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Latvia interested in increasing transshipment of Belarus’ cargo via Riga port
The government is ready to offer favorable regulatory terms whenever it can. This pertains to tariffs for railway services, the diplomat said...

Belarusian company to build diesel engine factory in Ecuador
"Within the next three years alone Ecuador’s transport industry will need over 30,000 worn-out diesel engines replaced"...

Belarus intends to increase industrial, petrochemical and agricultural exports to Iran
"The Belarusian government confirms that it is interested to boost the export of the industrial, petrochemical and agricultural products which are popular and well-known on the Iranian market"...

Changes to Belarus’ tax legislation to become more predictable for business
The government has pledged not to make any changes to the national tax regulations during the year starting from 2016...

More outlets abroad to accept Belorusneft’s fuel cards
In particular, the number of refueling stations located along the main motorways in Russia will reach 200...

Belorusneft to extract oil from Armadillo field in Ecuador
Oil will be extracted from the Armadillo field. The Ecuadorian state oil company Petroamazonas and the consortium Ecuaservoil signed a 15-year contract for providing services on 10 February...

Russian export insurance agency interested in new projects in Belarus
During the negotiations that took place at premises of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus the sides expressed mutual interest in continuing the mutually beneficial cooperation and the implementation of new projects in the near future, including investment ones...

EBRD president to pay first visit to Belarus
Apart from meetings with officials, Suma Chakrabarti is expected to visit the Swiss-Belarusian company producing electric transport Stadler Minsk in Fanipol, Minsk Oblast..

Belarus, Russia to sign food trade documents for March
The official remarked that a joint session of the boards of the Belarusian and Russian agriculture ministries will take place in March 2015 to discuss Belarusian food export to Russia, including volume figures...

Belarus shows interest in joint production of medicines with India
“India has a powerful pharmaceutical sector. Today Belarus buys a lot of Indian material for the production of medicines"...

Myasnikovich suggests Belarusian licensed production in South Asia
“These countries would like to see Belarus as an investor, including as a country that can share its know-how and intellectual potential"...

Belarus interested in MKD assembly of Peugeot Citroen automobiles
At present Peugeot automobiles are assembled in Belarus using SKD (Semi Knocked Down) kits...

French investors plan to set up agricultural company in Belarus
The 1st Belarus-France Business Forum that gathered companies from more than 15 cities of France is taking place in Minsk...

China Merchants Group considering project in Great Stone Industrial Park
The sides discussed the implementation of investment projects in Belarus in general, and in the Great Stone Industrial Park in particular...

Belarus’ export to France over $100m in 2014
The First Belarusian-French Business Forum has gathered representatives of French companies from more than 15 cities of 10 regions...

French company plans to launch construction of 3 hotels in Belarus in 2015
"The experts have chosen three construction sites in Grodno, Brest, and Borisov where they will launch the construction of three Ibis hotels in 2015”...

BelAZ to set up outsourcing companies in CIS, Asia, Latin America, Africa
“We continue expanding our outsourcing activities. This year we are going to set up a number of joint outsourcing companies in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, African and Latin American countries”...

Passenger flow via Belarus’ regional airports up by 44% in 2014
The Aviation Department added that the national air carrier Belavia operated regular flights from Brest, Grodno and Gomel to Kaliningrad in the summer period...

Azerbaijan to promote Belarusian tractors to third countries
In particular, the sides concluded a contract for 2015, a strategic long-term partnership agreement, and a mutual cooperation contract for three years...

Belarusian vacuum equipment for Chinese aircraft industry
“We have recently secured an order from the central office for weapons and military hardware of the Chinese army"...