Mining and steel Group Metinvest, the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov said about disabling the Mariupol metallurgical plant named after Ilyich (Donetsk region), metallurgical plant "Zaporizhstal" (Zaporozhye region) and Enakievo metallurgical plant (Donetsk region) from the system of automatic compensation of the tax deductions for the added Price. About it the correspondent said the General Director of Metinvest Yuriy Ryzhenkov on the first day of the week.

according to his statement, shutdown of plants from the system of automatic VAT refunds have been initiated since may.

"These companies are our major exporters. For us the critical VAT refund according to the companies, because unreimbursed increases the probability of bringing to an inability to pay energy for electricity and gas, and in the end to stop these plants "- quoted Ryzhenkov Ukrainian the Internet-the edition " ".

General Director of Metinvest said that the State fiscal service of Ukraine has refrained from giving reasons for such decision.

currently the debt of the country on the VAT to enterprises of Metinvest group exceeds 3, 5 billion hryvnia (168 million dollars).

The head of "Metinvest" expressed the hope that the problem with the VAT refund will be solved as soon as possible, because These funds are needed the group's companies To support the activity.

The group "Metinvest" from 6th February 2015 until the end of March already stopped production at yenakiieve iron and steel company and its Makiivka branch due to the fighting in the Donbass.

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