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Beijing’ tourist industry presented in Minsk
This presentation is designed to tell more Belarusian tourists about the Chinese capital, a representative of the Beijing municipal tourism authorities said...

Plans to sell Belarusian government bonds in Russia in 2018-2020
The Belarusian Finance Ministry intends to penetrate the Russian market as part of the efforts to diversify the investor base and borrowing instruments...

Poland’s Lodz Province to cooperate with Belarus’ Vitebsk Oblast in agriculture
According to Marek Mazur, the Polish delegation has come to learn more about the agriculture and food production industries in Vitebsk Oblast and is going to visit some local farms...

British private sector interested in cooperation with Belarusian Borisovski DOK
The British side expressed interest in cooperation with the company. Negotiations are underway. Details of delivering the first few batches of merchandise to the UK are being worked out...

Belarus’ external debt down 1.7% in January-June 2018
As of 1 July 2018, Belarus’ external debt totaled $16.4 billion, down by $288.2 million or 1.7% from the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates)...

Belarus’ Gomel Oblast increases exports to African continent
“The share of supplies to the African continent has increased: the first batches of our dairy products went to Sudan. Togo is showing interest in our products, too,” said Andrei Konyushko...

Minsk airport reports record passenger numbers in July
Monthly passenger traffic at Minsk National Airport in July 2018 exceeded half a million passengers...

Belavia, Ural Airlines sign codeshare agreement
Belavia Director General Anatoly Gusarov praised the codeshare agreement with Ural Airlines. He noted the agreement opens up new travel opportunities for Belavia clients...

Belarus harvests over 2 million tonnes of grain
As of 30 July, Belarus harvested 713,700 hectares planted to cereal and leguminous crops, which is 33.4% of the sown area...

Bellegprom, Belfa, F.lli Campagnolo intend to cooperate
The letter of intent on cooperation was signed between the Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom, OAO Belfa (Zhlobin) and Italy’s F.lli Campagnolо S.p.A.” Bellegprom said...

Belarus aims for $100m in agricultural exports to China in 2018
“Last year we exported $17 million worth of agricultural products to China. We believe that this is not enough as the market is very big. We aim for $100 million in agricultural exports to the People's Republic of China in 2018”...

Belarus plans to step up cooperation with CITIC Group in agriculture
"During today’s negotiations at the Agriculture and Food Ministry we have invited CITIC Group to take part in five projects. They include beef processing, poultry breeding and poultry supplies to China in line with the corresponding agreements and certification"...

Belarus’ Development Bank raises €596m in foreign loans in H1 2018
The Development Bank also prepared for the use of the credit line from the World Bank issued for a project to increase access to financing for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in Belarus...

Belarusian Biotechnology Corporation starts building high-tech agricultural company
“An exporting and import-substituting company will spring up here three years from now. It is designed to meet the needs of cattle breeding companies for essential amino acids and boost the country’s export potential”...

Belarus to attend World Investment Forum in Geneva
The same day Pavel Utyupin will present Belarus’ efforts to improve its investment climate at the session "Talking Business: Eastern Europe and Central Asia"...

Minsk, Shanghai mulling over direct air service
Chen Xi, Deputy Chairman of the People's Government of Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, the Deputy Director of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Administration, noted there is a mutual interest in developing cooperation in economy, tourism, education, and culture...

Contracts worth $2.1m signed during forum of Brest sister cities
The event is attended by business representatives of Belarus, delegations from 13 countries. Some 20 cooperation agreements in various fields and contracts worth $2.1 million were signed during the forum...

Large-scale Belarus expo in Uzbekistan on 14-19 September
The exhibition will feature more than 100 flagship enterprises: BelAZ, MTZ, Belshina, Belarusian Forest Company, Beryozastroymaterialy, Adani, BelOMO, Conte Spa, Kommunarka, Babushkina Krynka, Belryba and others...

Cote d’Ivoire wants to sell cocoa beans to Belarus via BUCE
More and more companies choose to sell and buy via the exchange. All in all, 19,500 companies got accredited with the BUCE, including 4,000 foreign companies from 60 countries...

Tourist arrivals in Grodno Oblast up by 20% in January-June
In H1 2018, the region welcomed over 132,000 tourists, including more than 45,000 foreign nationals...