Main Problems of Procurement Activities of Consumer Cooperative Societies in Yaroslavl Region

The article studies the current state and key problems of development of procure-ment activities in the consumer cooperation system of the Yaroslavl region. The analysis revealed the concentration of the regional cooperation system on the retail trade sector and a relatively low level of development of systemically important for regional markets areas – agricultural cooperation, cooperation in the sphere of public services. The formed set of problems should be considered as a combination of national and regional problems. The priority directions of development of the consumer cooperation system in the region are: promoting the development of co-operative relations in agriculture, local production, building the infrastructure of interregional relations; popularization of the infrastructure of assistance to improve the experience of entrepreneurs.