Prime Minister of Belarus, Mikhail Myasnikovich said that Baranovichi Cotton Production Amalgamation, (Blakit), one of the largest manufacturers of textile products in Europe and CIS countries will have to set up a joint venture in Turkmenistan and increase the share of ready-made products in its production and commence textile finishing operations for Orsha Linen Mill textiles. As per reports, Blakit’s production reached Br 368.113 billion in the first nine months of 2014, against Br 325.523 billion of the corresponding period, 2013. Exports went up by 50 per cent in the first half of 2014, in comparison to the first half of the previous year.