Caterpillar BELARUS will be assembled in Bashkortostan

25.01.2021. Minsk Tractor Plant plans to expand the range of assembly production in Ufa. “Today on the basis of the agricultural enterprise“ BashSelHozTechnika ”there is an assembly plant for BELARUS tractors with a capacity of 80 and 130 horsepower. MTZ supplies the company with tractor kits on the basis of a direct agreement with a 100 percent advance payment. As part of expanding the model range of equipment manufactured in Bashkortostan, agreements have been reached on organizing the assembly production of tracked tractors, ”said Mikhail Vardugin, Deputy Marketing Director for Commercial Work in the CIS Countries - Head of the Department for Promotion and Sales of Products to CIS Countries. According to him, we are talking about two models - 1502 and 2103, the power of which is 156 and 212 hp. respectively.

BELARUS tractors produced on the basis of BashSelHozTekhniki, including those equipped with navigation devices, participate in the regional subsidy program of the Republic of Bashkortostan. “We expect that the tracked tractors assembled by this company will also be included in the local support programs for agricultural producers, which cover the equipment produced in the Russian autonomy. And part of their cost will be compensated to the end consumer, ”noted Mikhail Vardugin.

Now the parties are determining the cost of tractor kits. “This is a cornerstone question. The finished product must be competitive. There are no other problems yet, ”stated the Deputy Marketing Director.

Minsk Tractor Plant supplies machinery to Bashkortostan in two directions. Ready-made BELARUS on the territory of the Russian autonomy are sold by the subjects of the MTZ distribution network in this region - the MTZ-Tatarstan Trade and Production Company and its dealer in Bashkortostan, PO Tehresurs LLC. Kits for the production of tractors under the license of MTZ are sent to the GUSP "BashSelHozTechnika". The assembly plant was established in 2017. At first, only BELARUS-82 were produced in Ufa. However, a year later, the assembly of BELARUS-1221.3 tractors was started in the capital of Bashkortostan.

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