Over 100 enterprises and production facilities were created in the Vitebsk region in 2010

December 28, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Over 100 new enterprises and production facilities were created in the Vitebsk region in 2010, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economy Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. In accordance with the State Comprehensive Program for the Development of Regions, Small and Medium-Sized Urban Settlements for 2007-2010, a significant part of the new enterprises appeared in district centers, towns, and villages. At the same time, local authorities are focusing their efforts on the efficient operation of the processing industry, whose enterprises produce goods with high daily demand from the population and are oriented towards local raw materials. For example, in Beshenkovichi district, in the village of Nizhnee Krivino, UP "Beshenkovichi Builder" opened a production of lumber, moldings, and wooden packaging; in Vitebsk district, in the village of Kirovskaya, LLC "InBel" created a woodworking production for the manufacture of log houses and other wooden products; in the agro-town of Olgovo, UP "YURLEN-torg" began producing boards; in Liozno, UP "Liozno Sawmill" started producing fuel chips. UP "Lespost" in Postavy, UP "Drevkom" in Disna, LLC "Dona-Stroy" in Kokhanovo provide wood sawing and planing services. In Kokhanovo, the State Forestry Institution "Tolochin Forestry" began producing fuel wood pellets. At the same time, new production facilities are being opened both at large enterprises and by small and medium-sized businesses. In Lepel, the "Lepel" branch of CJSC "Vitebskagroproduct" opened a production of compound feeds for poultry; in Miory, the "Miory Bakery" branch of RUPP "Vitebskhlebprom" mastered the production of jam; in Glubokoe, RUSPP "Glubokoe Feed Mill" mastered the production of extruded seeds; in Kokhanovo, JV "Svyatovit" LLC mastered the production of bulldozers for land reclamation enterprises; in Rossony, UP "Vladimir and Danila" began the production of packaged frozen fruits and berries in consumer packaging. Overall, during the implementation of the state program for the development of small towns, over 18,000 jobs were created, the unemployment rate decreased from 1.7% (as of January 1, 2007) to 0.9% (as of October 1, 2010), the production of industrial goods and consumer goods increased 1.6 times, and the number of small enterprises increased 4.3 times. -0-