Industrial and Trade Policy in Agricultural Engineering: Russian Specifics and Problems of Harmonization

The purpose of the study is to develop a methodological approach to quantifying the degree of harmonization of industrial and trade policies in agricultural engineering. The article analyzes the scientific approaches to the study of the problems of harmonization of industrial and trade policy. The authors reveal the specifics of industrial and trade policy in agricultural engineering in Russia, identify the imbalance between supply and demand in the industry, as well as systematize the main problems that prevent their harmonization. The authors propose a methodological approach to quantifying the degree of harmonization of industrial and trade policies based on the use of mathematical integration tools. The developed methodology for calculating the integral index of industrial and trade policy harmonization allows us to quantify the degree of industrial and trade policy harmonization in agricultural engineering in order to obtain a generalized characteristic for diagnosing the industry situation and making informed management decisions in terms of eliminating the imbalance between the supply and demand of agricultural machinery. Diagnostics of the development of the industry using the proposed integral index is objective, since the integral index has a managerial value not in absolute terms, but in dynamics. The practical significance of the study. The authors’ recommendations can be used to justify the priority areas of harmonization of industrial and trade policies in agricultural engineering. Originality/significance. The scientific understanding of the harmonization of industrial and trade policies is expanded by applying the author’s approach to its quantitative assessment using the integral index of harmonization. This creates an additional information base for state regulation of the industry. Research methods: critical analysis of monographic and periodical literature, general scientific research methods, historical and logical analysis, generalization, economic and static methods, system approach.