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Ambassador comments on prospects for Belarusian cargo shipment through Russian ports
The president also instructed to pay special attention to the North-South transport corridor project within the Eurasian Economic Union. Aleksandr Lukashenko sees huge potential in this project, the ambassador said...

Hospitable Belarus state program updated
According to the document, export of tourist services and export under the article related to travel are now consolidated target indicators of the state program...

Yermolovich, Tataritsky to become Eurasian Economic Commission ministers from Belarus
The EEC Board consists of 10 people - two representatives from each member country of the Eurasian Economic Union: Chairman of the Board and nine ministers...

Belarus’ merchandise export to Russia at record high
This indicator is important because it allows finding out whether Belarus is losing presence in various niches on the Russian market, whether Belarus keeps up with the competition amid the parallel import that Russia practices, first of all, competition from Asian manufacturers...

Belarus president, ambassador to Russia discuss work in EAEU, export
The president and the ambassador discussed two important topics: further work in international bodies with a focus on economic affairs in the Eurasian Economic Union and the operation of the commission on the export of Belarusian goods...

Belarus’ investment opportunities presented at Changzhou trade conference
Belarus' Consul General in Shanghai Andrei Andreyev made a presentation on Belarus’ investment opportunities during the conference organized by the administrations of Jiangsu Province and Changzhou city...

Lukashenko: EAEU is highly self-sufficient in raw materials, food products
"This is very important. Many believed that we would not be able to live on our own. As we see we have ensured our self-sufficient in key products," the Belarusian leader said...

Lukashenko names EAEU’s main achievement
Over the last seven years, the EAEU’s trade with foreign partners has increased by more than $340 billion in absolute terms...

Belarus, Russia to reach record-high trade in 2023
“We will again have a historic volume of mutual trade this year: up 9% for goods and another 6% with our construction, transportation, IT services. This year, the trade between our countries in services will exceed $5.5 billion,” Dmitry Krutoi said...

Belarus’ industrial enterprises to expand import-substitution production in 2024
Import-substitution production is expected to expand further in 2024 to exceed $6.1 billion...

Belarus' tractors shipped to Russia’s Kuzbass
“Belarus is our reliable partner, which supplies the region with powerful trucks for the coal industry, tractors for agriculture and municipal services. Thanks to the long-standing friendship with the country, we are steadily developing and modernizing these sectors of production,” Sergey Tsivilev said...

Tourism, supply of trucks among promising cooperation areas between Belarus, Russia’s Karelia
“Belarus and Karelia have established close contacts and this cooperation grows stronger year to year. Thus, three years ago we could not even dream of having $102.6 million in trade. In fact, in 2020 it was just $38 million,” said Aleksandr Kulik...

Russia's Karelia is interested in Belarusian-made elevators, fish feed
"Belarus is one of the important partners of Karelia. We are working to promote our close cooperation. Our trade is increasing. In particular, imports from Belarus are on the rise. A number of joint important projects are in progress," Artur Parfenchikov emphasized...

BUCE to step up cooperation with exchange brokers in Belarus, abroad
Tighter interaction will increase the effectiveness of encouraging new commercial entities to trade via the commodity exchange. It will open up additional opportunities for expanding the choice of traded goods and the geography of sales. It will also contribute to the growth of deals on the home market and foreign ones...

Minister: Belarus may become a world leader in share of nuclear generation in energy balance
The share of electricity generated by BelNPP already exceeds a quarter of the country's electricity production. It will continue to grow...

China shows interest in joint woodworking, food industry projects with Belarus
The Chinese delegation is set to visit Gomel meat processing plant, Gomel fat plant, Gomel distillery Radamir...

Belarus sells peat products to over 20 countries in 2023
In January-November 2023, Beltopgaz peat plants delivered 141,000 tonnes of peat products to foreign markets for fuel and non-fuel purposes. In value terms it is more than $11 million...

Belarus saves 5.8bn cubic meters of natural gas thanks to nuclear plant so far
Currently, the plant operates two units and produces more than 55 million kWh of electricity daily. The plant generated a total of 21.8 billion kWh...

Belarus saves 5.8bn cubic meters of natural gas thanks to nuclear plant so far
This year, the second unit of the BelNPP was put into commercial operation. Currently, the plant operates two units and produces more than 55 million kWh of electricity daily. The plant generated a total of 21.8 billion kWh...

Belarus’ second nuclear power plant hinges on long-term electricity consumption trends
"We intend to reach 44 billion kWh of electricity in 2025. By 2030 we have to reach 47 billion kWh"...