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Leningradskaya region: the local leader of cucumber and tomato production may stop operating
Russia
Thursday 22 May 2008
Agri-firm "Vyborzhets", the largest producer of fresh vegetables in the region, may sell a part of its lands in the nearest future, the administration of Vsevolzhskiy district informed "Kommersant". This will be the second deal of the similar type in the recent half a year. Right now the management of "Vyborzhets" firm is making no comments regarding the present-day situation. At the same time, the enterprises-competitors share plans to occupy the niche which is likely to be vacant in case of the closure of the agri-firm. This firm supplies to around 50% of the regional and city markets of the local fresh vegetables and fresh herbs. The developers point out the high demand for the land, located close to Ring Road; they estimate the value of the land plot, where "Vyborzhets" is located, to reach US$150 mln.
Inga Sergeyeva, the Press Secretary of Vsevolzhskiy Municipal community, told "Kommersant" that the management of the Closed JSC "Agri-firm "Vyborzhets" is intended to sell the land plots. She tells about a significant part of the fields where the plant production is unfeasible, to the opinion of the agri-firm specialists. The administration of the district thinks that the land will be sold for the infrastructure location along the Ring Road or for the construction of the residential settlements there. Nikolay Kuritsyn, the General Director of "Vyborzhets", and Alexander Zaklepkin, the major co-owner of the company, made no comments. Answering to the question whether the firm is going to sell the land plots, Vasiliy Fedorov, Deputy General Director of the agri-firm, told equivocally: "I know nothing about the sales, you'd better contact the General Director and the owner. We are not going to close the greenhouses. We purchased a new film for the greenhouses enough to operate during the next three years…do you think we might need this, if we were not going to work further?!"
Lyubov Zlobina, the Chief of the Agricultural Department of the Municipal Community informed that the negotiations were carried out past year about the transfer of a part of "Vyborzhets" production assets from the territory of Vsevolzhskiy district to Vyborgskiy district.
Inga Sergeyeva, the Press Secretary of Vsevolzhskiy Municipal community, told "Kommersant" that the management of the Closed JSC "Agri-firm "Vyborzhets" is intended to sell the land plots. She tells about a significant part of the fields where the plant production is unfeasible, to the opinion of the agri-firm specialists. The administration of the district thinks that the land will be sold for the infrastructure location along the Ring Road or for the construction of the residential settlements there. Nikolay Kuritsyn, the General Director of "Vyborzhets", and Alexander Zaklepkin, the major co-owner of the company, made no comments. Answering to the question whether the firm is going to sell the land plots, Vasiliy Fedorov, Deputy General Director of the agri-firm, told equivocally: "I know nothing about the sales, you'd better contact the General Director and the owner. We are not going to close the greenhouses. We purchased a new film for the greenhouses enough to operate during the next three years…do you think we might need this, if we were not going to work further?!"
Lyubov Zlobina, the Chief of the Agricultural Department of the Municipal Community informed that the negotiations were carried out past year about the transfer of a part of "Vyborzhets" production assets from the territory of Vsevolzhskiy district to Vyborgskiy district.
