It began line production at its Belarusian plant, which has an initial capacity of 60,000 car bodies per year, with the possibility of expansion.

[4] later in November 2017, it inaugurated a complete knock-down (CKD) plant with a yearly production capacity of 60,000 vehicles in the Minsk region, which can be expanded in the future.

[5] The Belgee facility, situated in Borisov and spanning across 118 hectares, aims to produce 60,000 automobiles annually with a 50% localization rate.

The plant will be responsible for assembling the Atlas and other advanced Geely models of the third generation for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) market, which includes countries such as Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

[citation needed] That year, the company transferred the BelAZ shares to the Belarusian state in order to reduce the impact of sanctions from Western countries.