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Belarus-Russia exchange trade up by 17% in Q1 2025
Russia not only ranks first in terms of trade volumes among all countries represented on BUCE, but it is also the largest destination for exchange exports...

Belarus, Vietnam in talks over settlements in national currencies, direct flights
Anatoly Sivak pointed out that the problem with logistics needs to be resolved: it takes up to 90 days to deliver certain groups of goods from Belarus to Vietnam and back...

Belarus, Vietnam mull over joint tractor assembly project
Belarus is also increasing its food exports to Vietnam. Dairy products have been certified, the necessary procedures for beef exports are on the home stretch. As a result, about 20 domestic enterprises will gain access to the Vietnamese market...

Russia’s Penza Oblast offers Belarus cooperation in many fields
Governor of Russia’s Penza Oblast Oleg Melnichenko told the media after his meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk...

Belarus, Vietnam to expand agricultural cooperation
During a working visit of Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Deputy Minister Ivan Smilgin to Hanoi, he met with Vietnam's Agriculture and Rural Development Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien. The parties discussed the areas of cooperation between the two countries...

Belarus increases export duties on some oil products
In line with the resolution, the size of the export duty on liquefied petroleum gas is now $8.8 per tonne ($8.3 previously). The export duty on ethane, butane and isobutane was set at $7.9 per tonne ($7.4)...

Belarus’ PM examines investment project at Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory
According to Svetlana Chivirova, Director of the Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory, the agricultural holding company includes eight organizations - a processing enterprise, a maintenance enterprise and six agricultural organizations...

Belarusian commodity exchange accredits first company from Myanmar
The BUCE accredited the first company from Myanmar, which expanded the list of countries using the exchange mechanism for trade with Belarus to 82 countries. The new participant in exchange trading plans to purchase Belarusian dairy products...

Cuban ambassador names three pillars of cooperation with Belarus
The meeting helped exporting companies obtain useful information about the investment potential of the Cuban market and the opportunities for exporting Belarusian products to that country...

Belarus collects over 840,000 tonnes of secondary material resources in 2024
According to Oksana Gaiduk, today 39.6% of all municipal waste in the country does not end up in a landfill, but is used as a secondary resource. The leaders in the use of secondary material resources are Brest Oblast (48%), Grodno Oblast (47.8%), and Vitebsk Oblast (43.4%)...

MAZ looks to increase electric vehicle supplies to Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast
The Belarusian government delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich is on a working visit to Novosibirsk Oblast. The delegation includes representatives of the country's major enterprises and corporations...

Belarus strengthens role of banking system in financing investment projects
The volume of loans issued over the period by the Development Bank, Belagroprombank and Belarusbank amounted to more than Br1.5 billion, up 28%...

Italian company interested in producing windows, doors, ceilings in FEZ Minsk
The investment project was discussed at the business platform of the free economic zone. The Italian company specializes in the design, construction and installation of windows, door structures and furniture systems...

Belarus, Zimbabwe sign memorandum of cooperation in tourism
"We consider it our duty to attract other African countries to introduce them to Belarus: a beautiful country with peace-loving people, delicious food and a healthy environment," Barbara Rwodzi said...

Lukashenko compares printing money to suicide
"Yes, we are dependent on markets. The financial system is. It is understandable. But we have learned how to keep things balanced after all"...

Denis Yurchenko appointed Director General of Belarusian Glass Company
The head of state emphasized that no one should be forced to join the holding group, but private and state-owned companies should work together...

Trade between Belarus, Russia’s Novosibirsk Oblast up by 11% in 2024
“Belarusian light industry products are in great demand here. Belarusian fairs that are held in Novosibirsk annually are very popular among local residents. Belarusian goods are known for their quality,” emphasized Andrei Goncharov...

Senegal buys first batch of Belarusian dairy products via exchange
The transaction included a batch of whole milk powder in the volume of 125 tonnes. The seller was a large domestic milk processing company from Grodno Oblast, and the buyer - a Senegalese food importer with headquarters in Dakar...

Belarusian nuclear power plant generates over 41bn kWh of electricity
The Belarusian nuclear power plant makes a significant contribution to the country's economy. Since the first power unit was connected to the power grid, BelNPP has generated more than 41 billion kWh of electricity, which made it possible to replace about 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas...

UNIDO director general lauds Belarus’ approaches to sustainable industrial development
The parties discussed the prospects of launching a UNIDO project in the Great Stone Industrial Park with the attraction of Chinese financing to give this park the status of an eco-industrial park...