Belarus Approves Wood Processing Development Program Through 2030

On November 26, a meeting of the Council of the Bellesbumprom Concern was held in Minsk under the chairmanship of Alexander Pshyonny. The meeting was attended by heads of enterprises in the republic’s wood processing industry, as well as Evgeny Leonidovich Kriskevich, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Trade Union of Forestry and Environmental Management Workers.

The head of the concern emphasized to enterprise managers the importance of efficient operations at every stage of production and ensuring balanced growth in output volumes without increasing warehouse inventories. He also highlighted the need to begin implementing investment projects in the wood processing sector that are currently under development.

During the meeting, alongside other socio-economic issues, a Development Program for the Pulp and Paper, Wood Processing, and Furniture Industries of the country for 2026–2030 was approved. The program is based on the principles and approaches adopted at the Council meeting in November 2024 and outlined in the Strategy for the Development of the Pulp and Paper, Wood Processing, and Furniture Industries of the Republic of Belarus through 2035.

According to the program, the main priority will be the processing of wood into products with high added value. As part of the strategy’s implementation, new production facilities focused on import-substituting products will be established, which will also stimulate the development of new technologies and the creation of new enterprises in related industries.

Source: the official website of the Bellesbumprom Concern www.bellesbumprom.by