The most important part of the national wealth of the country is the main industrial and production funds. Their volume and technical level determine the economic potential of the country and the efficiency of social production.

With the expansion of foreign economic relations of the USSR the scale of use of imported equipment in industry is increasing. In 1975, the share of machinery, equipment and vehicles accounted for 33.9$ of the total imports of the USSR, or 9045.7 million rubles ....