OREANDA-NEWS. November 17, 2010. In restoring the rate of repair and modernization of trucks of "AvtoKrAZ" HC in the city of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba the reviving is seen. It was noted at the X meeting of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Cuban commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation, as the Head of Ukrainian part of Commission the Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Tikhonov said.

"The experience of solving problems with KrAZ gives grounds to begin promotion of "KrAZ-SOMEK" enterprise to markets in other Latin American countries" - the official informed. He added that the parties noted the possible supply of "LAZ" holding "Bogdan" Corporation buses followed by a joint venture on Ukrainian-made buses repair.

At the meetings of working groups held in frame of the X session of Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Cuban Committee, according to Viktor Tikhonov, the issues of repair, restoration and modernization of Ukrainian tractors of Makarov PMP brand (tractors of this brand operate in Cuba til now and are in a quantity of about 50 thousand units: 20 thousand units - Ministry of Agriculture and 30 thousand units - Ministry of sugar industry).

"We agreed to assist in the organization of a joint production and maintenance of tractors with category 1,4 60-105 hp engine power (SE "PE "Southern Machine-Building Plant Makorova", Ukraine and the Group "Helma", Cuba). Discussion of issues on supplies to Cuba of agricultural equipment, equipment for processing meat, dairy products on cooperative farms in Cuba remains actual"- the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said. According to him, the Ukrainian side proposed to the Cuban side to consider the purchase of agricultural equipment of Ukrainian origin, and transferred the list of equipment and equipment for the agricultural sector, which is made by leading Ukrainian enterprises, for consideration.