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Lukashenko unhappy about high mortality rates among calves
The head of state recalled his instruction to transfer dairy herd to modern dairy complexes within five years. The president urged to create good conditions for livestock maintenance and fattening...

Over 2m tonnes of grain cropped in Belarus
As of 3 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 606,200 hectares, which is 30.6% of the designated area. Some 2.096 million tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 34.6 centners per hectare...

Belarus, China discuss cooperation in e-procurement
The parties reached an agreement on mutual consulting support of partner organizations on participation in such procurement and exchange of information on large-scale tenders held in the two countries...

Russia’s Penza Oblast interested in cooperation with Belarusian Bobruiskagromash
A Penza Oblast delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of the Penza Oblast government Aleksei Kostin went to Bobruiskagromash as part of the visit to Mogilev Oblast. Bobruiskagromash Director General Viktor Filatov made the guests familiar with the company’s manufacturing capabilities and the model range of the vehicles and machines the company makes...

Delegation of Belarus’ private sector to visit Bulgaria in September
The fair will take place on 14-17 September. The visit has been organized as part of the efforts to help realize the existing export potential of Belarusian companies on foreign markets...

Belarus’ scientists sign cooperation agreements with Cuban partners
In addition, cooperation agreements were signed between the Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry of the NASB and the Cuban company Labiofam. The Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry and the Center on Food of the NASB signed cooperation agreements with the Research Institute for Food Industry of Cuba...

Nearly 30% of grain crops harvested in Belarus
As of 2 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 562,200 hectares, which is 28.4% of the designated area. Some 1.961 million tonnes of grain have been threshed at the average yield of 34.9 centners per hectare...

Belarus’ SMEs urged to build contacts with South African nations
Chairman of the Supreme Coordinating Council of the Union of Legal Entities “Belarusian Confederation of Entrepreneurship” Andrei Kopytok said as he met with a business delegation from the Republic of Mali..

Russia’s Penza Oblast interested in MAZ trolleybuses
A delegation from Penza led by Deputy Prime Minister of the Penza Oblast government Aleksei Kostin visited MAZ. The purpose of the visit is to get familiar with the assembly enterprise and conduct commercial negotiations on establishing cooperation between the Russian region and the Belarusian enterprise...

Belarus to install 86 super-fast EV charging stations by 2030
"Today, owners of electric cars can use 646 charging stations and one super-fast charging complex in Minsk where they can recharge a battery to a 300 km driving range in 9 minutes. By the end of this year, the number of stations will increase to 700"...

Women make up third of entrepreneurs in Belarus
The average business woman lives in an urban community, is 25 to 49 years old, has a higher or vocational education, raises one child...

Belarus’ ambassador reveals export plans for Cuba, Nicaragua
Commenting on the statements about the increase in trade between Cuba and Belarus, Valery Baranovsky noted: “We have an agreement on mutual supplies that provides for cashless transactions, which means that the amount of our export to Cuba equals the amount of our import from this country”...

Mongolian ambassador comments on prospects for Mongolia-Belarus trade
According to him, trade and economic ties between the two countries are developing gradually and continuously. For example, a large contract to supply building materials has been concluded. Great prospects have been outlined in terms of Belarusian dairy and meat supplies to Mongolia...

Minister: Belarus’ export to China might grow to $2.2b by 2023 yearend
“In January-May the export rose by $1.8 billion, or more than 10% year-on-year. Belarus posted a surplus in trade in goods and services (plus $164.5 million),” Aleksandr Chervyakov said...

BelNPP second unit generates first billion kWh of electricity
With the commissioning of the second unit, the Belarusian nuclear power plant will generate about 18.5 billion kWh of electricity per year, which will replace about 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas...

Belarus harvests 22.1% of area under cereals and legumes
As of 31 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) were harvested from 437,600 hectares, which is 22.1% of the target area. Some 1.554 million tonnes of grain was produced, with the average yield at 35.5 centners per hectare...

Lukashenko boards helicopter to inspect harvesting campaign progress in three oblasts
The head of state spent this Sunday aboard a helicopter. From up high the president evaluated progress of the harvesting campaign in Minsk Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Brest Oblast...

Over 1.8m tonnes of cereals harvested in Belarus
As of 29 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) were harvested from 352,200 hectares, which is 17.8% of the target area. Some 1.275 million tonnes of grain was produced, with the average yield at 36.2 centners per hectare...

Belarus’ trade with Russia’s Pskov Oblast 21% up in 2022
"We are very satisfied with the fact that MAZ chassis are shipped to an enterprise in Velikiye Luki where the relevant vehicles based on them are assembled. It is our joint project. Over 40 units have already been shipped. The total sum will exceed 80 units of our equipment"...

Lukashenko about Russian market: No need to put all eggs in one basket
Belarusian manufacturers should explore new export destinations despite the openness and accessibility of the traditional Russian market...