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Belarus taking part in FoodExpo Qazaqstan
Visitors can see a broad assortment of sausages, delicacies, smoked meats, products from offal. Among the new products on display are beef sausages with prunes, smoked tartar on beech chips and other products. Belarus’ biggest dairy companies showcase a wide range of whole milk products, cheeses, powdered milk products, ice cream, butter, mayonnaise, drinks, canned powdered milk, condensed milk and other products...

Golovchenko, China’s CITIC Construction discuss big projects in Belarus
"Cooperation with CITIC Construction began in 2007 and has been gaining momentum ever since. It was one of the first engineering companies to start operations in Belarus"...

Minsk Days kick off at EXPO 2020 in Dubai
“For us, EXPO is first and foremost an opportunity to look for investors. Yet, we also have something to offer. A great example is the excellent assortment of the Kommunarka confectionery that is making inroads into the market of the United Arab Emirates. And this is a premium market,” Dmitry Mikulyonok said...

PM: Belarus’ transport industry operates steadily in difficult conditions
"For the second year now, the transport sector has been operating in difficult conditions due to both the epidemiological situation and certain external factors. Nevertheless, it has steadily met the main indicators of social and economic development, including the consolidated targets of state programs,” Roman Golovchenko noted...

Belarus raises export duties on oil, oil products
In line with the resolution the size of the export duty on crude oil, furnace oil, oil bitumen, petrolatum, paraffin, and waste oils is $71.2 per tonne ($62.8 previously)...

Belarusian food industry concern seeks to expand ties with Russia’s Udmurtia
The parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, including the export of brewing malt and edible salt to the Udmurt Republic and also the supply of high-tech equipment for Belgospischeprom’s enterprises...

Belarusian MMZ designs gas reciprocating engine
The first few samples of the engine are being manufactured now. Bench tests and field tests will be carried out...

Belarus’ pavilion at EXPO 2020 to showcase linen collections
“The National Day of Belarus on 22 November promises to be something to remember. The highlight of the cultural program will be a show of a women’s linen collection prepared by the Fashion Center and the State Academic Dance Ensemble of Belarus,” Marina Vaskevich said...

Grain sales via Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange virtually doubled in 2021
Since the beginning of the year Belarusian agricultural enterprises have bought 163,500 tonnes of cereal crops worth Br78.1 million via BUCE...

Russia’s Udmurtia interested in cooperation with Belarus in mechanical engineering, food industry
"Belarus is the main trading partner for us. The figures also confirm this. Our cooperation has been growing very rapidly"...

China eager to continue doing projects with Belarus as part of Belt and Road initiative
The Chinese side is ready to continue advancing highly effective joint projects within the framework of the Belt and Road initiative together with the Belarusian side in addition to constantly stepping up cooperation in the area of digital economy, he said. The Chinese side is ready to give a new impulse to further reinforcement of friendly relations between the two countries...

Belarusian Bobruiskagromash eager to sell more agricultural machines to Latvia
The decision was made when Director of SIA Balttehnika Company Igor Zimin visited Bobruiskagromash...

About 99,000 foreigners visit Belarus’ sanatoriums in January-September
Kazakhstan is in top five of countries (after Russia) whose nationals like to come to Belarus for recuperation. The resumption of flights with this country is expected to boost tourist arrivals from Kazakhstan...

Belarus virtual pavilion opens at China International Import Expo
"This technological solution will allow more than 10 domestic companies to showcase their products online and offline. These companies represent the food industry, information technology and medicine"...

Belarus, Pakistan intend to boost trade, economic cooperation
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Andrei Metelitsa met with Adviser for Commerce and Investment to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, co-chairman of the Joint Belarusian-Pakistani Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation Abdul Razak Dawood...

Belarus seeks to add value to its woodworking industry
The head of state noted that Belarus is rich in wood resources. However, existing enterprises cannot process wood that overstayed. With this in mind, a dozen pellet factories were built in Belarus...

Instructions given to make more electric buses in Belarus to occupy market
Bearing it in mind additional sites can be used to assemble the vehicles but Aleksandr Lukashenko noted it is necessary to properly use capabilities of MAZ itself. If, for instance, truck production and sales decline, then it is necessary to use the capacity to make buses...

Belarus, Russia’s Kabardino-Balkarian Republic to advance economic cooperation
The Belarusian delegation visited a number of enterprises in the region to exchange views on the ways of developing social and economic ties, to outline the main areas of cooperation. Vladimir Pertsov held a meeting with the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Kazbek Kokov...

Belarus-Mongolia trade in food doubles in January-September 2021
The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry played host to a meeting with a delegation of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia led by Director of the Policy and Planning Department Tsendgombo Bolorchuluun. The parties discussed bilateral trade and economic relations...

Belarus, Colombia agree to expand economic cooperation
The parties outlined steps to intensify bilateral trade and economic cooperation. An agreement was reached to continue work on diversifying trade, developing mechanisms to help increase mutual trade, expanding business exchanges, and developing the legal framework between Belarus and Colombia...