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Belarus calls on UN for more efforts to remove obstacles in shipping fertilizers
According to Yuri Ambrazevich, Belarus is one of the three global producers of potassium chloride along with Russia and Canada...

Belarusian agro-industrial associations viewed as right strategy
“We need to keep consolidating farms, but this consolidation should not be artificial,” stressed Aleksandr Lukashenko...

Lukashenko views global food insecurity as chance for Belarus’ agriculture
In order to make the most of this opportunity, it is necessary to focus on selling finished products with high added value, rather than raw materials, the head of state stressed...

Belarus, Russia’s Republic of Adygea seek closer ties in trade, economy
Aleksandr Yakovchits conveyed greetings from the country's leadership, thanked for the warm welcome and expressed hope for further cooperation, pointing to the positive dynamics in the trade between Belarus and Adygea...

Belarus plans to supply flour, chocolate confectionery to China
Belgospishcheprom hosted a Chinese delegation headed by CEO of the Chinese company UJU Holding Ltd. Peng Liang...

Belarus, Pakistan discuss cooperation in pulp and paper industry
The business part of the event included online b2b negotiations to discuss specificities of potential cooperation...

Great Stone industrial park, Youju Interactive to promote Belarus’ goods in China
"The document regulates the joint work on the national pavilion of Belarus on the Chinese online platforms JingDong and Douyin. The parties discussed joint projects to promote Belarusian goods online"...

Belarus to showcase its export potential at expo in Georgia in November
The Agro / Food / Drink / Tech / Expo exhibition offers a great opportunity for Belarusian companies to showcase their export potential...

Belarus, Croatia discuss cooperation in supply of goods, services
The parties discussed the current prospects for trade and economic relations between the two countries, the possibilities for cooperation in a number of specific areas, including in the supply of goods and services...

Belarus’ grain harvest reaches 2m tonnes
Grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) have been cropped from 24.4% of the targeted area. Harvesting was completed on 45.4% of the area (157,000 hectares) in Brest Oblast, 7.81% (28,300 hectares) in Vitebsk Oblast, 37.9% (131,300 hectares) in Gomel Oblast, 20.2% (61,800 hectares) in Grodno Oblast, 20.5% (92,000 hectares) in Minsk Oblast, and 15.6% (51,800 hectares) in Mogilev Oblast...

Belarus, Russia discuss ways to facilitate direct business contacts
The parties discussed the format of interaction between the export promotion agencies in Belarus and Russia, and the possibilities for organizing Russian business missions...

Lukashenko explains Belarus’ decision to suspend grain export
According to the head of state, it is important to use grain to manufacture products with high added value. For example, it can be high-quality fodder, which is the BNBC is working on. Or, grain can be used for the needs of cattle breeding in order to get dairy and meat products...

Lukashenko calls to safeguard domestic food security
Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo assured that “there will be no problems on the domestic market"...

Belarus’ investment promotion agency seeks to deepen cooperation with BRICS nations
NAIP Director Dmitry Krasovsky spoke in detail about the activities of the agency and its international operations. Belarus’ economic sectors that drew the biggest amount of investments were agriculture, IT and consulting...

Belarus to scale up academic partnerships with UAE
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to Belarus Ibrahim Salim Mohamed Almusharrekh on 1 August...

Russian woodworking company plans to trade via Belarus’ commodity exchange
For his part, Chairman of the Board of BUCE Aleksandr Osmolovsky pointed to the increased interest of Russian companies in Belarusian woodworking products...

Belarus lowers export duties on oil, petroleum products
In line with the resolution, the export duty on crude oil, furnace oil, oil bitumen, petrolatum, paraffin, and waste oils is now $53 per tonne ($55.2 previously)...

Lukashenko: Belarus can easily increase trade with China
China is traditionally one of the top three trade partners of Belarus. According to the data of 2021, foreign trade reached a record $5.9 billion...

New opportunities in Belarus-China cooperation discussed in Minsk
According to the president, special attention should be paid to trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and also to credit and financial interaction...

Krutoi: Belarus, Russia set to develop common economic space by 1 January 2024
"The tasks are quite conventional. The main thing that the president highlighted is the economy and economic development. Politically, we have already moved from a strategic partnership to a full-fledged alliance. What we need to do is to fill the political cooperation with concrete economic content, primarily trade"...