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Belarus plans to boost farm exports to CIS countries in 2018
"Belarusian products are in demand in the CIS. The CIS consumers trust them"...

Belarus president visits cutting-edge dairy farm in Dzerzhinsk District
Alexander Lukashenko was told about the automation of many processes which helped improve the milk production system. A laboratory located at Vyazanka farm guarantees the high quality of local products...

Belarus mulls over butter exports to Morocco
According to the head of the main department for foreign economic affairs, Belarus is also in talks with Algeria. "We would like to enter the Algerian market with skimmed milk powder"...

Lukashenko visits black caviar farm in Minsk Oblast
The Belarus president was informed in detail about the technology of growing the fish and extracting the caviar, about the enterprise’s operation and plans to step it up. Alexander Lukashenko also personally sampled some products and appreciated their quality...

Belarusian BelAZ to roll out 290 tonne haul truck
The new vehicle will expand the lineup of haul trucks with a large carrying capacity, giving customers more options to choose the vehicles that match their operational conditions...

BUCE accredits first broker from Ukraine
According to Director of the Ukrainian company Yakov Shibetsky, the Belarusian market is of significant interest for the Ukrainian business, while the exchange mechanism excludes mediators and risks in the work with Belarusian economic entities...

Belarus’ external debt down 1.7% to $16.4bn in January-February 2018
As of 1 March 2018, Belarus’ foreign debt totaled Br41.4 billion, down by Br 791.5 million or 1.9% from 1 January 2018...

Plans to set up personified vaccine R&D centers in Belarus, Saint Petersburg
The R&D centers will use cell technologies to develop personified vaccines and treatment solutions, primarily solutions to treat oncological diseases and other socially significant diseases...

Cooperation with Russian partners helps Belarus reduce price for targeted therapy
As a result, their accessibility for patients has greatly improved. “If earlier their accessibility was estimated at the level of 30-40%, today this figure surpasses 95% for those cancer patients who need these drugs”...

Retooling to make products of Belarusian optics group BelOMO more competitive
Relevant decisions should be made at the level of the Belarus-Russia Union State to stimulate the production of highly competitive products...

Fischer Sports may branch out into Belarus
“All the problems of winter sports will be discussed at the nearest meeting. I have made all necessary instructions, regarding skis and ski poles. We are currently in talks with Fisher. They are ready to move their production here from Ukraine, as they cannot supply Russia from Ukraine”...

Plans to produce roller skis, ski boots, snowcats in Belarus
The Belarusian footwear producer Marko will work on the production of ski boots. Minsk Tractor Works have already started designing snowcats...

Vietnam keen to import vehicles, dairy products from Belarus
Vladimir Semashko met with Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang to discuss bilateral cooperation in all fields of mutual interest...

Belarusian defense products on display in Malaysia on 16-19 April
By taking part in the DSA 2018, Belarusian defense contractors will be able to reach the markets of the Asia-Pacific Region...

About 60 companies taking part in BelTexIndustry 2018
"The exhibition has changed its name: from Beltexlegprom to BelTexIndustry. The format of the exhibition has changed as well. Today only 30% of the exhibitors on the site are Bellegprom companies"...

Belarusian specialists examining promising gold-bearing site in Sudan
"One site suggested by the Sudanese side has been examined and found unpromising. The specialists are now working at another site, which looks more promising"...

Belarus, St Petersburg secure food export deal for 2018
The meeting participants discussed prospects of industrial cooperation, supplies of Belarus-made trucks, passenger, utility, and road construction vehicles, foods and consumer goods to St Petersburg...

Civil engineering named important part of Belarus-St Petersburg cooperation
The residential districts will have a unique identity. They are meant to promote the cultural values of Belarus and St Petersburg...

PM: Belarus ready to develop electric bus routes in St Petersburg
According to Andrei Kobyakov, Belarus has a good track record in St Petersburg as it has supplied Metelitsa trams to the Russian city...

Pakistani delegation to study prospects of cooperation in light industry with Belarus
The purpose of the visit is to study concrete areas of further cooperation between Belarus and Pakistan in the sphere of light industry at the state and business levels with the implementation of joint projects...