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LIGHT AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY
The light
industry of Belarus includes over 1,390 enterprises and production
facilities with 168,000 personnel. The main types of products include
textile, knitted and sown items, and leather footwear. In 1990 the
products manufactured by the light industry enterprises constituted
17.2% of the total industrial output of the country.
In the following years, as a result of the deepened
crisis, the output of the light industry was sharply reduced and 1995
it constituted only 46.6% as compared to the level of 1990, whereas the
share of the light industry in the total industrial output went down to
8%.
After 1995, production output began to increase and
the output went up 1.7 times in the 3 years that followed. The highest
growth rates were recorded in the sector of manufacture of silk (2.2
times) and cotton (2 times) fabrics, carpets and carpet items (1.9
times), knitted and hosiery products (1.5 times). The share of the
light industry in the total production output increased to 9.2% in
2000.
At present, the production facilities of the
Belarusian light industry are oriented towards output of flax fibers;
washed wool; cotton, flax, wool, volume, and staple yearn; cotton,
flax, wool and silk fabrics; carpets and carpet items; textile haberdashery;
knitted and hosiery products; sewing industry products; leather goods
and leather haberdashery items; furs and fur items; leather footwear;
etc.
The scientific and technical level of the light
industry of the Republic is sufficiently high. A significant share of
the industry is competitive on the world market, including the EU
markets. In 2000 to foreign countries, except CIS countries, were
supplied over 50 % of the total output of sewn items, 35% of flax
fabrics, 30% of wool fabrics and 10% of cotton fabrics.
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