A laundry treatment appliance having a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber and a drawer adapted to slide into the cabinet. The drawer has external walls defining the external shape of a portion of the drawer, and at least one compartment for containing laundry treatment agent. Said compartment is delimited at least partially by at least a portion of at least one external wall, which has an emptying hole. Said emptying hole is in fluid communication with the at least one compartment. The drawer comprises a closure device adapted to be operated for selectively closing and opening said emptying hole. Said closure device is arranged on an external side of the external wall so as to be accessible and operated by a user externally to the drawer for closing and opening the corresponding emptying hole.