Why should privatization be restored despite the fact that the war is ongoing

In the face of a prolonged war, it is very important that the economy continues to work, so the state contributes to the maximum business that wants to tolerate production capacity. In a few months of war, the western regions became an industrial hub for enterprises working along the front line. Video of the day is one of the biggest problems faced by business when moving to another region is the lack of production space.

At the same time, there are many state -owned enterprises and real estate in the western and central regions that can be used by relocated enterprises to restore their work. The opportunity to buy sites from the state will solve this problem and protect from the closure of dozens of companies. This means keeping jobs and sources of future taxes. “During the relaxation of enterprises from the areas where hostilities are going, you need to seek new premises promptly.

The entrepreneur seeks to make a reliable investment that can not satisfy the lease market. And this issue can be resolved by the privatization procedure, ” - says Kateryna Glazkova, executive director of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs. Recently, the State Property Fund and the deputies were registered in the Verkhovna Rada with the Bill No. 7451, which is intended to unlock privatization and turn abandoned assets into a working business.

"Many state -owned objects without proper investment are destroyed, while they are able to benefit - to produce socially important and defense products, to turn into multimodal hubs or to become a dwelling for people whose houses have destroyed the aggressor," Kateryna Glazkova adds. The peculiarity of the bill is not only in the restoration of privatization as such.

The authors of the document offer a number of innovations designed to make the privatization procedure even more oriented on business and therefore more effective for both the state and entrepreneurs. Ukrainian legislation prohibits the sale of assets to which the seizure is imposed. The litigation can last for years and during this time an enterprise may lose in price so that creditors are unlikely to receive funds even after sale in bankruptcy procedure.

Currently, the State Property Fund has 115 such enterprises for which privatization has already been made. They have been idling for years through the seizure of property and generating losses. The bill proposes to allow the privatization of arrested assets, and the new owner will be obliged to repay the debt to the state and other creditors, and before such repayment, all arrests and prohibitions will be stored on the new owner.

Among other important changes offered by the bill-payment for objects before concluding a contract of sale. This will be an additional guarantee of fulfillment by the buyer and will allow you to get money more quickly. The terms of preparation of objects for auctions and their conduct will be significantly reduced. Another important change is to preserve all permits and licenses for new owners of single property complexes.

This will allow you to start work on the purchased complex immediately after privatization. Now you need to receive all the permits again. Auctions of large privatization (the cost of the asset over UAH 250 million) will be held exclusively through electronic public auctions. Legislators are offered to renew the process of great privatization after victory in the war. “It is necessary to put all non -core state property for privatization.

If the business offers a good price now and offers the same price for 5 years, then it is necessary to sell today for the company to work. Private business is the most effective, ”says Andrey Levkovich, President of Ivano-Frankivsk CCI.

When it comes to the sale of small and medium -sized objects, the state receives more benefits not from one -time receipt, but from the fact that the business begins to work, pay taxes, create jobs and products with value added instead of falling apart and accumulating debts . “During the war, of course, the price is lower, but hope it will be higher after the war. Everything is depreciated very quickly. The end of the war is unclear.

It is necessary to leave a maximum of 30 strategic enterprises of the defense complex, natural monopolies, which are important for the security of the state, and everything else should work in business and generate taxes and jobs. This will allow you to fill the budget better than it is now, ” - emphasizes Advanter Group, CEO Andriy Dligach. Thousands of objects that are not used are left state -owned. These are old buildings, industrial sites, ordinary garages and warehouses.

There are also some industries, bread -making plants, distillery and more. Every year, their cost is reduced and debts continue to accumulate. The adviser to the All -Ukrainian Agrarian Council on interaction with state authorities Dmitry Kohan cites the example of a clerk in Odessa region, whose book value on papers is over UAH 80 million. However, over the years, only buildings remain from the plant that continue to stretch on building materials.

After stopping the plant, alcohol, equipment and metal were rolled out of it. “Our position is simple - we need to provide a transparent competition and who can and now wants to invest in our country - they need to be worn. Now you need to help any entrepreneurial initiative. Especially when it comes to processing, ”Dmitry Kohan notes. In addition, bakery and other such enterprises could become a grain storage or processing platform.

In addition to increasing the added value of the product, this would partially solve the problem of grain export. Minagro notes that due to problems with export logistics by October, Ukrainian agrarians will have a shortage of warehouses of 10–15 million tons. Unlock privatization will allow to adjust the processing of grain on the basis of state CCP, to provide the domestic market with ready -made goods as cereals, pasta and flakes, as well as export them to the foreign market.

“Any processing, reduces the physical weight of products that is exported and increases its added value. This reduces the load on the capacity of the railway for grain export, ”Dmitry Kohan emphasizes. This is especially true for the western regions, where there is convenient logistics for exporting goods to EU countries and it is important to provide opportunities for the emergence of new industries.

“Many businesses that are not attached to raw materials and do not have large equipment are moved to the West. But they also have to place the capacities somewhere. In Ivano-Frankivsk there is already a problem with the lack of premises. If there was a larger offer, more enterprises would develop. Especially now that the EU and the entire civilized world has removed from us restrictions on customs and quotas, we can increase exports.

This creates a space for the production of goods with added value, ”says Andrey Levkovich, President of Ivano-Frankivsk CCI. During the war, it is important to use all the means to support the economy. Many businesses have lost their production facilities, but have experience and desire to restore work when possible. Recovery of privatization is one way to support business and fill the country's budget at this difficult time.

“The state, without money, can give business a resource for development. This means several advantages at once - we will reduce the cost of preparing for privatization, reducing the amount of money that needs to be given to resume activities. But of course, we must make sure that this resource does not get to companies related to the aggressor so that it does not use oligarchic structures for monopolization, ”Andrey Dligach emphasizes.

Privatization will save, restore and create thousands of jobs. Business will be able to continue to maintain the economic pulse of the state. At the same time, numerous objects that had no future will return to life and will become the basis for business development, budget filling and GDP growth.