Theoretical Basis of Import Substitution in the Agro-Industrial Complex

Abstract

The authors consider the relevance of import substitution and the need for its theoretical justification. This is followed by a summary of international experience of implementing import substitution policy at the macrolevel, based on the national theories. The paper examines approaches to the definition of import substitution and classifies them according to the procedural and structural principle. Based on the analysis of the most accessible data sources, the authors give their own definition of the concept, considering specific industry characteristics. The study provides a general mathematical formulation of diversified import substitution in the agro-industrial complex based on all its three main spheres (production of means of production, agriculture, processing industry). The authors define import substitution policy in the agrarian sector of economy and highlight its special features. To form a theoretical basis for further modeling, the authors allocate different types of import substitution and highlight the need to develop a methodological basis of accounting for import substitution as a process with the elaboration of narrowbranch indicators based on the example of food balance sheets.

National Agri-Food System Transformation Under Influence Of Import Substitution Policy

“…For example, the creation of large industrial complexes of pig and poultry farming brought the actual level of meat consumption closer to the standard (Levchenko & Ivanova, 2016;Sedova et al, 2017). At the same time, more costly industries, including dairy cattle breeding, have a negative dynamics despite financial state support measures (Vorotnikov et al, 2018). The crop industry also began the active introduction of investment programs for the construction of greenhouse farms, the development of horticulture.…”

Complexos Agroindustriais: Análise Da Literatura Indexada Na Base De Dados Web of Science – 1945 a 2020 / Agroindustrial Complexes: Analysis of Literature Indexed in the Web of Science Database – 1945 to 2020

“…Numa escala que vai de 1 a 100, os onze primeiros colocados são apresentados (Tabela 1), incluindo a Rússia ocupando a quadragésima segunda posição. O governo da Federação Russa tem proposto sistematicamente instruções com vistas a alavancar a competitividade dos complexos agroindustriais inseridos em seu território, pautadas, sobretudo, numa política de substituição de importações (SUKHANOVA et al, 2015;VOROTNIKOV et al, 2018; FREIDMAN e MALANINA, 2020), basicamente um processo de substituição de commodities, com impacto na redução ou suspensão das importações de certas mercadorias devido à organização e lançamento de mercadorias similares da produção nacional (VOROTNIKOV et al, 2018). Não obstante a isso, devido a tensões geopolíticas, o governo russo tem realizado embargos às importações do ocidente (LIEFERT et al, 2019).…”