In order to stimulate the growth of cargo flows in separate ports - for example, in the port of Chernomorsk or in the Danube region - the state needs to enter targeted compensation programs, and not resort to manipulations with Ukrzaliznitsy tariffs. After all, manual tariff management is not only a violation of the current legislation, but also numerous corruption risks.

This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Federation of Employers of Transport of Ukraine (FRTTU), the first Minister of Transport of Ukraine Orest Klimpush, commenting on the announced initiatives to introduce coefficients to railway tariffs in the direction of the ports of the Black Sea.

" Therefore, any attempts by manual intervention and administrative adjustment of tariffs not only violate the economic logic and principles of competitive policy, but also create corruption risks for providing unfair advantages to individual market operators at the expense of others, ”the ex-official notes.

He recalled that in addition to the railway component, shipping fees also affect the cost of transportation, which are significantly high in separate ports.

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The state really can make a political decision on the support of individual ports - for example, Chernomorsk or the Danube region, this is its right, says Klimpush, but then it must accept a special targeted program to reduce the cost of transporting by rail in the direction of individual stations and indicate the sources of compensation for such a discount for the Uz..

" which was covered by revenues from the dividends of Uz. This is an understandable and transparent mechanism, which is understandable and Ukrzaliznitsі and market operators, ”the ex-official notes.

Considering that the main interests of departments to Chernomorsk and the Danube ports are agrarian companies, the new State Fund for Support for Agricultural Manufacturers, for which the Verkhovna Rada voted last week, can become a source of coverage in the direction of these ports..

We will remind, earlier the European Business Association called the intention " This initiative of JSC of the UZ contradicts the principles of equal access to infrastructure and creates the risks of non -compliance with antimonopoly legislation.