Privatisation of the Federal Unitary State Enterprise Rosspirtprom will be two-stage

Thursday, September 19, 2019

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Privatisation of the Federal Unitary State Enterprise Rosspirtprom will be two-stage, Russian Agricultural Minister Alexei Gordeev told the press conference on Monday. "Rosspirtprom has been included in the 2005 plan of privatisation. It consists in, first, establishing a joint-stock company with the state's 100 participation. Second, as I understand it, blocks of shares can be sold to private companies on the market according to certain provisions", Gordeev said. To him, 70 percent of the national booze market is now in private hands. In his opinion, the state should boost its hold of the market through control of the national output of alcoholic products. The draft federal law on state regulation of the sector (no imposition of state monopoly on such production is indeed meant) will be considered in October. Rosspirtprom was established in 1998. In the July 2004 figures, Rosspirtprom is made up of 120 legal persons, uniting about 200 distilleries and liquor enterprises country-wide. Rosspirtprom accounts for approximately 60 percent of alcohol and 40 percent of vodka and liquor production in Russia, holds in operative management the state blocks of shares of 107 companies.

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