Orsha Linen Mill intends to increase exports to Japan in 2011

February 24, Minsk / Tatyana Chumakova - BELTA /. Orsha Linen Mill RUPTP may increase exports to Japan in 2011, the press secretary of the Bellegprom concern, Tatyana Pyshchalo, told a BELTA correspondent. This is the outcome of negotiations between the president of the Japanese company NBR Co. Ltd., Shogo Furusawa, and the deputy chairman of the Bellegprom concern, Lyudmila Tyaglova, held in Minsk on February 23. The negotiations were also attended by the deputy general director of Orsha Linen Mill RUPTP, Valery Shestakov, specialists of the concern, and a representative of the Moscow office of the Japanese company, Tatyana Shiryakova. The Japanese company expressed interest in increasing supplies of fabrics made from cottonized flax fiber produced by the Orsha Linen Mill. Given that this product is in high demand, the parties will agree on supply volumes additionally. Orsha Linen Mill and NBR Co. Ltd. have been cooperating since 2009. The Japanese company purchases linen fabrics and home textiles (bed linen and kitchen linen) from the Belarusian enterprise. In 2009, under a contract with NBR Co. Ltd., linen products worth approximately $17,000 were exported to Japan, and last year - for approximately the same amount. Given the positive experience of cooperation, the Bellegprom concern and Orsha Linen Mill RUPTP intend to develop cooperation with Japanese partners and increase exports to Japan. In 2010, enterprises of the Bellegprom concern increased exports of products by 25.1% to $620.3 million. At the same time, shipments to CIS countries increased by 29.1% to $531.1 million last year, including to Russia - by 28.9% to $495.5 million. Supplies to far abroad countries increased by 5.8%. The positive balance was $181.5 million. Based on the results of 2010, products of the concern's enterprises were supplied to 57 countries. This year, the concern plans to increase supplies to foreign markets by 20%. Orsha Linen Mill is one of the leading enterprises in the light and textile industry of Belarus and other CIS countries, founded in 1930. It produces over 30 million linear meters of finished linen fabrics per year. The main range of finished products includes various table linen: tablecloths, napkins, towels and their sets; bed linen: sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers and sets; semi-linen bedspreads. There are over 120 branded sections of the enterprise operating in Belarus. -0-