Modern approaches to the formation of price support for agricultural producers in Belaruss

Abstract

The article presents the results of research on the development of scientifically based approaches to the provision and calculation of price support in agriculture according to the WTO methodology, which take into account both the specifics of the functioning of the agrarian sector of Belarus and the peculiarities of national pricing. Conducted in 2011-2016 years calculations showed that, despite the rules for determining price support formulated in the WTO agreement on agriculture, our country needs to work out its own approaches. This is due to the fact that in the period under review the administratively established prices could change during the year, which required the establishment of unified rules for calculating the average annual price. In addition, not all agricultural products, to which the Government regulated prices, was the object of foreign economic activity, which makes it necessary to develop a methodology for determining the external reference price for these products. The calculations showed that in 2011-2016 years price support for the WTO methodology of agriculture of our country was not (with some exceptions) and there was a large price withdrawal. Thus, pricing for agricultural products was aimed at supporting the consumer. The results obtained made it possible to formulate proposals for optimizing support measures for products (premiums to prices, subsidies for reducing the cost of resources, etc.), and to justify the list of products in relation to which it is advisable to provide specific support measures.