OREANDA-NEWS. March 29, 2013. The State program of activization of the economic development for 2013-2014 contains the detailed action plan concerning measures directed to stirring up a real economic sector and clear understanding: which qualitative results will be acquired by the economics and society in whole. This was accented by Minister of Economic Development and Trade Ihor Prasolov during a briefing at the Cabinet of Ministers.

According to him, the Program envisages stimulating production in the branches which find a ready market, domestic and foreign one as well, among which, first of all, agro-industrial complex, fuel and energy complex (power energy), light industry, car building.

“On the results of January-February the agrarian sector demonstrated growth of production more than 5%. Stable demand on agricultural products is observed and is constantly growing. The simultaneous growth is observed in internal and external demand for power energy. The development of these branches will not only afford to increase the volumes of production, but will create an investment demand in adjacent areas – machine building, mining and metallurgical complex, food industry etc,” Ihor Prasolov told.

Apart from that, the Minister noted, the Program envisages concrete measures directed to increase of manufacturing production of the mentioned branches, raise of amounts of processing of agricultural production, growth of investments into the branches.

One more significant aim planned to achieve in the course of realization of the Program is import replacement. It is intended to be done in the following areas: production of medicines and medical equipment; light industry goods, foodstuffs with high processing level; production of automobile and agriculture machinery.

Moreover, measures in stirring up the economic development contain modernization of production for increasing competitiveness of national goods, raising of production profitability, mastering new kinds of high-tech production and advancement of national goods and services on foreign markets.