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Over 500,000t of potatoes harvested in Belarus
Sugar beet harvesting is also in progress in Belarus. Some 1,439,300 tonnes of sugar beet were removed, with the yields standing at 453.3 centners per hectare...

Lukashenko visits ideal dairy complex in Belynichi District
During his working trip to Belynichi District, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has visited Lyamnitsa dairy complex of the Kolkhoz Rodina agricultural enterprise...

Ambassador: Belarus-Russia trade might reach $55bn in 2023
"According to experts, our trade in services will amount to $47-48 billion; it will be driven by the transport and construction industries, as well as the IT sector. These sectors will generate $7 billion in trade in services. The overall bilateral trade is well placed to reach $55 billion. This is quite an achievement,” the ambassador said...

Lukashenko upholds projects to build new fish farms in Mogilev Oblast
Aleksandr Lukashenko visited the Vishov section for high-value fish of the Lokhva trout farm. The president was told about the prospects for fish farming industry in Mogilev Oblast and measures to ramp up the output of high-value fish. The head of state studied the fish breeding technology used at the farm...

PM urges to fully utilize Belarus-Africa cooperation potential
"Although the export of services to African countries has more than doubled this year, it is still insignificant - about $20 million. Thus, so far our efforts to fulfill the president’s task regarding the export to Africa has made little headway. The task was formulated as follows: the export of goods and services to Africa should grow faster than the average export,” the prime minister said...

Millet harvesting complete in Belarus
All the Belarusian regions completed harvesting millet, with 19,500 tonnes of threshed (yields stood at 19.2 centners per hectare)...

FEZ Minsk to expand cooperation with Tajikistan
Three cooperation agreements were signed on the sidelines of the Belarus-Tajikistan business forum currently underway in Dushanbe. The agreements were penned with the Sughd FEZ, the Kulob FEZ and the Dangara FEZ...

Belarus, Tajikistan sign $16m worth of contracts at business council
The Belarusian delegation included more than 60 representatives of enterprises and organizations. The co-chairpersons of the intergovernmental commission signed the protocol of the meeting to stipulate issues related of cooperation in agriculture, food and personnel training for the agro-industrial complex, industrial cooperation, light industry, transportation, cooperation in education and science, healthcare...

Belarus’ marketing center, Equatorial Guinea ambassador discuss cooperation areas
The parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, which successful promotion would help make Equatorial Guinea a supporting point for Belarus in Central Africa...

Kazakhstan seeks closer industrial cooperation with Belarus
In Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Belarus Yerlan Baizhanov words, the potential of bilateral cooperation is very high, and this year there has been a significant increase in mutual trade. In January-July 2023 it amounted to $700 million and by the end of the year the mutual trade is likely to significantly exceed the mark of $1 billion...

Belarus’ companies taking part in Rebuild Syria expo
The Made in Belarus exposition at the Rebuild Syria expo will be running until 1 October. The work of the national pavilion was arranged by Belinterexpo...

Buckwheat harvesting completed in three Belarusian regions
Winter grain crops were sown on 1,028,000 hectares of land (66.9% of the plan), more than last year...

Russia’s Krasnodar Krai to buy record number of passenger vehicles from Belarus
"By the end of next year we will purchase another 90 trams and 7 electric buses for Krasnodar, 50 buses and 9 electric buses for Sochi, 15 trolleybuses for Novorossiysk. We have never purchased public transport in such quantities before,” said Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev...

Belarus, Uganda discuss business contacts
The parties discussed promising areas of interaction between the BelCCI and the Ugandan Embassy, including assistance in building contacts with business associations of Uganda in order to exchange information, arrange business trips, seminars and forums, take part in exhibition and fair events in the two countries...

Belarus’ commodity exchange to cooperate with Russia’s Young Industrialists Club
“The Young Industrialists Club unites more than 100 manufacturing enterprises from different regions of Russia, and many of them produce export-oriented products that could be in demand in Belarus. In this regard, the exchange is ready to become not only an “electronic showcase” for Russian goods, but also to provide the whole range of tools for working in the Belarusian market, including marketing, settlements and supervisory follow-up of transactions,” the press service said...

Belarus seeks to expand economic cooperation with Chinese regions
“In H1 2023, mutual trade exceeded $4 billion, with Belarusian exports approaching record high $1 billion. The number of accredited enterprises in China, aimed at supplying food products to the Chinese market, has almost reached 200,” he said...

Belarus’ grain harvest at 7.7m tonnes
Sugar beet harvesting is underway in Belarus. Some 1,181,900 tonnes of sugar beet were removed, with the yields reaching up to 449.2 centners per hectare...

Snopkov: Belarus, Russia’s Leningrad Oblast seek new vectors of development
Belarus-Leningrad Oblast trade grew 25% to exceed $530 million in January-July 2023...

Minsk Tractor Works seeks to establish presence in Peru
"The main issue is the supply of spare parts and provision of warranty and post-warranty services. Upon returning to Minsk, we began to draft memorandums of cooperation,” said Lolitta Snitko, deputy head of the department for promotion and sales to non-CIS countries of the MTZ marketing center...

Bellesbumprom’s export to Kazakhstan up 1.6 times in January-July 2023
“In January-July 2023 the export to Kazakhstan grew more than 1.6 times compared to the same period last year. Furniture, wood boards, plywood, paper and cardboard, as well as products made of them make up the largest share of the supplies,” the press service said...