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Indian ambassador explores prospects of cooperation with Vitebsk Oblast
The parties actively advance cooperation in shipments of potash fertilizers, pharmaceutical products, and agricultural machines...

Output of Belarusian Industry Ministry enterprises 4% up in H1 2024
Apart from that, Industry Ministry enterprises are busy expanding the geography of shipments, including to faraway countries and African countries...

Belarus take part in HKTDC Food Expo in Hong Kong
The exposition Belarus. The Taste of Nature exposition will feature four Belarusian companies at the HKTDC Food Expo...

Belarus’ export of construction services exceeds $168m in H1 2024
In January-June 2024 the export of construction, engineering and architectural services reached $366.5 million, up 8.1% year on year...

Belarus’ Gomel Oblast, Russia’s Primorye Territory expand cooperation
According to the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, Kalinkovichi meat processing plant signed a contract to supply meat products to the Belarusian Farmer store chain in Primorye. Contracts have also been signed by Rogachev Minsk Canning Plant, Gomel Chemical Plant, and BMZ...

Belarus’ harvest exceeds 7.3m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
Meanwhile, flax was pulled from 43,100 hectares, which is 96.5% of the area under this crop...

Belarus, Serbia complete 12 joint projects in healthcare, informatics, biotechnology
Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology Sergei Shlychkov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to Belarus Ilina Vukajlovic to discuss the prospects of Belarusian-Serbian cooperation in science, technology and innovation...

Belarus signs $100m worth of contracts at Army 2024 forum
Belarusian arms manufacturers presented over 150 samples of their high-tech products at the exhibition forum and received a diploma in the National Exposition nomination along with representatives of Iran, China and India...

Belarus explores PPP infrastructure experience in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast
The meeting resulted in the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Kaluga Oblast public-private partnership center and Belarus’ National Agency of Investment and Privatization...

EU bans export of second-hand clothing to Belarus. MFA explains why this is a good thing
According to expert estimates, until now the share of second hand goods in the total consumption of clothing was about 35%. They were sold by about 2,800 retail facilities, including online stores...

Minister: Belarusian economy on track for targets
"Export remains a key priority. As we planned, we have significantly boosted supplies to geographically distant countries. We have been working to keep the momentum," Yuri Chebotar noted...

Belarus’ PM: Currency market shows stability, Belarusian ruble regains people’s trust
In January-June, Belarus’ GDP grew by 5%, with the forecast at 3%. All the country’s regions and Minsk secured the growth of gross regional product. The task was fulfilled by all the regions, except for Gomel Oblast - 2.1% against the target of 2.8%...

Belarus’ harvest exceeds 7.2m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
Meanwhile, flax was pulled from 42,800 hectares, which is 96.6% of the area under this crop...

Belarus, Rosatom considering new joint projects
A working meeting took place at premises of the State Committee on Science and Technology. New promising avenues were discussed for expanding interaction within the framework of a complex program on Belarus-Russia cooperation in the field of non-energy and non-nuclear projects...

Belarusian Deputy PM outlines tasks for manufacturing sector
The deputy prime minister also emphasized the importance of quality. "We set a goal to make Belarusian products in demand both in the domestic and international markets," he said...

Belarus’ first route train with cement goes to Russia's Udmurtia
"The route is 1,873km long. Previously, BCC route trains traveled for about 1,000km along Moscow and Oktyabrskaya railways," Andrei Limarov said...

Foreign investment in Belarus’ economy at $4.1bn in H1 2024
The biggest investors were businesses from the Russian Federation (66.8% of all investments), Cyprus (9.7%) and the United Arab Emirates (7.5%)...

Belarus’ harvest exceeds 7.1m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
The largest grain harvest contributors are enterprises of Minsk Oblast - over 1.92 million tonnes, Grodno Oblast – 1.63 million tonnes, and Brest Oblast – 1.54 million tonnes...

Verenich on Belarus’ participation in international transportation corridors
"The hardest times are in the rear view mirror. As of today, we have explored new markets. We actively participate in the new international transportation corridors North-South, South-North"...

Belarus’ foreign trade uo by 3.2% in H1 2024
Merchandise export grew faster than import...