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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...

Lukashenko: Belarus-Leningrad Oblast trade should go beyond one billion dollar mark
“The areas where we really shine are the production of agricultural machines and equipment, grain drying complexes, equipment for feed mills, as well as food production, seed production, and many other industries,” the president continued...

Belarusian Industrial and Innovation Forum opens in Minsk
This year, the forum has drawn more than 100 organizations from Belarus and Russia's Mordovia, Bryansk, Smolensk and Novosibirsk regions. They will showcase the equipment and technologies for the manufacturing sector, innovations and R&D, industrial products and services...

Governor: Belarus is a key partner for Leningrad Oblast
“We are approaching $1 billion. We do not have doubts that we will do this. The trade keeps growing. I want to say that it is thanks to such close cooperation that our lineup increased by 70 new items in the last year alone. This has never happened before. The assortment of our mutual interests has never grown so fast. We are already opening fairs and stores with Belarusian products,” the governor said...

“Belarusian Quarter” to be built in Kazakhstan
According to statistics, mutual supplies of building materials are proceeding at a good pace: in January - July 2023, trade amounted to $186.6 million, up by 40% year-on-year...

Belarus, Russia’s Leningrad Oblast discuss cooperation in agriculture
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Sergei Bartosh has met with Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Oblast Government, Chairman of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee Oleg Malashchenko...

Great Stone to cooperate with Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department
The Great Stone administration, the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department and SINOMACHBEL, a resident company of the park, signed a cooperation agreement. The document establishes that the parties will cooperate in the field of industrial and technological research and projects...

Great Stone park presents its potential in Russia's St. Petersburg
The interest of large logistics operators from the Russian Federation in establishing their own logistics complexes in Belarus was mentioned...

Gomselmash to supply upgraded grain harvesters to Kazakhstan
A joint assembly production of Gomselmash equipment was launched in Kazakhstan. “We are jointly assembling grain harvesters under the Essil brand in Kazakhstan. This is a very successful project, we assemble 4,300 grain harvesters,” said Dmitry Afanasyev...

Belarus, China discuss exchange trade prospects
Chairman of the Board of the BUCE Aleksandr Osmolovsky emphasized the importance of the Chinese market for the development of cross-border exchange trade and expressed hope that the entry of economic entities from Inner Mongolia to the exchange would help ensure even higher growth of exchange trade between Belarus and China...

Belarusian ambassador, Saratov Oblast governor discuss joint projects
The parties discussed the possibility for Belarusian builders to take part in the projects implemented in Saratov Oblast in road construction and construction of social facilities...

Belarus’ buckwheat harvest reaches 45,000t
As of 25 September, some 7,633,500 tonnes of grain was cropped in Belarus. This included 6,594,500 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and 1,039,400 tonnes of rapeseed...

PMs of Belarus, Kazakhstan discuss economic cooperation
“In 2021, mutual trade exceeded $1 billion, and we have kept adding little by little. In January-July 2023 we traded for $700 million, which means that with the same dynamics we will reach even bigger figures by the end of the year,” Roman Golovchenko said...

Belarus’ sugar beet harvest past 1m tonnes
As of the morning on 24 September, some 7,614,500 tonnes of grain was cropped in Belarus, including 6,575,200 tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops (with corn) and 1,039,300 tonnes of rapeseed...

Great Stone Park, China’s Autel Robotics discuss R&D cooperation
Peculiarities of project registration in the industrial park were discussed as well as peculiarities of using the preference policy with regard to resident companies. Prospects of cooperation in the area of research and development were mentioned...

Belarus’ sugar beet harvest past 940,000 tonnes
As of 23 September, some 7,582,700 tonnes of grain was cropped in Belarus, including 6,543,700 tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops (with corn) and 1,039,000 tonnes of rapeseed...

Lukashenko, Golovaty discuss situation at Belaruskali
First of all the head of state wondered what problems Belaruskali is encountering now and how the work to master port facilities in Russia was proceeding...