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Parkhomchik opines on how to grow trade with Russia's Amur Oblast
Belarusian equipment, including agricultural equipment (combines, tractors, aggregates), is in demand in the vastness of Amur Oblast. Moreover, Belarus can offer machinery both for small-scale and large-scale farming...

Belarus, Russia’s Amur Oblast to develop exchange trade in agricultural products
The first practical step within the agreements reached with be the organization of soybean meal supplies to the Belarusian market...

Belarus’ harvest reaches 3.5m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
As to other crops, 67% of spring barley was harvested, 44% of winter rye, 27.5% of wheat, 22% of triticale, 18.2% of legumes, and 14.4% of oats. All oblasts have completed harvesting winter barley...

Yefimov: Belarus is in talks with Russia on another RUB100bn loan
According to Aleksandr Yefimov, earlier the relevant ministries of the two countries approved 27 passports of promising investment integration projects. The total amount of investment exceeds RUB165 billion...

Belarus extracts first million tonnes of peat in 2024
Belarus is leading in terms of peat extraction and ranks first in the world in terms of peat briquette production...

Lukashenko urges to find ways to cooperate with EU, to develop ties with remote countries
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the development of the Belarusian manufacturing industry...

Lukashenko wants reasonable protection of domestic market
The head of state asked what exactly was done to protect the domestic market and, most importantly, when the results of these efforts will be visible...

PM: Belarus, Venezuela restarted trade, economic relations
“At a certain stage, our trade and economic cooperation faced a number of setbacks, because the initial operation scheme of our joint ventures was no longer workable. This had to do with Venezuela’s budget revenues and the impact of sanctions,” the head of government said...

Belarus harvests over 3.2m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
The harvesting progress in the rest of the country is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 875,100 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Minsk Oblast 775,300 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 739,100 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 372,300 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 295,500 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 152,700 tonnes...

Belarus’ PM summarizes results of visit to Latin America
The official visit of the prime minister of Belarus to Latin America ended on 20 July, where a number of agreements on cooperation were reached. In particular, Belarus and Nicaragua signed $85 million worth of contracts for the supply of over 700 units of machinery...

Over 2.6m tonnes of grain, rapeseed harvested in Belarus
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 718,600 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Minsk Oblast 626,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 602,500 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 324,200 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 236,200 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 112,600 tonnes...

Belarus, Nicaragua outline promising areas of cooperation
The Belarusian-Nicaraguan business forum took place in Managua to identify the most promising areas of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. Among them are supplies of Belarusian electric transport, agricultural machinery, and medicines to the Central American country...

Over 2.3m tonnes of grain and rapeseed threshed in Belarus
Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast are finishing harvesting winter rapeseed (98.5% and 95%). The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 639,500 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Minsk Oblast 560,500 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 546,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 314,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 215,800 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 97,100 tonnes...

Contracts worth $85m signed during Golovchenko’s visit to Nicaragua
"Intensive, hard work of enterprises and government agencies has culminated today with the signing of a big package of agreements and contracts"...

Belarus to ship 700 units of equipment to Nicaragua
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's Presidential Adviser on Investment, Trade and International Cooperation...

Belarus, China to set up working group on investment cooperation
The parties discussed the preparation of joint bilateral documents on a working group on investment cooperation of the Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Belarusian-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation...

Over 2.1m tonnes of grain, rapeseed threshed in Belarus
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 589,500 tonnes, Minsk Oblast 519,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 477,100 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 289,100 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 200,300 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 88,300 tonnes...

Flydubai, Aeroflot increase number of flights to Minsk
The increased number of flights will help meet the traditionally high demand for air passenger travel in summer, the airport said...

PM names priorities of Belarus-Cuba cooperation
"We are very grateful to Belarus for supplying powdered milk, which is very important for our country; our children need this valuable product. We will continue to work together and do our best to bring our plans to fruition,” said Manuel Marrero Cruz...

Belarus’ GDP up by 5% in H1 2024
According to estimates, in January-June 2024 the GDP amounted to Br113.8 billion in current prices, up by 5% in comparable prices year-on-year...