Archive - Aug 15, 2008

In January-June Belarus’ foreign trade in goods and services swelled by 57.1% in comparison with the same period of last year to $39.9 billion, the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis told BelTA.

Belarus’ export went up by 59.3% to reach $19.4 billion while the import increased by 55% to $20.5 billion....

In H1 2008 Belarus traded with 171 countries. The goods were exported to 128 countries and imported from 157, BelTA was told in the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis.

In January-June Belarus’ trading partners were Russia (49% of the total trade), the Netherlands (9.2%), Ukraine (6.9%), Germany (4.5%), Poland (3.9%), Latvia...

As of August 15 2008, the gross grain harvest in Belarus has reached 6.660 million tonnes vs. 6.617 million tonnes from the same period of 2007. The agricultural enterprises of the Brest, Gomel and Grodno oblasts improved their last year’s result, too, BelTA learnt from the main plant growing department...