The Belkelme footwear producer in Belarus increased its exports by 17% year-on-year in the first two months of this year, but recorded a decrease in its sales on the Belarusian market, according to the Belta news agency.

New foreign customers have been found in Krasnoyarsk and Tyumen in Russia’s Urals region, with increasing exports to Ukraine. Belkelme produce 15,000 pairs of leather footwear each month.