In January the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 100.9% as against December 2016, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In January the basic index of consumer prices that disregards changes of prices for the commodities and services affected by administrative and seasonal factors reached 100.7% as against December 2016. Food…
Dairy farming in Belarus has achieved a high level of industrial development, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy announced. “Industrial development of dairy farming in Belarus has achieved a high level. There are 4,115 farms in Belarus, and around half of them are highly modernized. Dairy farming in Belarus boasts a high degree of automation.…
Once the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) is commissioned, the share of natural gas in the production of heat and electricity in Belarus will go down to 70%, Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Vadim Zakrevsky said. “The nuclear power plant is expected to come online as a result of the program for the development of the…
Belarusian meat and dairy companies adhere to the highest standards of quality, Nadezhda Kotkovets, Deputy Head of the Presidential Affairs Department, declared. “We know the safety and quality requirements. All the companies take these requirements seriously and comply with them in full,” Nadezhda Kotkovets noted. “Complaints from Russia are immediately analyzed and dealt with. In…
OOO BelKumysProm in Logoisk district, Minsk region is considering the possibility of exporting dairy horse breeding technologies, the company’s director Oleg Sivchenko said. The BelKumysProm director said: “We intend to seriously start selling dairy horse breeding technologies abroad. In particular, negotiations are in progress with several regions of Russia, with Kazakhstan and Lithuania. The company…
The Belarusian confectionery factory Spartak is expanding its store chain in China, Spartak Deputy Director General Dmitry Korolenko reported. Gomel-based factory Spartak opened its first store in Harbin in November 2016. In January two more stores opened their doors in Beijing and Shanghai. All three stores belong to Spartak’s partner from China. The stores sell…
Belarus and Smolensk region (Russia) intend to advance trade and economic cooperation. Ways of expanding the partnership and prospects of carrying out new joint projects were discussed during the session of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and Smolensk Region in Vitebsk on January 20, the press service of the Belarusian Transport and Communications…