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China starts vehicle deliveries to Belarus via BUCE
According to BUCE data, from January to October 2025, the exchange-based trade of Chinese residents reached $131.5 million, a 10% increase over the same period in 2024. The share of industrial and consumer goods in the total transaction structure was 9%, whereas last year this segment's share was less than 1%...

Belarus eager to increase supplies of farm machines, elevators to Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast
“Belarus views Yaroslavl Oblast as a reliable trade and economic partner. Over the past five years, mutual trade has increased by 1.7 times and reached a record high of $370 million in 2024,” Viktor Karankevich said...

Belarus showcases medical innovations at conference in Izmir
Agreements were reached to develop joint projects in medical tourism with promising Turkish partners. To promote domestic products, conference participants were presented with samples of sports nutrition from OAO Bellakt and dietary supplements from VitusPharm and NIKA line-up produced by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus...

Governor: Cooperation with Belarus is very important for Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast
The mutual trade between Belarus and Yaroslavl Oblast has gained momentum in recent years. In 2021 it was approaching the $300 million mark (amounting to almost $280 million). In 2024 it exceeded $370 million...

Belarus’ grain harvest exceeds 10.9m tonnes
Belarus has harvested almost 99% of areas planted to grain and leguminous crops, including corn, which makes up 2,272,000 hectares...

Ambassador: Algeria seeks closer ties with Belarus in machinery, agriculture, pharmaceuticals
Another area of cooperation is pharmaceuticals. The possibility of localizing the production of Belarusian medicines in Algeria, including anti-cancer drugs, is under consideration...

Amkodor-Lesmash aims to expand cooperation with Russia’s Karelia
Amkodor-Lesmash Director General Dmitry Bartashevich presented to the guests a wide range of forestry machinery and gave a detailed account of the enterprise’s modernization: upgrading production lines, introducing new equipment, and improving efficiency at all stages of forestry machinery outpu...

Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ready to help promote business with Ethiopia
Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Denis Meleshkin held a meeting with Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Republic of Belarus Genet Teshome Jirru...

Lukashenko urges business, local authorities to drive innovation policy
The president set the task to expand the use of technology parks, where teams of scientists together with designers and engineers can work together to derive practical benefits from their own developments. At present, Belarus has about 15 technology parks...

Lukashenko ready to consider consolidating all venture resources under NASB control
Belarusian President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the government conference held on 21 November to discuss the development of the domestic science and the NASB performance...

Lukashenko: Research papers must reflect the times, meet economic needs
As one possible solution to the problem, the president proposed the following: “Let the sectoral minister approve dissertation topics, either individually, all of them, or in some other way. This would make it easier for us to fund them,” the head of state noted, instructing that the issue be further studied...

Lukashenko: Science should become a genuine driver of the country’s development within five years
The president is convinced that the competitive ability of the economy and the reinforcement of Belarus’ sovereignty depend on the effective realization of the scientific potential...

Lukashenko: Belarus should bolster its manufacturing competencies
The president also underscored the critical need to bridge the gap between manufacturers, who should act as customers, and the research community...

Karanik calls for channeling R&D into Belarus’ real economy
“When we work in close cooperation with the industry and produce custom R&D products, we hand it over for them to put into production,” Vladimir Karanik said...

Belarus’ NAIP, Russia’s Karelia Development Corporation sign cooperation agreement
A business forum also took place in Minsk on 20 November to highlight new opportunities for Karelia and regions of Belarus. The National Agency of Investment and Privatization of Belarus had helped organize the forum...

Belarus, Ethiopia eye deepening trade, economic cooperation
According to the ambassador, Belarusian‑made tractors are widely used in Ethiopia, with a growing trend toward agricultural machinery powered by alternative fuels. He also highlighted the rising demand for fertilizers and readiness to expand cooperation with Belarus in this area...

Personnel training and product supply: Belarus, Ethiopia boost agricultural cooperation
Over the first nine months of the year, bilateral trade increased 2.1-fold compared to the same period last year. Rapeseed oil remains the primary Belarusian export, with shipments growing 2.3-fold, while imports from Ethiopia consist of coffee, flowers, grains, and legumes...

MAZ-MAN Company to start making electric trucks in FEZ Minsk
In the free economic zone Minsk the company will set up a modern high-tech enterprise to make truck cabs and electric trucks with the fully loaded weight of 8 tonnes, which meet world trends in the fields of environmental friendliness and energy efficiency...

Belarusian Bellegprom, Russian Export Center sign MoC
Chairwoman of the Bellegprom concern Nadezhda Lazarevich noted that for the Belarusian light industry, this agreement opens up new avenues for cooperation with a key Russian institution for export support...

Russia’s Karelia seeks closer ties with Belarus in IT, tourism, manufacturing
Traditional sectors include the supply of lumber and stone. Here, companies expect to find new partners..