The government-owned enterprise Minsk Printing-house has purchased an offset press for making cigarette packaging that would be supplied to local tobacco companies, Belarusian mass media report.

The plant is expected to start production of tobacco packaging in the nearest months, in line with the presidential programme of import substitution in the cigarette making industry that has already urged international cigarette makers to place production of their brands at Belarusian cigarette making facilities. (vt)