Business news

Vietnam to produce tea, coffee in Belarus
“Belarus and Vietnam should move from simple trade to industrial cooperation, joint ventures. This approach will help the two countries to hit $500 million in mutual trade”...

Russia’s Rostov-on-Don shows interest in Belarusian electro-buses
The city is especially interested in electro-buses and trolleybuses produced by Belkommunmash...

Belavia’s new promo tickets on offer on 14 March
Promo tickets to these destinations are available only on 14 March from 9.30 to 23.59 Minsk time...

Belarus, Slovakia to hold business forum in Minsk in October
The matter was discussed during the visit of Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, co-chair of Belarus-Slovakia commission for trade, economic and sci-tech cooperation Evgeny Shestakov to Slovakia on 12-13 March...

Netherlands shows growing interest in joint ventures with Belarus
“We can see a growing interest from Dutch businessmen in setting up new joint ventures in Belarus, first of all, in woodworking, agriculture, logistics, energy, and healthcare,” the diplomat said...

More flights between Minsk and Moscow
“Seeking to strengthen bilateral cooperation in air transport between Russia and Belarus, the two parties agreed to increase the frequency of flights between Moscow and Minsk to 63 flights per week per each of the parties during the IATA summer season 2019”...

South Korean company eager to import Belarusian sawn timber via commodity exchange
Top executives of the South Korean company visited the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange HQ the other day. Prospects of using BUCE’s assistance to arrange direct shipments of Belarusian commercial timber to the Republic of Korea were discussed...

Belarus’ high-technology export up by 20% to $14bn in 2018
12 March, BelTA has learned. “We have significantly increased the export of IT services, advanced into new markets, launched supplies of high-technology products to Spain, African countries”...

Belarus taking part in Meble Polska 2019 in Poznan
Meble Polska 2019 has the status of one of the largest furniture exhibitions in Central and Eastern Europe...

Belarusian forestry machines showcased in Russia’s Bashkortostan
The delegation of Amkodor participated in the local forest forum “Resources, Partnership, Integration” in Karaidelsk District of Bashkortostan...

Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange accredits broker in Belgium
“As a broker De Backer Pallets plans to increase purchases of timber through the stock exchange by attracting bids from customers of timber products from the countries of the European Union”...

Belarusian wooden house company Domostroenie eager to penetrate German market
"We are now waiting for their feedback. If they like the new product, then we intend to ship about 30 more houses like that via the Belarusian engineering company OAO Zhilstroykomplekt to Germany by the end of the year"...

Chambers of commerce of Belarus, Chilean Osorno sign memorandum of understanding
The memorandum provides for expanding interaction between the chambers of commerce and industry. Belarusian and Chilean companies will get help with finding partners...

Belarusian products on display at Sudan Agrofood first time ever
The first day was declared Day of Belarus. A business forum involving officials, diplomats, heads of business unions and representatives of business circles of Belarus and Sudan took place on 5 March...

Belarus attends ITB Berlin expo
Belarus has themed its stand around the forthcoming 2nd European Games which are due in Minsk in 2019, and also the country’s new visa-free rules...

Belarus’ gold, forex reserves at $7.1bn
In February 2019, the country’s gold and foreign currency reserves went up by $77.5 million (or 1.1%) following the January reduction by $139.9 million (2%)...

Minsk-Delhi direct air link under consideration
Anish Gandhi mentioned that Belarus-India cooperation in passenger transportation by air would become an important step in enhancing and promoting tourism opportunities of both countries...

Belarus eager to help renew rolling stock of mass transit system in Romania
The ambassador made a presentation of the Belarusian railway industry focusing on possibilities of using Belarus’ transit potential. Meetings with representatives of Romanian and foreign companies and organizations took place...

Horizont Innovation Center opens in Minsk
The center is a unique project for Belarus. It will unite ideas, business and technologies in industrial and consumer electronics, avionics, automotive transport, and so on...

OSCE seminar to teach one-stop shop practice, paperless trade in Belarus
The seminar will be arranged as part of an OSCE extra-budgetary project designed to facilitate economic interrelatedness by simplifying trade procedures in beneficiary countries – Belarus, Moldova, and Kazakhstan...