President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will visit the Orsha Linen Mill, where the discussion will focus on the prospects for the development of this enterprise and the country's linen industry as a whole, according to a BELTA correspondent.

The head of state recently spoke about the importance of developing this industry during a meeting in Shklov on modern approaches to regional development. "The equipment needed for the linen mill, we searched all over the world for. We found it, modernized it. We produce good fabrics. Linen fabrics are gold. The flax industry needs to be taken to a higher level, perfect, technological. And we need to work on this," he said.

A ceremony to launch a production line for high-number ring yarn with cottonized flax fiber will be held at the mill. The implementation of this project will enable the production of new products.

The President will be presented with an exhibition of products from the enterprises of the Bellegprom concern.

It is planned that Alexander Lukashenko will hold a meeting at the enterprise to discuss the development of the linen industry. He will be briefed on the existing issues in this sphere and ways to resolve them, as well as the scientific and methodological support for flax cultivation and processing in Belarus. The discussion will also focus on increasing the efficiency of flax production, using the example of the Mogilev region.

Twenty-seven organizations in 37 districts are engaged in flax cultivation in the country. Budgetary supplements are paid to farmers for growing high-quality flax. Scientific support is also provided. In Belarus, almost all the necessary equipment for the industry is produced in series.

Nineteen flax mills with an annual capacity of 55,000 tons of flax fiber are involved in flax processing and flax fiber production in Belarus. Currently, a modernization program is being implemented at nine flax mills.

To regulate the circulation of flax fiber, the Orsha Linen Mill has been designated as the sole operator for the export of flax fiber on exchange trading since July 2025. This has created a transparent mechanism for controlling the quality of flax fiber sold by flax mills to all consumers.