ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ ЛІСОГОСПОДАРСЬКОГО КОМПЛЕКСУ УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of such an important component of the competitiveness of the forestry complex as its production potential. To do this, the volume of harvested timber from felling for general use, indicators and structure of wood sales for export, the volume of wood residues in warehouses and the cost of sales of one impersonal m3 of wood are analyzed. In addition, the author examines the trends in the formation of appropriate forest infrastructure, which will help optimize the cost of transporting harvested timber as a result of saving fuel and lubricants and reducing the time of delivery of logging equipment to the main felling sites (forest formation and care). Negative factors of reduction of capital construction of various objects of forestry, ecological and social purpose are revealed, and also tendencies of decrease in level of updating of fixed assets of forest branch due to corresponding reduction of volumes of purchase of forestry and road-building technics, ecologically safe cars and mechanisms are investigated. The presented material presents the main reasons for the low level of competitiveness of the forest industry, in particular, among them there is a lack of investment and innovation processes; monopoly position of forestry entities in regional markets; inertia of the industry management system in the conditions of existing decentralization processes, residual principle of enterprise financing, export to foreign markets is characterized by raw materials of the industry without a significant share of value added, high share of completely depreciated fixed assets, etc. The author proposes the main directions of strengthening the competitiveness of the forestry complex through the introduction of a system of control over the quality and quantity of felling formation and care of the forest, which will increase the completeness of forest stands and the corresponding volumes of timber from felling; regulatory and legal support for the possibility of attracting investment resources to the industry and its modernization; formation of an effective financial and economic mechanism for financing forestry enterprises as a basis for investment and innovation development of a competitive forest industry.