In April the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 100.7% as against March and 102.4% as against December 2016, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In April the basic index of consumer prices that disregarded changes of prices for the commodities and services affected by administrative and seasonal factors reached 100.1%…
Belarusian road construction companies have been invited to participate in building a motorway in Turkmenistan. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin made the statement after the session of the Belarusian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Minsk on May 10. Anatoly Kalinin said: “We have agreed to advance our cooperation in transportation by rail…
Belarus may be involved in the construction of the second potash mining factory in Turkmenistan, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin said during the session of the Belarusian-Turkmen commission on economic cooperation on May 10. The deputy prime minister reminded that the Garlyk mining and processing factory was commissioned in Turkmenistan a short while…
A pilot container train loaded with Belarus-made products has left the Belarusian city of Smorgon for China, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. The train is loaded with fiberboards and laminated flooring made by the Smorgon-based company IOOO Kronospan. The project has been arranged by the Belarusian Railways enterprise Belintertrans – Transport-Logistics Center (BTLC)…
China is a promising market for Belarusian dairy products, Sun Juan from China Radio International declared. Sun Juan noted that at the meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on May 4, she asked the Belarusian leader a question about the supplies of meat and dairy products to the Chinese market. “Belarus is among the world’s…
In January-April Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves went up by 3.7%, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, to $5.1 billion, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. According to the preliminary data, as of May the country’s gold and foreign currency…
Horizont Holding Company is set to step up the effort to strengthen its international manufacturing ties and enter new markets, Horizont Director General Yuri Predko declared. The Belarusian company views Slovakia as a promising partner. Yuri Predko said that a number of cooperation agreements were signed during the Belarusian-Slovak Business Forum held in Bratislava in…