The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus forecasts the general harvest of grains and pulses in the current year at the last year level – nearly 8.4 million tons, Leonid Zayats, Minister of Agriculture said. Also, the Minister noted that the public grain reserves would total nearly 1.086 million tons. It…
As of August 9, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested grains and pulses throughout 1.484 million ha, or 67.2% of the planned areas, down by 48.5 thousand ha YoY. The average yield totaled 3.47 t/ha, the harvested volumes – 5.146 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus declared. Agrarians have…
Economy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov met with the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Dmitry Pankin and Deputy Agriculture Minister of Tajikistan Zevarsho Zevarshoyev, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. Participants of the meeting were made familiar with progress in…
Belarus Petroleum Company (BelOil) has redirected part of its export routes from Ukrainian ports to Lithuania’s Klaipeda, a source in the profile ministry said. The redirection is connected with more favorable logistic conditions. Belarus Petroleum Company (BelOil) was founded in May 2007. The main shareholder is Belorusneft (52% of shares), with Naftan and Mozyr refineries…
In January-June Belarusian Railways increased the volume of container transportation in the Chinese direction 2.5 times YoY, Alexander Yevsyuk, First Deputy Head of the Freight Operations and Foreign Economic Operations Service of Belarusian Railways, reported. “The Chinese direction is the most promising transit one. We participate in the implementation of the Chinese initiative aimed at…
Belarusian Railways jointly with the Polish operator is planning to launch the Grodno-Warsaw-Krakow rail service in September, first deputy head of passenger service of Belarusian Railways Andrei Kashko said. “The volume of passenger traffic to Poland has been growing. Together with our Polish colleagues we are planning to launch the train from Grodno through Warsaw…
A council of exporters will be set up under the aegis of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of the Ministry’s Foreign Economic Affairs Department said. The establishment of the council of exporters is stipulated by the national program on supporting and developing export in 2016-2020. The council of exporters is expected to include…