State Control notes the low efficiency of Orsha Poultry Farm's activities
12/04/20120 views
On April 12, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. State Control notes the low efficiency of Orshanskaya Poultry Factory OJSC. This was reported to BELTA correspondent by the Vitebsk Region State Control Committee based on the results of a check of the open joint-stock company by specialists of the Orsha Inter-district State Control Committee.
In particular, it was noted that Orshanskaya Poultry Factory was allocated Br880.3 million from the budget in 2010 and Br701.9 million in 2011. Also, during these two years, credit resources totaling Br19 billion were provided with state support measures. Despite the state support provided, the company failed to meet a number of its targets. For example, the actual volume of poultry meat production in 2010 was 68.1% of the target, in 2011 it was 86.2% of the target and 84% of the 2010 volumes. The target for grain production in barn weight was met at 89.7% in 2010, and for green mass procurement in 2011 – only at 53%.
Over the past period, the financial condition of the enterprise has also deteriorated: the shortage of own working capital has increased 2.5 times, and the debt on loans and borrowings has increased 1.7 times. The profitability of sold products decreased from 0.9% in 2009 to 0.6% in 2010 and to 0.1% in 2011. "At the same time, along with objective factors (increase in the cost of feed, fertilizers, fuel and energy resources), the reasons for the deterioration of the factory's financial and economic situation include shortcomings and omissions in work," the committee emphasized.
For example, the poultry development program measures were not fully implemented at the poultry farm: the capacity of the poultry houses reconstructed in 2006-2010 was 300 thousand heads instead of the planned 350 thousand heads. The projected indicators for the productivity of laying hens and feed consumption were not achieved in all retrofitted poultry houses. Also, the planned profitability of poultry farming of at least 20% was not achieved. During 2006-2010, the profitability of sold products was less than 1%. In 2011, measures for the reconstruction of two poultry houses for laying hens, a poultry house for rearing replacement young stock for 60 thousand bird places, and a poultry meat slaughter and deep processing workshop, provided for by the Poultry Development Program in Belarus for 2011-2015, were not implemented.
In addition, specialists of the Committee of State Control note the inefficient use of technological equipment for deep egg processing, costing Br3.2 billion, acquired in 2009 with state support. The actual output of products in 2010 amounted to 50% of the equipment installation business plan, and 60% in 2011. The sale of processed egg products resulted in losses (Br437 million in 2010, Br653 million in 2011) instead of the annually planned profit of Br366.3 million.
A number of other shortcomings in the work are also noted: failure to maintain the established poultry mortality rate, failure to fully implement planned organisational and technical energy-saving measures, violations of labour discipline, etc.
Following the inspection, six factory employees were subjected to disciplinary action for violations of labour and performance discipline, and OJSC and three officials were penalised administratively. Information on the inspection results has been sent to the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee for measures to eliminate the identified violations.-0-
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