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Belarusian producers to sell via Chinese marketplaces
Since the pavilion was launched in test mode, the total number of subscribers of Belarus’ national pavilion has exceeded 210,000 while revenues have reached 1.1 million yuans or the equivalent of $164,038 in line with the exchange rate of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus...

Belarusian, Russian industry ministers discuss import substitution, manufacturing cooperation
The meeting resulted in the signing of a memorandum on recognizing manufacturing operations being carried out in the territory of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, including for the sake of enabling equal terms of access to subsidizing programs. The memorandum stipulates that the relevant intergovernmental agreement would be signed within one month...

Belarus launches national pavilion on Chinese online platforms Jingdong, Douyin
The event is an initiative of the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. The initiative is intended to stimulate trade cooperation between the two countries. The project is designed to step up economic activity and advance bilateral trade...

Good sales of Belarusian products via Chinese platform Douyin
Over 1.3 million Douyin users watched the stream over the course of one hour. Meanwhile, sales of Belarusian chocolate and snacks exceeded 900,000 Chinese yuans or about $135,000...

Belarus, United Arab Emirates to develop cooperation in high technology
SCST Chairman Sergei Shlychkov met with UAE Ambassador to Belarus Ibrahim Salim Mohamed Al Musharrakh...

Belarusian manufacturers featured at Innoprom in Yekaterinburg
Belarus’ national exposition is showcasing such enterprises as Avtokomponenty, Belkommunmash, Belshina, BMZ steel mill, the Gomel Plant of Special Tools and Technological Equipment, Gomel Plant of Special Instrument and Technological Equipment, Gomel Plant of Machine Tools, Integral, Crane Plant, Krasny Borets, Heavy Forging Plant, StankoGomel, Minsk Motor Plant and Mogilevliftmash...

Lukashenko: Belarus has no plans to export grain
"We will not export grain. We’d better use for the needs of the livestock industry to get meat and milk," Aleksandr Lukashenko added...

MAZ exhibits its new products at Innoprom fair in Yekaterinburg
The company showcases the latest in its products: MAZ-65262L off-road dump truck on a Becema platform and a MAZ-651628 dump truck for transporting inert materials on a chassis equipped by a Grunwald platform...

Belarus to present exposition in Mongolia in September
The national exposition of Belarus will be showcased at the 47th international multidisciplinary exhibition Ulaanbaatar Partnership in the Mongolian capital on 22-25 September. The exposition will feature large export-oriented Belarusian companies: manufacturers of food, pharmaceutical products, machine-building enterprises, scientific and technology organizations and others...

Great Stone to cooperate with Zhiguli Valley technopark
During the visit, the administrations of Great Stone and Zhiguli Valley signed a memorandum of cooperation. According to the document, the parties will cooperate in the development of high-tech entrepreneurship, promotion of innovation and application of scientific achievements in production...

Great Stone industrial park, International Land Port of Gansu sign cooperation agreement
The document provides for cooperation in import/export operations, foreign and domestic trade, and logistics. In addition, the agreement provides for the joint expansion of investment attraction channels and the sharing of resources...

Six documents on cooperation signed at Forum of Regions in Grodno
They include an action plan for 2022-2024 to implement the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Dagestan on cooperation in trade, economy, science and culture of 23 August 2002; an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of Primorye Territory on cooperation in trade, economy, science and culture...

Belarus, Russia’s Primorye Territory to advance cooperation in heavy industry, culture, tourism
Oleg Kozhemyako said: “Our cooperation with Belarus produces good results. Major joint projects have been implemented in the sphere of agribusiness, coal and heavy industries. We’ve recently signed a contract for the acquisition of 21 BelAZ haul trucks. Despite the long distance Belarusian foods are also popular with Primorye Territory residents”...

Belarus, Russia urged to use their strong sides to take leading positions in world economy
“We have energy, defense, food, scientific security, that is, something that many countries can only dream of. We need to joint efforts to get integrated into the matrix of regional markets of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Association of Southeast Asia. We can use our strong sides to take leading positions in the world economy”...

Lukashenko: Belarus is willing to help Russian regions modernize their economies
"A striking example is microelectronics. We are ready to advance from mere trade to the establishment of joint ventures (especially in mechanical engineering and machine tool making), to participate in import substitution programs,” the president said...

Over half of Great Stone industrial park enterprises founded by Chinese companies
The official said: “We actively promote cooperation with Belarusian companies, too. At present the park is home to 26 companies from Belarus, 18 companies with capital from the European Union, Russia, Switzerland, USA, and other countries”...

Lavrov hails advancements in investment, economic cooperation between Belarus, Russia
"We believe that Belarus and Russia have achieved particular successes in trade, economic and investment cooperation. In 2021 the trade approached $40 billion. We are implementing major joint projects such as the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, advancing industrial cooperation, setting up new production and logistics chains," Sergey Lavrov stated...

Minsk to host Indonesia-EAEU forum in 2023
The parties agreed to organize a series of video conferences in 2022 to discuss Belarusian-Indonesian cooperation in various fields...

Belarus to intensify cooperation with Tomsk Oblast
“We are expanding contacts with Tomsk Oblast in many areas, including light industry, food industry, agriculture, supplies of agricultural machinery and equipment, woodworking, and many more. Trade with Tomsk Oblast increased in 2021, and we will keep working on it as we have some untapped reserves,” Belarus’ Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andrei Khudyk said...

Belarus presents report on managing spent fuel, radioactive waste in IAEA
During plenary sessions and the work of country groups in Vienna Belarus’ progress was noted in forming the national policy on managing spent fuel and radioactive waste of the Belarusian nuclear power plant under construction, progress in integrating key tasks concerning the management of radioactive waste into program documents and industry-specific documents...