For 10 months of 2026 in Belarus mandatory marking was applied to 1.9 million jewelry

In Belarus for 10 months of this year, mandatory marking was applied to about 1.9 million jewelry. This was told by Deputy Finance Minister Alexander Sudnik on the air of the TV channel “Belarus 1”, writes sb.by.

Alexander Sudnik said that today is the jewelry industry of Belarus:

The jewelry industry of the country is a dynamically developing sector of the economy, which combines state regulation and private initiative. From the point of view of the Law “On Precious Metals and Precious Stones”, this field of activity covers not only the manufacture of jewelry and their sale, but also the extraction of precious metals, processing, use and turnover. Everything related to precious metals is a licensed activity. To date, 34 licensees have the right to manufacture jewelry, and 111 licensees have the right to sell them.

The Deputy Minister recalled that from January 1, mandatory marking of jewelry was introduced in Belarus.

- This was preceded by a lot of work. For 10 months of this year, we have labeled about 1.9 million jewelry, of which about 75 percent have already been sold, Alexander Sudnik said.

He also stressed that one of the main tasks in the jewelry sector today is to ensure the purchase of scrap jewelry that Belarusians have, as well as its further use in industry and transfer to jewelry production. Another task is to actively go to the sale of domestic jewelry products abroad.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko after visiting one of the flagships of the jewelry industry of our country set a task to produce world-class products. How this instruction is being implemented in practice, explained Yuri Dedov, Deputy General Director for Production of OJSC Gomel PO Kristall - the management company of the holding Kristall-Holding:

- We have carried out a significant modernization of the diamond processing industry over the past five years, partially abandoned manual labor, reached a higher quality of cutting, improved a number of technological processes for assessing rough diamonds upon receipt. After all, all diamond raw materials that enter the enterprise are 100% quality control. We have upgraded the lab that determines the quality of the diamonds at the output. The company also significantly modernized the production of jewelry and mastered new types of products, such as measuring bars and coins.

As Yuri Dedov noted, the company is engaged in processing only natural diamonds.