ZAO Belarusian Oil Company (BelOil) – a designated exporter of Belarusian petroleum products – is determined to promote direct shipments of petroleum products to the end customer as opposed to shipments via seaports, a source in the profile ministry said. BelOil’s strategy is to sell a maximum of its products on high-premium markets of the…
In H1 2016 resident companies in Belarusian free economic zones (FEZ) secured a surplus of foreign trade in merchandise as large as $452.6 million, up by 14.6% YoY, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In H1 2016 their merchandise export reached $1,718.3 million, up by 2.1% YoY. The top exports were tires, mixed mineral…
Belarus will take part in the EU’s new program of technical support for the countries of the Eastern Partnership EU4Energy, the press service of the Energy Ministry reported. “Last week the Energy Ministry played host to a meeting between Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Janez Kopac and expert on renewable energy and energy efficiency,…
The National Bank of Belarus and the State Control Committee have adopted a joint resolution lowering the ceiling on cashless payments subject to reporting from BYR5 million (approx. $250) to BYN300 (approx $150). The ceiling has been lowered by 70%. The document says in addition to banks, relevant cashless transactions need to be reported by…
Belarus reports a quantitative increase in exports of meat and dairy products in January-June, Belstat said in a statistical report. Meat export grew by 13% YoY to 154,800 tons, the average price was down by 17.8% to $2,058 per ton. The CIS states were the major destination of almost all Belarus’ meat exports. Export of…
Mogilev region of Belarus and Hunan province of China have signed a memorandum on developing friendly relations. The document was inked by Mogilev region Vice Governor Dmitry Kharitonchik and Head of the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Hunan province Xiao Bailing. According to Dmitry Kharitonchik, the first serious step…
Industrial processing of grain in Ukraine has demonstrated a downward trend over the last three years. Production of basic processed products has declined on average by 20% compared with 2013. For instance, beer production has fallen by 29%, vodka – by 43%, malt – by 19%. Only compound fodder production, which has decreased by only…