Belarus’ chemical company OAO Grodno Azot said its nitrogen fertilizer exports reduced by 16.2% YoY in January-August 2016 to 215,700 tons (in terms of 100% nitrogen), a source in the profile ministry reported. In money terms exports shrank by 38.6% YoY to $94.934 million. The expert attributes shrinking proceeds to the decline in fertilizer prices.…
Belarus’ cargo traffic by all means of transport reduced by 4.3% YoY in January-September to 323.312 million tons, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. Cargo transportation by railways in January-September stood at 93.221 million tons (down by 4.1% YoY), including transit cargo traffic at 22.6 million tons (down by 20.7%).…
Since the start of the grain sowing and till October 20, the amount of the accumulated effective warmth was 20-40% lower than last year. Due to this winter crops were developing rather slowly and now development pace lags behind last year. Despite low amount of rains in the second half of October, soil moisture stocks…
Procurement of construction works and services in Belarus will be exercised by the means of contract tendering starting on January 1, 2017, in accordance with President Lukashenko’s ordinance No. 380 dated October 20. Contract tendering will be a mandatory procedure if the cost of construction services is equal to or exceeds 6,000 basic units (Br126,000…
Belarus and Poland intend to step up cooperation in matters concerning investments and privatization, the press service of the State Property Committee of Belarus reported. On October 25, the Committee’s Chairman Andrei Gayev met with Deputy Development Minister of Poland Radoslaw Domagalski-Labedzki. The Deputy Development Minister of Poland emphasized the importance of smooth cooperation between…
Minsk will play host to the meat industry forum on October 27-28. Such information is posted on the website of Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Ministry. Experts will discuss topical issues of the industry and the ways to improve the quality of meat products and expand exports. The forum, which will be held on the initiative…
Belarus’ trade turnover with Poland grew by 10% in January-August, the Belarusian government said in a press-release following the latest meeting of the Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov and Poland’s Vice Premier Mateusz Morawiecki. While meeting with the Polish vice premier, Kobyakov suggested that the parties should go further than just expanding export/import transactions and…