Enterprises of the Vitebsk region will present their products at a fair in St. Petersburg
23 September, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. About 25 enterprises of the Vitebsk region will present their products at the expanded fair-sale "Gifts of Autumn" in St. Petersburg, the economics committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.
The fair will be held in the Moskovsky district from October 4 to 6. It will mainly feature agricultural and food products from Vitebsk enterprises and consumer cooperative organizations: potatoes, vegetables and fruits, meat and dairy products, and bakery products. Light industry manufacturers of the region also expressed their desire to present their products. Among them are the enterprises "Vitebskiye Kovry", "Charovnitsa", "Svitanak", "Vasilina", etc. The economic effect from participation in the fair is expected to be 4 million Russian rubles.
The committee noted that autumn is a busy time for all food industry enterprises and agricultural organizations: it is necessary not only to harvest the crops but also to sell them. Therefore, all producers in the Vitebsk region are actively participating in a series of fairs that have massively started in the region. Until November 1, autumn sales will be held weekly on weekends in Vitebsk, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, and district centers. District enterprises will present their products in the regional center and will also hold exchange fairs. Educational institutions of the region will also contribute. They will offer the fruits of their labor to Vitebsk residents on September 26. -0-