Foreign suppliers have left the market due to sanctions, and Turkey is the main competitor / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti

Greenhouse Complex (TC) "Monino" plans to build a greenhouse complex in the Leningrad Region with an autonomous power unit operating from the thermal processing of solid municipal waste. The Leningrad Region government plans to sign an agreement on the construction of a complex for growing vegetables and fish farming with OOO "TC Monino" at the SPIEF, said Dmitry Yalov, Deputy Chairman of the regional government for Economics and Investments. According to him, the estimated payback period is six years, the volume of production will amount to over 2.7 billion rubles per year. The cost of the project is estimated at 3.5 billion rubles. It is planned that 70% of the investment will be credit funds, clarified the company's CEO Denis Agafonov.

OOO TK Monino was registered for a specific project in March 2016, and according to SPARK, it belongs to Agafonov. The customer and general contractor of the project is OOO Transnefteresurs, registered in Kaliningrad and specializing in transportation. According to SPARK, the company is 83% owned by Yuri Agafonov, 10% by Vladimir Vishnyakov, and 7% by Nikolai Nakonechny.

"In the Leningrad Region, we plan to produce up to 7,000 tons of vegetables per year and organize logistics no further than 100-150 km from the production site, i.e. we are focusing on sales markets in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region," Agafonov said. According to him, the company has already found a site in the Gatchina District for the construction of the complex and is drawing up documents for its lease at a preferential rate. The greenhouse complex is planned to be built in a year, and the construction of the power unit is designed for two years, Agafonov said. The power unit, according to him, can reduce the cost of production by 30%. The company is working on the implementation of similar projects in the Moscow, Yaroslavl, Tula and Kaliningrad Regions, the projects there are in the process of being approved by regional authorities, the company is selecting sites, Agafonov said.

Due to sanctions, foreign suppliers have left the market, the main competitor is Turkey, Yalov noted. "The possibility of lifting sanctions is taken into account in the business plan, if there is an excess of vegetables in the region, we will be able to switch to seed stock or other products (mushrooms, salads, fish)," says Agafonov.

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