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Nearly 5.4m tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, threshed in Belarus
As of 14 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 1.317 million hectares, which is 68.7% of the designated area. Some 4,461,500 tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 33.9 centners per hectare...

Bobruiskagromash, Zimbabwean ambassador discuss delivery of Belarusian farm machines to Africa
The parties discussed joint projects to provide African countries with Belarusian agricultural machinery, including tillage machines, cotton growing machines, as well as tractor trailers...

Ambassador: Brazil-Belarus cooperation in agriculture has great prospects
According to the ambassador, Brazil is very optimistic about cooperation prospects with Belarus, especially in the field of agriculture. It is of great importance for Brazil’s agricultural sector to be able to buy high-quality potash fertilizers at a competitive price...

Great Stone, subsidiary of China Merchants Group look into plans for cooperation
The parties discussed the current investment environment of the Great Stone, the working conditions of resident companies and plans for cooperation within the park...

Over 5m tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, harvested in Belarus
As of 13 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 1.26 million hectares, which is 65.8% of the designated area. Some 4.255 million tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 33.8 centners per hectare...

Belarusian Amkodor, Ethiopia discuss prospects for cooperation
"Such an important partnership requires detailed feasibility studies. During the negotiations, it was decided to return to the discussion after a more in-depth market analysis of construction equipment which can meet the needs of Ethiopia most effectively"...

Belarusian BelAZ seeks closer cooperation with mining companies in Zimbabwe
"BelAZ is ready to offer the mining industry of Zimbabwe not only efficient rock haulers but also ready-made integrated solutions for the supply of vehicles with all the necessary infrastructure, equipment and software on a turnkey basis," the press service emphasized...

Foreign investment in Belarusian economy at $4.5bn in January-June 2023
The main investors were entities of the Russian Federation (57.1% of all incoming investment), Cyprus (20.2%)...

Belarusian Railways to promote cooperation with Jiangsu Suzhou Port Group
The sides discussed Belarusian Railways’ cooperation with Jiangsu Suzhou Port Group to create new stable transportation and logistics channels for delivering cargoes from Belarus to China and from China to Belarus...

Belarus, India discuss business cooperation
An agreement was reached to hold Belarusian-Indian events to foster business ties between the countries...

Lukashenko: Belarus will produce its own high-quality car
"We have agreed with the Chinese partners on the licensed production of the cars. I think we have identified two brands. Therefore, we will have our own Belarusian-made car. We have made progress and we will reach the goal of producing our own, almost 100% Belarusian car. A high-quality car," Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko visits Minsk Civil Aviation Plant
According to Vladimir Pekarsky, General Director of Minsk Civil Aviation Plant, the production facilities of the enterprise are utilized fully. The share of exports in revenue amounted to 98.8% in H1 2023...

Nearly 60% of area under grain, legumes cropped in Belarus
As of 10 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 1.138 million hectares, which is 59.4% of the designated area. Some 3.853 million tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 33.8 centners per hectare...

Belarus ready to sell more agricultural machines, automobiles to Kazakhstan
He mentioned it is necessary to more broadly use the practice of organization of major events involving representatives of Belarusian and Kazakh business circles as an effective stimulus for promoting trade and economic ties...

Brazilian ambassador shares details of meeting with Lukashenko
The ambassador mentioned that among other things he and Aleksandr Lukashenko had talked about interaction in agriculture and possibilities for selling Belarusian tractors to Brazil...

Over 4.5m tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, harvested in Belarus
As of 10 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 1.065 million hectares, which is 55.6% of the designated area. Some 3.617 million tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 34 centners per hectare...

Belarus’ foreign trade up by 15% to exceed $46bn in H1 2023
Foreign trade in goods remained on the growth track. In June 2023 the export of goods rose by 5.4% month-on-month and amounted to $3.3 billion. The import of goods grew by 3.2% to reach $3.4 billion...

Belarus to hold major event for Russian investors in Moscow in November
Dmitry Krutoi and Dmitry Krasovsky discussed the investment climate in Belarus and in the Eurasian Economic Union in detail in view of drastic geopolitical changes...

Belarus, Vietnam seek to expand economic cooperation
Hope was expressed for an even more active expansion of economic cooperation between Belarus and Vietnam, especially in such traditional areas of bilateral cooperation as mechanical engineering, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, education, science and tourism...

Great Stone Park, China’s Chongqing discuss cooperation prospects
The delegation from Chongqing included leaders of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress, members of relevant agencies, district offices and enterprise managers...