had time to hold the certain trainings. The logistics specialists of our company developed the new system in the transportation by trucks or railway cars which allowed us to essentially decrease already law tariffs for it.

And of course we improve the work with partners, guarantee the quality standards of the services provision, there is the full time hot-line in Holding-group Tihomirov, where we are ready to accept all the proposals and wishes concerning our work.

 

Interviewed by Olga Pryadko

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