Belarus’ Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) said that it will supply more than 3 500 tractors to Zimbabwe in 2023-2024.
This was said by MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk after the company signed a memorandum of a strategic partnership with its official dealer in Zimbabwe – AFTRADE DMCC to promote BELARUS machines on the Zimbabwean market.
According to the document, in 2023-2024 MTZ is set to supply 3 575 tractors to Zimbabwe.
The document was signed at the Belarus-Zimbabwe business forum in Harare held ahead of the state visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe. Said Vovk:
The Zimbabwean market opened for BELARUS machinery several years ago thanks to our reliable partner, AFTRADE DMCC.
We are glad that today we are talking about the strategic partnership that envisages work on a systematic perspective basis.
In 2018-2022, MTZ delivered more than 1 800 vehicles to Zimbabwe. Said Vovk:
We know that last year, for the first time in the past 50 years, the country fully provided itself with grain.
It is gratifying that the country succeeded also thanks to BELARUS machinery.
He said the company has a multi-purpose service center in Harare with branches in Mutare and Bulawayo, and also a warehouse for component parts to maintain the delivered machinery.
MTZ together with AFTRADE DMCC is expected to train Zimbabweans on how to operate tractors from Belarus. | Belta