Belarus hopes to set up assembly plants for its MTZ and Amkodor vehicles in Turkey, Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said. “We believe that the level of our relations with Turkey should be much higher. We should enter a level of industrial cooperation to implement joint mutually beneficial projects in different countries, set…
Belarus’ energy concern Belenergo will spend $49.5 million in 2016 to purchase electric energy produced by power generating facilities, which use renewable energy sources, a Belenergo official reported. Belarus’ green power generating facilities will produce an estimated 281.8 million kWh of electric energy in 2016 Belenergo’s tariff on electricity produced by power generating facilities, which…
The total value of transactions with farm products settled at OAO Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) in January-October stands at Br382 million ($200 million), up by 31% YoY. The best-selling product on the domestic market was oil seed coarse meals – 170,000 tons worth Br124 million ($64.9 million); supplies of corn and fodder supplements to…
Due to predominantly below-normal temperatures, winter crops faced bad weather conditions for their growth and development in October. In most of the country, the accumulated sum of effective degree-days was lower than in October 2015 when winter crops were also exposed to warmth shortages. Winter crops stopped active growth one or two weeks ahead of…
Private business companies of Poland are looking forward to the removal of barriers to trade with Belarus. Ryszard Zarudzki, Poland’s First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made a statement to this effect while presenting the program “Flavors of Europe: Quality and Traditions” on November 8. In his words, Poland has been witnessing a…
Belarusbank will have its $229,434 credit to OAO Kamvol fabric manufacturer secured by the government. The credit was issued in February 2014 to help the fabric manufacturer replenish circulating assets. The government’s security will cover the repayment of the principal debt and credit interest payments (except for interest payments refunded at the expense of the…
Belarus may take part in the projects to upgrade Cuban steel manufacturers. This issue was on the agenda of the meeting of Belarus’ Ambassador to Cuba Alexander Alexandrov with director of the Mexican company BH Equipos de Mexico Jose Gonzalez in Havana, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. “The sides…