MINSK, 17 February (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko demanded more active work on the domestic market as he received the government’s report for 2025 on 17 February, BelTA has learned.
The head of state critically noted that domestic demand for a number of product categories is still not being met, and sufficient measures to saturate it have not been taken. In particular, buses (over 500 units), trucks (over 7,500 units), and road construction equipment (1,623 units) are being imported in large quantities, even though all of this equipment is produced domestically.
“Just for these goods alone, you can chalk up nearly $400 million as a loss!” the president said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko paid particular attention to the situation in the light industry. “With the modernized Kamvol and linen mill, we continue to import analogous fabrics (another loss of nearly $35 million). By the way, for the Bellegprom concern, this is a widespread picture. The share of domestic light industry goods on the domestic market is less than 10%, while the flow of imported light industrial products has increased by almost a third,” the head of state said.
“You have all the levers at your disposal, up to and including administrative measures. Why aren’t you taking action? Where are your strategies, aggressive defense mechanisms, advertising, marketing?” he asked. “Losing your own market is a crime. Over five years, the share of domestic goods on the domestic market has decreased from 60% to 54%.”
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