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New projects for Great Stone Park discussed
Aleksandr Yaroshenko said that the participants of the national process on digitalization of logistics are interested in launching a pilot project at the Great Stone to implement an integration platform of the national system of electronic logistics with the use of 5G technology. This will help to ensure digitalization of interaction in supply chains, create conditions for its acceleration and implementation of electronic document flow...

Belarus to take part in food exhibitions of Turkey, UAE
The CNR Food Istanbul exhibition will be held in Istanbul on 25-28 November. Last year it was attended by over 650 companies from 17 countries, including the Czech Republic, India, Jordan, Iran, Poland, Serbia, Malaysia and Belarus...

Some 100 Belarusian enterprises certified to export agricultural products to China
Aleksei Bogdanov noted that China is one of the top three importers of Belarusian agricultural products. Active work to certify Belarusian processing enterprises for deliveries to China began in 2015. The work has helped increase export from $0.3 million in 2015 to $131 million in 2019...

MTZ classroom opens in Novosibirsk Agricultural University
The goal of the project is to train students, workers of MTZ dealer centers and specialists of the Novosibirsk Oblast agro-industrial sector...

EEC to host online meeting with Belarusian businessmen
The Economy Ministry of Belarus will host the meeting on 29 October. The parties are due to discuss issues important for the Belarusian business community in conducting entrepreneurship activities as part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)...

Egypt plans to buy more MTZ machines
"The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the highest-level talks in February this year. The Agricultural Bank of Egypt started issuing loans for farmers in September, which will facilitate the purchase of Belarusian machines"...

Belarus to take part in Cairo ICT 2020
"Belarusian participants will have an opportunity to present their high-tech products and services at the Made in Belarus exhibition as part of Cairo ICT 2020, and also at thematic conferences. In addition, together with the Belarusian Embassy in Egypt, we are preparing a program of events which will include visits and talks with representatives of IT parks"...

Construction of sulfur plant nearing completion at Mozyr Oil Refinery
The integrated hydrocracking unit of the H-Oil complex is 80% complete. Construction and installation works are in progress there. The pipeline hydrostatic testing, as well as insulation, electrical operations, installation of of test equipment are underway...

China-Belarus industrial park’s accomplishments reviewed
The construction of the park’s engineering and transport infrastructure began five years ago. The first stage occupying 855ha is now ready for the arrival of resident companies and for the dynamic launch of projects. 26 companies in the park already make products, offer services, and focus on R&D work...

Lukashenko: Belarus will build new enterprises using available competencies
"We need to invest in the construction of new enterprises, first of all, high-tech ones. It is useless to build outdated enterprises as they will not be able to compete in the market and sell products"...

Lukashenko happy with performance of Belarus' agricultural industry in 2020
Belarus has gathered a rich grain harvest: more than 10.3 million tonnes, including 8.5 million tonnes of grain crops, corn, rapeseed...

Large batch of raw milk sold via Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange
As much as 92,300 tonnes of raw milk worth Br86.9 million has been sold via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange since the beginning of the year. To compare, only 14,600 tonnes of raw milk worth Br13.6 million was sold last year...

Construction of pipeline to connect northern, southern oil trunk lines begins in Belarus
The new trunk line will connect the southern branch of the Belarusian oil transport system and the northern one. The Gomel-Gorki line will be 207km long and will cross Gomel District, Buda-Koshelevo District, Chechersk District, and Korma District in Gomel Oblast as well as Cherikov District, Slavgorod District, and Krichev District in Mogilev Oblast...

BelGee named Belarus’ best-selling car brand in Q3 2020
SZAO BelGee was the top seller of cars in Belarus in Q3 2020, BelTA learned from the company’s Chief Production Engineer Vitaly Bylitsky...

Belarusian Vityas offers smart TVs powered by Russian Yandex
Yandex’s Smart TV solution allows customers to watch aerial television channels and use all the advantages of the Smart TV technology as part of the same user interface, including the virtual assistant Alice...

Belarus eager to bolster trade links with Turkish Izmir
The sides discussed promising avenues of advancement of trade, economic, investment, scientific, technical, and cultural cooperation between Belarus and Izmir from the regional point of view...

Belarus’ online market described as one of the fastest growing in Europe
"This growth is expected to continue. The volume of the Belarusian e-commerce market is expected to grow up to $1.5 billion per year"...

Minsk Branch of BelCCI, China Foreign Trade Center sign cooperation agreement
"The parties agreed to step up cooperation in order to promote trade, facilitate contacts between Belarusian and Chinese business people, and help arrange the exchange of business delegations and exhibitions and fairs in both countries"...

Mozyr dairy company to use innovative solutions to extend product shelf life
Mozyr Dairy Products, a dairy company from Gomel Oblast, will increase the shelf life of its products using innovative technologies. The ultimate goal of the efforts is to enter new remote sales markets. The matter was discussed at the meeting of Chairman of the Belarusian State Committee on Science and Technology Aleksandr Shumilin with the company’s team...

Belarus' MTZ, Russia's Primorsky Krai to decide on three-year supply plan
Relevant agreements were reached during the meeting between Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and a delegation of Minsk Tractor Works led by Director General Vitaly Vovk in Vladivostok...