Belarus hopes for more vibrant investment cooperation with European companies

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to Luxemburg, Belarus’ Permanent Representative in the European Union Alexander Mikhnevich expressed hope for further development of investment cooperation between Belarus and the European companies. “Many EU companies already have presence in Belarus. The most interesting sectors include machine-building, electronics, chemical products, pharmaceuticals, timber,…

Belarus: Gomel hosts Belarusian-Finnish economic forum

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Fifty representatives of Finnish companies from various industries took part in the Belarusian-Finnish economic forum on September 13, in Gomel, Director General of the Gomel department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marina Filonova reported. She mentioned high activity of Finnish businessmen who had sent many applications for participation. “It means that they…

Belarus: Praimilk launches lactoserum-processing factory

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Belarus OAO Praimilk (affiliated with OAO Biocom) has launched a factory in Shchuchin (Grodno region) to process lactoserum and produce serum concentrate, a company official reported. The total value of the project stands at Br97 million ($49.8 million), the factory’s installed capacity – 27,100 tons of serum concentrate a year. The new factory uses a…

Belarus: cooperation with Ecuador discussed

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Belarus and Ecuador discussed their cooperation during the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. Belarus-Ecuador cooperation was in the spotlight at the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ecuador Igor Poluyan and Acting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Migration…

Belarus: Ambassador discusses cooperation prospects with Venezuelan companies

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Belarus’ Ambassador to Venezuela Oleg Pafenov met with the heads of Venezuelan companies to discuss prospects for further cooperation. “The Ambassador held working meetings with heads of three assembly plants built by Belarusian specialists. The parties discussed the current issues related to the operation of companies and talked over the prospects for further mutually beneficial…

Belarus: winter grains sowing started

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As of September 5, all regions of Belarus started sowing winter grains. According to Belarusian AgMin, 93.3 thousand ha or 6.93% of the plan have been seeded. Sowing progress is considerably faster than last year. As of the same date in 2015 60.6 thousand ha had been sown (4.9%) This year farmers plan to increase…

Belarus reporting $64.3 million foreign trade surplus in January-July 2016

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Belarus’ foreign trade surplus totaled $64.3 million in January-July compared to a $974.3 million surplus in January-July 2015, the National Bank of Belarus said. The overall turnover of commodities and services in foreign trade shrank by 14.3% YoY in January-July to $32.874 billion. Exports of commodities and services reduced by 16.3% YoY to $16.469 billion,…