JSC «Vitebsk carpets» is an enterprise of the mixed pattern of ownership without foreign participation. A prevailing share of the authorized capital (51,1%) is at the state ownership. JSC «Vitebsk carpets» is a part of the Belarus state concern of light industry. JSC «Vitebsk carpets» is the assignee of Vitebsk industrial carpet association named after the 50th anniversary of BSSR. This association was created in 1947on the base of flax-mill “Dvina” which in its turn had been constructed by the Belgian shareholders in 1900. JSC «Vitebsk carpets» was created by transformation of the Vitebsk industrial carpet association to JSC in February, 1994.