DUSHANBE, June 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – According to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), a Tajik delegation visited the 24th international specialized exhibition, Bealagro 2014 , which took place in the Belarusian capital Minsk from June 3 to June 8.

An official source at a MoA says Belarusian companies such as Promagroleasing, Bobruisk Agromash, and Agrotekhservice are ready to supply agricultural machines and spare parts for them to Tajikistan on a lease basis.

“Bobruisk Agromash is ready not only to deliver agricultural machines and spare parts to Tajikistan but also to launch a mini plant in Tajikistan for assembling spare parts here,” the source added.

We will recall that two Belarusian farming machinery manufacturers – Minsk Tractor Works and Bobruisk Agromash – intend to launch assembly plants in Tajikistan.

Thus, a joint venture for assembling four-wheeled tractors of model MTZ, known as Belarus, is expected to be launched in Danghara Free Economic Zone (FEZ), Khatlon province.  An estimated budget for this project that will be implemented by Tajiktekstilmash is some 15 million U.S. dollars.

Specialists from Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) have repeatedly visited Tajikistan to discuss the issues of launching the joint venture for assembling four-wheeled tractors here.

In the future, if the joint venture operates well, tractors assembled in Tajikistan will be exported to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Besides, Bobruisk Agromash, which is the main producer of mixer feeders in Belarus, is expected to organize assembly of farming machines, including traction-type equipment, in the Hisor district.  A total cost of this project is 5 million U.S. dollars.

Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) is a major industrial enterprise in Minsk.  It is a part of the association "Industrial Association "Minsk Tractor Works" (POMTZ).  In addition to the main plant in Minsk, the association includes a number of plants that produce parts and attachable tools for tractors and other vehicles produced by MTZ.

The plant manufactures over 62 models of vehicles.  Its main civil production has been four-wheeled tractors of model MTZ, known as Belarus.

Open Joint-tock Company (OJSC) Bobruisk Agromash is the main producer of mixer feeders in Belarus.