"Baltika" support the bottle

The authorities of the Rostov region figured out how to support the "Baltika" in the fall of the market and the possible closure of one of the company's plants in Russia. The regional government will subsidize the production of bottles.

Decree on subsidies to producers of glass, the regional government has adopted on 3 September. Regional Treasury will reimburse 50% of the cost of production of glass in the "within the limits of budgetary appropriations provided for in the regional budget for the current year", said in the text of the judgment on the government website. Receive a subsidy can manufacturers of glass containers from the Rostov region and only for the production of the packaging, which they had set within the Rostov region. If the number of applications from producers exceeds the volume specified in the grant allocations, the money is distributed in the order in which applications were submitted and recorded.

In the Rostov region two plants - manufacturer of glass: the company "Actis" and Kamensky glass plant (LTV). In 2013, "Actis" issued 867,200,000 units of glass, HCS - 150 million units (these companies).

Press secretary of the Ministry of Finance Dmitry Karzai did not respond to the request, "Vedomosti" of the amount budgeted for this subsidy.

"Any subsidy - this is good, we will use them," - says a spokesperson for "Actis" Anton Kobets. According to him, last year the factory shipped organizations in the Rostov region of 18 million pieces of glass, most of which are delivered to the plant "Baltika-Rostov" (branch of "Baltika» ). "Neither I nor the other managers have not heard of such a subsidy, although officials regularly ask the area if we can not come under any subsidy", - says Director of Development CMH Anatoly Webanov. The subsidy is very interesting, it would be nice to receive it, he said. CMH (produces glass jar) last year set to approximately 4.5 million units of glass.

"The regional government has no right to subsidize manufacturers of excisable goods, the subsidy is designed to support" Baltika-Rostov "- confessed to" Vedomosti "regional official. Press-service of "Baltika-Rostov" is not commenting.

A government decree does not say that the recipient has to sell products to customers area at discount prices. "If half of my cost will be reimbursed, I would naturally reduced the price may, however, not twice," - says Webanov of LTV. "The mechanism may be: we are selling glass bottles at a discounted price, and subsidy actually compensates for lost income," - said the manager, "Actis". How much the price will drop, he does not say.

According to the manager, "Actis" bottle costs an average of 4-6 rubles., But the price for a large regular customer - such as "Baltic" - may be different. In 2013, the total cost "Actis" under RAS was 80% of revenues.

"Beer consumption in Russia is declining, and the management of" Baltika "constantly demands from regional authorities (in the" Baltic "10 plants in 10 regions of Russia. -" Sheets ") support, using as an argument to the possible closure of factories or reduced production. Rostov region before "Baltika" not supported ", - says the regional official said. In the first half of "Baltika-Rostov" reduced production by 35% by the first half of 2013, this year plans to produce about 20 million dal of beer against 32 million given in 2013, the budget of the region, this means a huge loss - in the past year For example, "Baltika-Rostov" paid about 4 billion rubles. excise taxes, he adds.

Last year, the media reported that the "Baltica" can close the plant in Rostov and Voronezh, but the company's president Isaac Sheps in an interview, "RBC Daily" is denied. Carlsberg (owns "Baltika") in a report for the II quarter did not rule out the possibility of closing plants in Eastern Europe. Vice-President of "Baltika" Alexei Cedrenus said yesterday that while no decisions to close plants in Russia were taken.