Commenting the article published in www.db.lv on 03.01.2013., “The exports of Liepājas Metalurgs to Belarus reached a record high last year”, the Joint Stock Company Liepājas Metalurgs hereby informs that since October 2012 in Minsk (Belarus) works the daughter company of the Joint Stock Company Liepājas Metalurgs, ООО «Торговый дом «Лиепаяс металургс»», dealing with enlargement of the sales market of products made by the Joint Stock Company Liepājas Metalurgs in Belarus.

The exports to Belarus have increased to 14 000 tons in 2012 (in the year 2011 it was 339 tons), which is attributable to searching the sales market, in order to offset the continuously changing exports share to other countries.

Līga Šenfelde
Assistant of chief Economist
63455926, shenfelde@metalurgs.lv