The Ministry of Agriculture announces the maximum subsidy for general-purpose agricultural machinery in 2012

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture issued and issued the “National List of Top-level Subsidies for Central Agricultural Funds for General-purpose Agricultural Machinery in 2012”, which announced the maximum subsidy for general-purpose machines. The provincial agricultural mechanization authorities are stepping up their work on the classification of non-generic and self-selected other types of subsidies and the calculation of subsidies, etc., and speed up the formulation of subsidy for farm machinery purchase subsidies in 2012 by provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities, corps, and farms). Lists to ensure that agricultural machinery purchase subsidies policies are standardized, efficient and clean. Compared with previous years, this year's agricultural machinery purchase subsidy equipment subsidies have the following characteristics:

First, reform and innovation, to protect the farmers' right to independent choice to further protect farmers' right to purchase their own choices, and give full play to the role of the market mechanism. The Ministry of Agriculture stipulates that any type that has passed the test and qualification within the scope of the subsidy category will meet the advanced requirements and mature technology. , Safe, reliable, energy-saving, environmental protection, service requirements, and products that have been included in the national and provincial support and promotion catalog are eligible for subsidies. In 2012, the number of annual subsidy items in the province remained the same, and the county-level agricultural mechanization authorities were not free to narrow the range of subsidy equipment. At the same time, all provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities, corps, and agricultural reclamation) are required to no longer formulate a subsidy product list, and a list of agricultural machinery purchase subsidy equipment subsidy shall be used as an important basis for implementing subsidy policies for agricultural machinery purchases. The manufacturer and product model of the specific subsidy equipment are no longer clearly indicated in the list. In the subsidy indicator confirmation book, there is no longer a product production company and model, only the name of the item category of the implement and the subsidy amount, so that the farmers can independently choose satisfactory equipment.

II. Early deployment and identification of various requirements As of the end of October 2011, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture issued notices to fully implement the task of determining the amount of subsidy for farm machinery purchase subsidies in 2012. On January 6th this year, the General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and the General Office of the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the “Guidelines for the Implementation of the 2012 Agricultural Machinery Purchase Subsidy”, which explicitly requires that the 2012 agricultural machinery purchase subsidy funds continue to implement fixed subsidies for the same type and same level of agricultural machinery. The unified subsidy standard shall be implemented within the province and further explicit requirements shall be made for the determination of the amount of subsidy. The national general machinery is classified and classified by the Ministry of Agriculture and the maximum amount of subsidy is determined. Non-generic equipment is classified by provinces (regions, municipalities, corps, and farms) and the amount of subsidies is determined. Non-universal agricultural machinery products shall not exceed a fixed subsidy of 30% of the average sales price of the province in the past three years. It is forbidden to measure the amount of subsidies by the company's quotation. The provinces are required to publish as soon as possible a list of the amount of subsidy for subsidized equipment to the society to ensure that subsidy work is started as soon as possible and that subsidized equipment plays an effective role in spring plowing.

III. Rationally Classifying Subsidies and Scientifically Calculating Subsidies In order to improve the scientificity and rationality of the determination of subsidy, the Ministry of Agriculture has focused on the following three tasks: First, it has summed up the experience in recent years and widely listened to opinions from all sides. In accordance with the principle of “scientific, reasonable, accurate, and intuitive”, and based on intuitively identifiable items and parameters such as the structure, functions, and operating capabilities of the machine tool, the national classification of subunits for agricultural machinery purchase subsidies will be further improved, and this will be used universally throughout the country. Subsidy equipment for classification bins. The second is to carry out investigations and investigations on the sales of subsidized implements and combine the information in the National Agricultural Machinery Purchase Subsidy Computer Management Network System to accurately grasp the market sales prices in recent years. The third is to comply with the principle of "relying on the low, not on the high," and to reassess the maximum amount of subsidy for the classified sub-category's central government financially one by one to prevent excessive subsidies. In general, the amount of subsidies should not exceed 30% of the average market price, and the maximum amount of subsidies for single machines should not exceed 50,000 yuan. To adjust and optimize the structure of agricultural machinery and equipment, strengthen macro-control and guidance, properly reduce the amount of subsidy for wheat harvesters whose total amount tends to be saturated, and increase the subsidy limit of single-machine subsidy for large-scale no-tillage planters, large-scale combine harvesters and other weak links. RMB 10,000, sugar cane harvesters, single machine subsidy limit for tractors over 200 hp can be increased to 200,000 yuan, and the single machine subsidy limit for large-scale cotton pickers can be increased to 300,000 yuan.