REGIONAL MARKET TRENDS OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The purpose of research: to substantiate regional trends in the sale of agricultural machinery by analyzing the current state of the agricultural machinery market over the past three years. Research methods: analysis of sales of agricultural machinery based on information and results of analytical research provided by the regional site for the sale of machinery. The site for the sale of agricultural machinery in Kyiv region with a share of about 30% of the market in this region was taken for analysis. Research results. The research was conducted for the last three years (2020-2022. During 2020-2021, the following results were obtained, in particular: - tractors - an increase of about 50 %; - combines - a decrease of 15 %; - sprayers - reduction by 5 %; - seeders - an increase of 30 %; - tillage equipment - a decrease of 5 %; - storage bunkers and trailers - an increase of 35 %. During the 1st half of 2022, sales of all types of equipment decreased from 50 to 100 % compared to 2021. Conclusion. The market of agricultural machinery in Ukraine developed rapidly until 2022 and despite the peak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in 2021 in Ukraine, the market of agricultural machinery continued to grow significantly sales of machinery for various groups of machines. With the onset of a full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine's economy declined significantly, which also affected the agricultural machinery market. Sales in some groups of machines fell to 0. Only some types of machines, such as tractors from 20 to 135 hp, and tillage equipment (3-5 plows and harrows) had better result than other equipment. Most of the equipment sold in 2022 was domestic (sprayers, plows 3-5 housings, harrows with a width of 2-3 meters), except for tractors where in the above segment significantly added and lead Chinese manufacturers, displacing other manufacturers. The novelty of the article is for the first-time comparative sales of agricultural machinery in three years during the peak of the pandemic and war, and the ratio was different for different types of equipment and the ratio for the share of imported and domestic equipment for different groups of machines. Key words: agricultural machinery, machinery market, trends of agricultural machinery.