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MINSK, 28 March (BelTA) – About 60 companies are taking part in BelTexIndustry 2018 exhibition, BelTA learned from Chairman of Bellegprom Concern Nikolai Yefimchik.

The expo opened at the BelExpo Center on 28 March. The expo features all areas of the light industry: fabrics, apparel and knitwear, hats, home design products, fur goods, linen, footwear, findings, sewing machines and equipment. The expo will also feature its first B2B session.

“The exhibition has changed its name: from Beltexlegprom to BelTexIndustry. The format of the exhibition has changed as well. Today only 30% of the exhibitors on the site are Bellegprom companies. This means that we have finally achieved parity and we can work on an equal footing with private business. We are always open for cooperation,” the Chairman of Bellegprom said.

Speaking at the opening of the exhibition was also Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) Vladimir Koltovich: “The main task of the MART is to ensure equal rights and create equal conditions for all enterprises of any form of ownership to access the market. We worked with Bellegprom Concern under new rules last year: enterprises operated in a competitive environment. I am sure that this will make everyone stronger.”

Chairman of the State Standardization Committee Viktor Nazarenko promised that the organizations subordinate to the committee would do everything necessary to set optimal requirements for light industry enterprises. “Our system will do everything to ensure that these requirements were enough so that there were no unnecessary procedures that force you to do unnecessary work. The most important thing is to have your proposals so that we could implement them in a timely manner. The committee will do its best to give road to the market for the enterprises that make products that meet the established requirements and have all necessary documents,” he said.