Current accounts leading Belarusian shoe manufacturer, Vitebsk "Belwest" locked. This information was confirmed TUT.BY several sources. The company's employees are afraid that will not pay the eve of New Year holidays, blaming the incident of local government agencies.

The message representatives "Belwest" states that "the State Control Committee of the Vitebsk region, the company carried out checks and found a positive and profitable results. After that state authorities have decided that they should share." Therefore, on December 10 before the payment of wages to the workers "officials Vitebsk tax authorities arrested the account" Belwest. "

At the disposal of the tax stated that "due to non-performance or improper performance of the due date of the tax obligation, failure to pay fines to collect taxes, duties, fees and penalties against the funds held on current accounts paying" more than $ 8 billion rubles. To "Belwest" claim that they have "completely missing tax and other obligations to the budget." At the same time, the bank suspended all operations on the accounts.

The footwear company said that "through their actions Vitebsk tax office violated the public interest, which resulted in the impossibility to carry out transactions with accounts in favor of working people, while a collective agreement term payroll set with 14 of the month." In "Belwest" has a liability for the social protection of workers - the "own health center, a dining room, which require continuous daily costs for the proper maintenance workers, the implementation of measures for the protection of labor."

"The suspension of all transactions on the accounts of irreparable harm in the sphere of economic activity - not timely fulfill loan obligations to banks, liabilities to suppliers to purchase raw materials and equipment for the production of shoes. Consequently, for the New Year without a livelihood remain more than 2 thousand workers, stop production of shoes, "- said in a letter to employees," Belwest. "

In "Bellegprom" said that while "no information on this issue." However, it stressed that "in recent years the company to function properly, there were no problems."

In the 200th branch of BBK in Vitebsk said only that "the enterprise [" Belwest "] file cabinet." This means that, while the company's debts, in this case, before tax, will not be repaid, other payments are not possible.

In the inspection of MHC in the Vitebsk region declined to comment.

In the State Control Committee of Vitebsk region, said that the "test" Belwest "continues." The footwear company clarified that the controllers are now at the subsidiary - "Belwestriteyl."

The joint venture "Belwest" was created in 1988 in Vitebsk two oldest shoe companies in Europe - the German firm "Salamander" and Vitebsk factory "Red October". After the "Salamander" decided to leave the footwear industry, its share purchased Russian enterprise "Politeks" led by Yuri Sumaneevym. "Politeks" before this was promoting Belarusian footwear in the Russian market. Currently, state-owned stake in JV "Belwest" in the amount of 55% is owned by "Bellegprom" remaining fraction - a Russian investor. The lion's share of "Belwest" implemented in Russia, where the discovery of a large network of shops.

A month ago, Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus shoe industry prides itself on foreign exchange reserves of the state. He also criticized the government's proposal to create a leather-shoe holdings.

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