{"id":182565,"date":"2026-04-07T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182565\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:12:00","slug":"lukasenka-slams-biotechnology-corporation-for-missing-production-targets","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182565\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka slams biotechnology corporation for missing production targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bnbk_press_sl_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC), launched in late 2022, has fallen short of its production targets and continues to face a severe shortage of working capital, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe plan was for premium compound feed, premixes, vitamins, and amino acids not only to boost the domestic agricultural sector, but also to become a major export product and earn foreign currency for the country,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BNBC failed to deliver any tangible results despite substantial support from the state, including tax breaks, government loan guarantees and a special procedure for accounting for exchange rate differences, \u0141uka\u0161enka said. The corporation reportedly received 226 million rubles (around $77.3 million) in aid, in addition to roughly $600 million in loans from China alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the biochemical and animal feed production facilities have yet to reach full capacity, the Belarusian ruler said, noting that the budgetary funds allocated to support the BNBC have been fully exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2016, the BNBC was designed as a full-cycle, high-tech agro-industrial facility that produces essential amino acids for the feed industry through advanced grain processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company\u2019s CEO is Daniil Uritsky, formerly Daniyar Usenov, the fugitive ex-prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, who changed his name and acquired Belarusian citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korovy_minselkhozprod_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus&#039; cattle population down 3.7 percent year on year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 29, Pozirk. Belarus counted 3.87 million head of bovine animals in late February, 3.7 percent fewer than a year earlier, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of data from the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat). Every region reported a decline except Hrodna, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181463\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, Pozirk. The Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC), launched in late 2022, has fallen short of its production targets and continues to face a severe shortage of working capital, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told officials. \u201cThe plan was for premium compound feed, premixes, vitamins, and amino acids not only to boost the domestic agricultural sector, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":182557,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-182565","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka slams biotechnology corporation for missing production targets | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 7, Pozirk. 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