“Belshyna” shuts down

Large enterprises in Belarusian regions are the first to face outcome of the financial crisis. Workers of Babrujsk enterprise “Belshyna” are forced to take a leave.

Now “Belshyna” has to lower costs for its export products at least by 20%, Radio Svaboda informs. In particulars, it is demanded by Ukraine. The reasons are explained by the director of the trading house of “Belshyna” in Danetsk Leanid Samsonenka.

“Very many our partners, for instance, iron-ore industrial complexes and pits address us now and offer to cut costs for tyres by 20%, and some even by 50%. It happens in connection with the fact that metal from the raw materials extracted gets very expensive.

The most terrible thing happened on October 15. Dollar exchange rate has increased. Instability has appeared. Banks has collapsed. I do not know what will be next. The main unpleasant thing for us is that industry has shut down,” Leanid Samsonenka.

Assembler of large-size tyres Uladzimir Tychyna has informed that some shifts do not work at “Belshyna” already.

“The situation is instable. Some shifts do not work at all. Our workers sit at home. Earlier such things have never taken place,” Uladzimir Tychyna said.

As said by him, the administration of the enterprise explains shut down of the work by mystical “overstocking”.

“They explain that there are enough factory supplies allegedly, but overstocking is taking place. For instance, those fabricated parts which I produce stay in the shop floor. Earlier the items were immediately taken away. They needed many of them. And now they say they do not need them. Go home,” Uladzimir Tychyna said.