Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill makes nearly 370,000 tonnes of pulp in 2025

About 370,000 tonnes of pulp were produced at Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill in 2025, Deputy Director General Aleksandr Kupreyev told the media on 13 May, BelTA has learned.

Last year, the mill produced 370,000 tonnes of pulp, and since the beginning of 2026, it has set its sights on strengthening its production position. According to Aleksandr Kupreyev, everything necessary is in place for this. “We are fully supplied with raw materials; we have enough forest. Currently, we have 200,000 cubic meters. The enterprise processes 6,000 cubic meters of wood daily,” he said.

 

The enterprise is also actively implementing an investment project, namely, a new workshop to produce sack kraft paper. The first products are expected to be obtained as early as December 2026.

On 13 May, Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin paid a visit to Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill. The main purpose of the visit was to develop systemic solutions to stabilize the enterprise’s operations. As previously reported, support for Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill was one of the topics at a recent meeting between the president of Belarus and the Council of Ministers. In particular, one of the issues discussed on 5 May was a draft resolution of the Council of Ministers regarding the allocation of funds from the state targeted budgetary fund for national development to Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill.

Following that meeting, Aleksandr Turchin noted that this issue needs to be studied on a broader scale as well. According to him, this problem is not unique to this particular enterprise but arises regularly across various production facilities. “Perhaps we need to consider adopting a systemic solution regarding payments to the national development fund, so that we do not have to go to the head of state so often,” the prime minister emphasized then.

A meeting will be held to discuss the overall strategy and approaches to this issue.