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Belarus, Kazakhstan sign contracts, agreements worth $160m
Belarusian enterprises such as MTZ, AMKODOR, Gomselmash, Bobruiskagromash, Minsk Motor Plant, and MZKT were among the companies that signed documents on cooperative partnerships and machinery supplies with Kazakh partners...

Belarus, Kazakhstan map out joint projects
“Our mutual trade is growing, with exports of various goods from Belarus. These include petroleum products, foodstuffs, furniture, automotive components, and more,” the governor said...

PM: Belarus-Kazakhstan trade remains strong, but we can achieve more
“The volume of mutual trade between our countries is consistently high, reaching around $1 billion. Notably, this year both Belarusian exports to Kazakhstan and Kazakh imports to Belarus are gaining momentum. It is important that this dynamic continues,” Aleksandr Turchin stressed...

Belarus’ merchandise trade at $63.7bn in January-September 2025
In January-September 2025 exports of goods reached $29.5909 billion (97.1% year-on-year), while imports totaled $34.1423 billion (101.6% year-on-year)...

Belarus, Kazakhstan eager to increase trade to $2bn by 2030
“The meeting focused on strategic cooperation between our countries. We are brotherly nations, and our two economies are deeply interconnected,” Ambassador Aleksei Bogdanov said...

Belarus, India to work out cooperation roadmap
Director of the National Center for Marketing Mikalai Barysevich met with an Indian businessman, the head of Sampark Company Dr Neelam Suresh Dame...

Belarus’ grain harvest past 10.5m tonnes
Belarus has harvested 95% of areas planted to grain and leguminous crops, including corn, which makes up 2,205,000 hectares. Average grain yield (including corn) is 43 centners per hectare, 5 centners per hectare higher than last year’s level...

Belarus' gold, forex reserves at all-time high of $13.725bn
According to the National Bank, the amount of foreign currency in the reserves stood at $5.3697 billion as of 1 November, up $124.8 million month-on-month. The amount of monetary gold was estimated at $6.9445 billion, up $315.3 million...

Flax as Belarus’ treasure: National exhibition on display at CIIE 2025 in Shanghai
Visitors can fully appreciate that Belarus is one of the world's largest producers of flax fiber and that flax-based products are globally recognized as unique, with no analogues in terms of composition, quality, or origin...

CIIE 2025: Belarus features national exhibition at Shanghai Import Expo
As the world's first national-level exhibition entirely dedicated to imports, CIIE aims to facilitate communication between international companies and Chinese buyers, showcase foreign products and services, and strengthen China's commitment to opening its markets...

BUCE export sales led by farm produce, building materials in January-October 2025
The undisputed leader in foreign market sales was milk powder. This category accounted for 27% of the total value of export deals concluded on BUCE, or $375 million...

Tokayev: Belarus-Kazakhstan trade is gaining momentum
The meeting touched upon prospects for trade, economic, and industrial cooperation...

India particularly interested in Belarusian furniture, timber, dairy products, BelAZ haul trucks
In January-September 2025 Belarus-India merchandise trade exceeded $605 million, nearly 74% up from January-September 2024. Meanwhile, Belarus’ export rose by 2.7 times to $415 million, securing a foreign trade surplus...

Belarus, Qatar mull over joint industrial projects
The minister recalled that promising areas of cooperation, including the possibility of assembling Belarusian electric buses, have already been reviewed with the deputy ministers of commerce and industry and municipality during a visit to Doha in February this year...

Belarus’ central bank comments on monetary policy targets
The deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank noted that the target for international reserves is somewhat conservative. In October of this year, the country updated the historical high as its international reserves increased to the equivalent of $13.284 billion...

Belarus to take part in CIIE 2025 in Shanghai
During the exhibition, the Hongqiao International Economic Forum will also be held, featuring a series of meetings, industry seminars, product presentations, and a number of other special comprehensive events...

PM: Belarus’ development targets for 2026 are highly ambitious
The National Bank and the government have been tasked with keeping inflation under 7%...

Belarusian PM outlines agenda for Kazakhstan visit
The head of government noted that the Belarusian delegation includes not only representatives of government bodies but also business circles, who need to work with Kazakh partners to improve the further development of mutual projects...

Belarus, Kazakhstan to expand trade in import-substitution goods via exchange
The deal has significantly increased the exchange trade turnover between Belarus and Kazakhstan in the field of import substitution: from $9,500 in 2024 to $1.1 million in 2025...

Belarus’ 2026 development targets described as realistic, fully achievable
Thus, GDP growth in 2026 is projected at 2.8%, which is somewhat lower than the targets for 2024 (3.8%) and 2025 (4.1%). Against the backdrop of the actual low GDP growth in 2025 (1.6% in January-September), this figure appears more achievable, and could even be exceeded if foreign trade conditions improve, the economist believes...