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Several Brest-based industrial enterprises will soon be incorporated into the boundaries of the city's free economic zone, Vasily Dolgolyov,
governor of the Brest region, told the Brest Regional Soviet on August 16.
The Free Economic Zone "Brest," located in a 300,000 Belarusian city of the same name near the Polish border, currently embraces 91 enterprises, of which 78 are operational. Sixty-four specialize in manufacturing, six in commerce and public catering, three in transportation, two in construction, two in banking, and one in agricultural production, according to Brest's statistics office.
"Brest" residents' output totaled about 50 billion rubels in the former half of 2001. The zone exported $25.8 million worth of goods and services, 10.7 percent of the Brest region's total exports. Russia accounted for 96.7 percent of the zone's exports, including 2,502 tons of sausage and
342,300 pieces of furniture. Non-CIS exports included timber, particle board, plywood, vacuum and air pumps. The zone's imports come almost entirely from outside the CIS. They totaled $31.4 million in January-June 2001, or 15.3 percent of the Brest region's total imports, and included 2,775 tons of fish products, 15,800 cubic meters of fib erboard, 12 automobiles and 2,212 tons of furniture parts.
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17 August 2001