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Lukashenko calls export Belarus' priority

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VITEBSK, 15 July (BelTA) – Export will be a key priority for Belarus, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with top officials and executives of Vitebsk Oblast on 15 July, BelTA has learned.

“Export will be our main area of activity. Export brings foreign currency, which is vital for the country. This foreign currency should be earned,” the president said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that the country will keep working to expand the geography of sales and penetrate new markets. “We have accomplished a lot over these years. Russia used to account for nearly 90% of our trade. Today our export to this market stands at 47%. This is a great achievement. This is a mature market with a cut-throat competition,” he noted.

The head of state reaffirmed that Belarus will gradually move towards the export formula “third-third-third”, which means that a third of supplies will go to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union, the European Union and faraway markets. “We will certainly achieve this target and this will happen in the new five-year period,” the Belarusian leader is convinced.

Aleksandr Lukashenko also recalled about import-substitution tasks.

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