OREANDA-NEWS. The Russian government plans to allocate 727 million roubles to buy KAMAZ trucks for the UN World Food Program.
This resolution was drafted by the Finance Ministry fulfilling the Russian presidential instruction to replenish the truck fleet used for transportation of relief supplies under the UN WFP project. It is planned to allocate 727 million roubles from the federal budget in 2014-2015 years. Russia’s EMERCOM will purchase KAMAZ high-sided vehicles, bowsers and mobile auto repair shops with sets of spare parts on the inner market of the Russian Federation. The vehicles will be handed over as Russia’s natural fee to the UN World Food Program.
It is expected that 436 million rubles will be allocated to purchase KAMAZ vehicles this year and up to 291 million roubles next year. The supplier of the vehicles – ZAO FTC KAMAZ (Foreign Trade Company KAMAZ) – plans to ship 100 vehicles in 2014, including high-sided trucks KAMAZ-43118 and KAMAZ-6520, bowsers, and mobile auto repair shops on KAMAZ-43114 chassis. The vehicles will be delivered to Afghanistan, Ghana and Uganda in 2014.
In addition, the Russian government will allot USD 1.6 million as a target fee in the UN WFP to develop logistical potential, including integration of KAMAZ vehicles in regional truck fleets of the program.