BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07.02.2006

Assembly of the famous Belarus tractors may be organized in Tashkent

Ferghana.Ru news agency, Staff correspondent

Top managers of the Minsk Tractor Factory (MTF) discussed organization of tractor assembly in Tashkent with representatives of government structures of Uzbekistan on February 6.

Journalists were informed at the news conference at the Embassy of Belarus in Tashkent in the wake of the talks that Minsk was prepared to provide end products of its engineering industry and invest in development of the Uzbek tractor industry. Delivery of 5,000 Belarussian tractors the national agricultural sector desperately needs was discussed at the talks with the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Economic Contacts, Investments, and Commerce.

The Belarussians even suggested organization of tractor assembly in Tashkent, namely a facility with the annual output of 5,000 tractors (130 horsepowers and more). Belarussian tractors are already assembled in Russia (Yelabuga), Ukraine (Kiev), Poland, Egypt, Ethiopia, and some other countries.

MTF General Director Alexander Pukhovoi said that the Belarussian would help their Uzbek partners with technical matters, documents, personnel training, and whatever else was needed for successful fulfillment of the promising project.

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MTF includes 11 enterprises employing over 30,000 workers. Tractors of between and 300 horsepowers are assembled there. More than 42,000 tractors were assembled in 2004. The tractors are sold to 72 foreign countries. Every fifth tractor sold throughout the world nowadays is a Belarus.

Source:

http://enews.ferghana.ru/detail.php?id=5978244302.031,1664,6374237

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