Belarus may close the year 2017 with the inflation below 7%, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said after the government conference chaired by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. “The inflation keeps reducing and the tendency is strong. We are slightly behind the Russian Federation in terms of the seven-month inflation rate, but we are doing better…
This year the grain yield in Belarus is above last year’s average, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun said. “This year the grain yield in the country is above last year’s figures. The average yield in 2017 is 35.8 hundredweights per hectare, with Grodno region posting the crop capacity of 43.5 hundredweights per…
As of August 20, a total of 1,889.500 hectares, or 87%, of areas under crops have been harvested in Belarus so far. The harvest campaign has been completed in Brest region (the yield is 36.7 hundredweights per hectare), the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 20, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 6.779 million…
The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ will display its haul trucks at the international mining exhibition Aimex 2017 which will take place in Sidney, Australia on August 29-31, according to the website of the Belarusian company. BelAZ will showcase the models of its haul trucks designed for the operation in the tropical climate of Australia,…
A total of 1,742.600 hectares, or 80.2%, of areas under crops have been harvested in Belarus so far, the Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 18, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 6.274 million tons. Brest region harvested more than 1,205.8 million tons, Minsk region – 1,546.000 tons. Gomel region and Grodno region cropped 896,800…
In January-July Minsk National Airport accommodated 2,288,858 passengers, up by 25% YoY, according to the website of the airport. In January-July the airport serviced 13,842 flights, up by 8.4% YoY. In July Minsk Airport handled 495,778 passengers, an increase of 18.4%, and serviced 2,388 flights, up by 4.1% YoY. Minsk National Airport is Belarus’ first…
OAO Vitebskkhlebprom will send the first shipment of frozen bread to Russia, chief technologist of the enterprise Olga Pavlyuchenko reported. The supply contract has been concluded. The first consignment includes more than 10 names of best bakery products of the Vitebsk bakery. The shipment will be made in August. The Vitebsk bakery arranged a special…