Russia's Primorsky Krai seeks closer cooperation with Belarusian tractor engineering company MTZ

"We traditionally offer a wide range of farm machines and special-purpose vehicles and winter equipment such as snowgroomers and ice resurfacers. We appreciate the high level of cooperation with Primorsky Krai in particular and the Russian regions in general," MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk said.

Oleg Kozhemyako was particularly interested in the vehicles intended for use by utility services. "We see that MTZ manufactures small-size vehicles which are suitable for cities: they can be used for sweeping sidewalks, raking snow, cleaning street curbs. We need them badly," he said.

The governor also showed interest in MTZ winter vehicles. "An interesting proposal is snowgroomers or ratracs for the maintenance of ski slopes. They are three times cheaper than similar vehicles made in Italy or other countries. Taking into account the growing popularity of skiing sport, I think they will find great use in Primorsky Krai," he said. "We also saw attachments to BELARUS tractors that turn them into ice resurfacers. There are quite a lot of ice rinks in our cities, they need to be maintained."

This year, MTZ has already delivered about 30 pieces of BELARUS equipment to Primorsky Krai. By the end of the year the parties are set to increase deliveries to at least 140 machines, or 27% up from 2020.

MTZ is one of the world's largest manufacturers of agricultural machines. Apart from the main factory the holding company MTZ comprises ten enterprises. As many as 25 assembly enterprises have been established abroad. MTZ products are represented in over 60 countries.