Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Belarus Ignatius Mudzimba has recently paid a visit to Minsk Tractor Works. The parties are set to continue mutually beneficial cooperation. This was announced at the talks with MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk.
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Vitaly Vovk said: “Cooperation with the People's Republic of China advances along three main avenues. In particular, the project to organize the assembly of MTZ 350hp tractors in China continues. The first prototype went through trials in 2020-2021."
Work is now in progress at premises of OOO TPK MTZ-Tatarstan to make a prototype model MTZ 2022. Gas-powered vehicles are in active development in Belarus now. In particular, the Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer Gomselmash has made harvesters powered by pure natural gas.
Vitaly Vovk said: “We would like to have a Russian market share of about 70%. It is over 60% at present. We would like to be represented not only in agriculture but also in utilities industry, forestry industry. We are increasing our presence right now. I am convinced we will reach at least 16,000 tractors by the end of the year."