Belarus hopes that the European Union will lift its textile import restrictions, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Yevdochenko reported. “The European Union introduced quotas on Belarusian textiles some time ago. Today we are working with our EU partners to lift these non-tariff restrictions. We are close to success, and we hope that…
As of October 13, agricultural organizations in Belarus continued harvesting corn for grain and sugar beet, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared. In particular, agrarians harvested 377.6 thousand tons of corn throughout the areas of 47.3 thousand ha (26.7%), with the average yield of 7.99 ton/ha. Last year the grain production volumes totaled 174.4…
Belarus has chosen 22 suitable locations, where up to 2,000 wind power stations can be installed. First Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment Protection Iya Malkina made a statement to this effect at the 21st Belarusian Energy and Ecology Congress. With 2,000 wind power stations made operational, Belarus could save up to 1 million…
Belarus’ chemical company OAO Grodno Azot manufactured Br961.8 million worth of chemical products ($502.785 million) in January-September, down by 0.7% YoY, the company said in an official report. OAO Grodno Azot’s nitrogen fertilizer output stood at 593,633 tons (in terms of 100% nitrogen) in January-September, down by 4.6% YoY; carbamide output decreased by 5.2% to…
Belarus’ Industry Ministry and China’s Weichai Power Co. Ltd have signed a memorandum, which says that the parties plan to set up a joint venture to produce up to 20,000 diesel engines a year. The project is supposed to have two stages, Belarus’ Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk reported. In 2016-2018 the parties will set up…
Investors who put their funds in Azerbaijan in accordance with the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model have been exempt from the state duties. The corresponding amendments to the law “On state duty” were approved by Azerbaijani MPs at the plenary session of the country’s parliament October 14. In accordance with the BOT model provided by the law…
Azerbaijan and Iran intend to cooperate in protection and quarantine of plants. An agreement on this was recommended at a meeting of Azerbaijani Parliament’s Agrarian Policy Committee on October 14. Eldar Ibrahimov, chairman of the committee, said that given Azerbaijan’s neighborhood with Iran, it was very important to establish control over the import of vegetables…