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Belarus exports 6 mln tonnes of dairy products to 69 countries in 2024
In 2024, the dairy export growth rate increased by 11,5% in volume terms and by 17,8% in value terms...

Belarus, Russia discuss oil and gas market, projects in power industry
Alexander Novak stated at the meeting that Russia remains the main trading partner of Belarus, while Belarus is Russia's main trading partner in the CIS and its fourth biggest partner in the world...

Uganda’s PM names promising areas for cooperation with Belarus
According to her, Uganda prioritizes agriculture, science and technology. There is interest in cooperation with Belarus in these areas...

Belarus, Russia’s Samara Oblast discus cooperation with AvtoVAZ, machinery supplies
The parties also discussed the schedule of upcoming meetings at various levels. In particular, representatives of Belarusian enterprises are scheduled to come to Samara Oblast in March to fine-tune the agreements...

SMEs in Belarus employ over 1.4m people
There are a total of 118,000 commercial entities in Belarus. About 111,000 of them are SMEs...

China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone welcomes 30 new residents in 2024
The resident status was granted to companies with capital from Belarus, China, Israel, Russia and Germany with promising projects in integrated logistics, research and development (R&D), instrumentation, medicine, biotechnology, big data storage and processing...

Belarus to take part in International Trade and Industrial Fair in Pakistan
The main sections of the exhibition include agriculture, automobile manufacturing, machine tool engineering, energy, metallurgy, construction, mining, petrochemicals...

PM: Belarus shows growth above global average for second straight year
"The gross domestic product for 2024 expanded by 4% , above the target of 3.8%. The main drivers were industry, construction, trade and transportation"...

Belarus, Fujairah of UAE sign cooperation agreement
The Belarusian side also presented its enterprises, organizations, products and services to potential partners....

PM: Belarus is ready to implement joint projects with Libya in industry, agriculture
"We are ready to discuss with you and members of your delegation joint projects in such areas as food security, industry, construction, geological exploration, education and so on"...

Belarus' commodity exchange to facilitate agricultural exports to Middle East
On the sidelines of the exhibition, the BUCE held talks with more than 30 distributors of agricultural products, many of which expressed their readiness to use the BUCE electronic platform to purchase Belarusian milk powder, whey powder, and frozen semi-finished meat products...

Belarusian tractor maker MTZ seeks closer ties with Republic of Ghana
During the negotiations with the Ghanaian minister of agriculture, the parties agreed to develop a program of mechanization of the agricultural sector...

Minsk Motor Plant signs long-term supply agreement with Cuba
High-quality products of Minsk Motor Plant are in demand in far-arc markets, and the Republic of Cuba is among them, the press service noted...

Lukashenko proposes to make list of honest businesses to be exempt from inspections
Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out that when it comes to control over private business, one should understand that the playing field should be equal...

Lukashenko pledges support to transparent private business
According to Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov, private business has actively joined the president's initiative One District-One Project and has been implementing more than half of the regional projects...

Lukashenko wants profound upgrade of business ecosystem
Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled that earlier Belarus adopted such groundbreaking documents as Directive No. 4 and Decree No. 7 and introduced a whole range of simplifications and innovations...

Belarus, Iran agree to expand business ties, intensify cooperation in SCO
The talks with the Hamidreza Ghaznavi, Secretary-General of the Entrepreneurs Association of Iran, were devoted to the prospects of expanding direct contacts of Belarusian enterprises with the private sector of Iran...

Lukashenko: No plans to put artificial barriers for private business
According to the head of state, decriminalization of economic risks is among the issues that require special attention...

Belarus takes part in Gulfood 2025 in Dubai
The event is attended by buyers from 198 countries...

Minister: Long-term goals set for Belarus’ microelectronics industry
The industry's recent achievements help to significantly ramp up production, but we need to find ways to increase these figures, he emphasized...