NAEK Energoatom and Kyivzelenstroy in October became the biggest violators of the localization law, having purchased a total of more than UAH 20 million worth of machine-building goods from foreign manufacturers, Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Development Dmytro Kisilevskyy said with reference to the monitoring of public procurement by the analytical center CMD Ukraine.
“It is impossible not to note the cynicism with which the heads of some state enterprises steal from the Ukrainian state. “Energoatom” directly in the title of the tender as the subject of purchase specifies the Turkish international bus ”AR-Temsa Prestij SX or equivalent.” Can you imagine that, for example, the mayor’s office of Istanbul indicated “Etalon bus of Chernihiv automobile plant or equivalent” as the subject of purchase in its tender?” – wondered the MP on his Facebook page.
He added that “Kyivzelenstroy” also specified a Turkish backhoe loader TLB 870 Mecalak or equivalent as the subject of the purchase.
Kisilevskyy reminded that Ukrainian manufacturers can 100% meet the needs of Ukrainian state institutions and communities, in particular, in buses or excavators.
The parliamentarian once again emphasized that he was sending information about the eight purchases with the most gross violations to the Ministry of Economy and the State Audit Service for response.
Among the eight biggest violators of the localization legislation are the State Enterprise “Ukraine”, which purchased a Turkish bus for UAH 7.15 million, a village council in Dnipropetrovsk region, which bought a Chinese bus JAC Sunray for UAH 1.85 million, as well as other local companies with purchases of a Turkish diesel generator for UAH 1.09 million and a Chinese tractor for UAH 0.62 million.
According to the monitoring data CMD Ukraine, cited by the MP, in October in “Prozorro” published information about 810 purchases of engineering goods worth 10 billion UAH, which are subject to the requirement of localization, with violation of the requirement revealed in 151 tenders (18.6%).
The legislation on localization in 2024 requires in public procurement of machine-building products to contain at least 20% of the component produced in Ukraine. At the same time, new rules for keeping the Register of localized goods have been in force since July 2.
