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Economy ministry: Export of Belarusian services to China will go up 12-15%
The international treaty provides for the establishment of a free trade zone in services, bilateral obligations to provide non-discriminatory treatment in trade in services and investment...

Almost 440 companies registered at Belarus' FEZs
According to the National Statistical Committee, in 2024 free economic zones accounted for 5.3% of Belarus' gross domestic product, 19.2% of industrial output, 3.8% of investment in fixed assets, and 21.9% of exports of goods...

Lukashenko urges to make long-term plans, invest in development
“This is how we are gradually developing our competencies in this industry. We need to improve them. Moreover, everything that we produce today is in demand - from food products to integrated circuits,” Aleksandr Lukashenko added...

Lukashenko: Domestic microelectronics industry is doing well, but can do even better in 2025
According to him, over the past two years, almost Br500 million has been allocated for its implementation. It is planned to spend as much until 2030. The industry is expected to increase total revenue three to four times during the program implementation period...

Belarusian Amkodor ready to supply utility, road-construction vehicles to Russia’s North Ossetia
The talks touched upon important aspects of the partnership, including opportunities for supplying small-sized Amkodor utility vehicles and road construction equipment...

Belarus, Russia’s North Ossetia discuss common interests in agriculture
Head of North Ossetia Sergei Menyailo also made a number of constructive proposals for the development of relations with Belarus in agriculture...

Myatlikov: Belarus’ business shows real interest in cooperation with Serbia
In 2024, Serbian companies concluded deals worth $4 million at the exchange trading sessions, said Aleksandr Bashliy, head of foreign economic activity at BUCE...

Belarus' commodity exchange, Russia's Yaroslavl Oblast outline cooperation priorities
According to the BUCE, thanks to purchases of butter, cheese, and meat products, Yaroslavl Oblast ranked fifth among all Russian regions in terms of the volume of contracts concluded on the Belarusian exchange platform in 2024...

Russia’s North Ossetia shows interest in Belarus’ MTZ machinery
The Russian delegation showed the biggest interest in compact BELARUS machinery for agricultural and utilities works...

Sergeyenko: China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone is a thriving hub for export projects
“Today we visited a number of enterprises operating in the park. We could see how the creation and development of the park and the introduction of favorable conditions for its residents contributed to the country's economy. The most important thing is that the park is vigorously developing. It has some promising projects in the pipeline,” Igor Sergeyenko said...

Belarus attracts $6.9bn in foreign investment in 2024
The inflow of foreign direct investment amounted to $5.2 billion, or 74.8% of all foreign investment...

Belarus’ export of dairy products to Pakistan up threefold in 2024
In 2024, the trade of food and agricultural raw materials between the states increased by 36.5% compared to the level of 2023...

Belarusian companies show interest in Indian workforce
The meeting was attended by Belarusian companies interested in using hired labor from abroad. Participants included representatives of the construction industry, manufacturers of textile and bakery products, construction mixtures, and metal products...

Minister explains major goals for Belarusian agriculture
According to the economy minister, the sector's prospects are associated with the growth of production and exports, effective import substitution through strengthening the domestic raw material base...

Pakistan keen to purchase BELARUS 100hp tractors
In December 2024 MTZ announced that it would deliver at least 2,700 BELARUS tractors of 60hp to Pakistan in 2025. Back then the parties also discussed the possibility of organizing the assembly of 60hp tractors in Pakistan...

Belarusian commodity exchange accredits first company from Indonesia
The new participant of exchange trading hopes to use the opportunities of the Belarusian exchange platform to buy timber and dairy products...

Belarusian tractor maker MTZ to supply about 50 tractor sets to Cuba
This is stipulated by the specification to the framework contract signed by MTZ marketing director Andrei Matalitsky and DIVEP director Yalain Munoz on 11 February...

Plans to present over 150 samples of Belarusian weapons, hardware at IDEX expo in UAE
The State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus will showcase new products and future-oriented samples of military products at the International Defense Exhibition & Conference (IDEX), which is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on 17-21 February 2025...

Belarus’ foreign trade over $100bn in 2024
Exports of goods and services rose by 3.5% to $49.4 billion as against 2023, with merchandise exports inching up by 1.2% to $39.5 billion and services exports up by 14% to $9.9 billion...

Joint manufactures, agriculture named among priority areas of Belarus-Pakistan cooperation
Belarus is also willing to exchange knowledge and experience in science and technology, education, and professional training...