IMPORT OF COMBINE HARVESTERS TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY’S FOOD SECURITY

The article analyzes the content and the modern legal basis of the legislation on foodstuff security of the Russian Federation, the criteria characterizing it, the types of foodstuff products and the proportion of self-sufficiency with them, guaranteeing the foodstuff security of the country. On the basis of statistical data, the impact on foodstuff security of the technical equipment of the agro-industrial complex of Russia with a fleet of combine harvesters, its sufficiency to solve foodstuff security problems in modern conditions is studied. The presence of a large proportion of foreign-made combine harvesters in the fleet of combines of the Russian agro-industrial complex, and among them an increasing share of imports of used combines was noted. The specifics of recent years is the increase in the share of Chinese combines in imports, the prices of which are significantly lower than the prices of domestic combines. In light of the above, in order to maintain the parity of competitiveness of domestic combines in the domestic market of the country, customs regulation measures have been proposed that reduce the competitive advantages of Chinese combines.