Vitebsk region fulfilled only 79.1% of the Q1 plan for scrap metal supply - KGC

June 21, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Vitebsk region fulfilled the state order for the supply of ferrous metal scrap and waste by only 79.1% of the planned target for the first quarter, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control informed a BELTA correspondent. At the same time, obligations to the state were fulfilled by only 4 districts of the region. Beshenkovichi and Braslav district consumer cooperatives have not started fulfilling the state order. As noted by the KSG, in 2009, the state order for the supply of ferrous metal scrap and waste was fulfilled by the region by 87.9%. In Orsha, the underfulfillment was 1.6%, in Polotsk - 7.8%, Novopolotsk - 19.45%. The regional center fulfilled the state order by 94.3%. Only the Gluboksky district fulfilled the planned supplies from the districts of the region, with underdeliveries ranging from 5.7% to 36%. Last year, the consumer cooperative system underdelivered 9 thousand tons of ferrous scrap. At the same time, the KSG notes that in 2009, law enforcement and customs authorities seized over 1.1 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap and waste from illegal circulation, totaling Br381.3 million, and suppressed the activities of 30 illegal metal buying points. In January-May of the current year, over 200 tons of scrap metal worth Br68.6 million were seized from illegal circulation, and seven illegal buying points ceased their activities. Based on the results of inspections of the fulfillment of the state order for the supply of ferrous metal scrap last year, 4 business entities were brought to administrative responsibility, and the issue of bringing another three to responsibility is being considered. -0-