18.03.2026. The Agriculture and Food Ministry is set to increase exports, exceeding last year's figure of $10 billion, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov told the media following his report to the head of state, BelTA has learned. “Last year we reached a record-high mark, with total product sales exceeding $10 billion. Although 2024 was a good year too, with exports reaching $9 billion,” Yuri Gorlov said. “We are not stopping there. We see that our products are in demand on foreign markets; they have always been of high quality, which is also noted by our partners.”
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20.02.2026. Belarus and Russia will sign a framework agreement on the construction of the third power unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant by the end of the year, Belarus's Energy Minister Denis Moroz told reporters, according to a Sputnik correspondent. "I am absolutely convinced that we will soon reach certain agreements on the framework agreement, which will be signed at a high level," he noted. The minister also noted that last year, the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant generated approximately 17 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, and the share of nuclear energy in the country's electricity consumption reached 40%.
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14.01. 2026. Many people remember the bright little box containing a healthy treat from Soviet times, bursting with the tartness of berries and the sweetness of powdered sugar. Today, cranberries in powdered sugar are produced by the Arzhanitsa Limited Liability Company in Glubokoye. This facility is the only one in Belarus, run by local residents – a father and son. BELTA correspondents met with the current director of the company, Vasily Brilenok, who spoke about the family business and the secret to making this dessert.
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01.12.2025. The Louis Philippe furniture collection, produced by the Belarusian furniture factory Dobrushdrev, is a true French classic, as if it has come straight from the 19th century. This luxurious tall classic-style bookcase from the Louis Philippe collection is a stylish and functional library, a true jewel for your home. It is crafted from 100% solid alder and finished using a unique "rubbing" method. Upon request, the aging effect can be enhanced by imitating the work of a woodworm beetle.
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12.11.2025. AbaturoFF Group LLC main specialization is cargo transportation from and to China. Cargo delivery from China to Belarus and Russia plays a vital role in trade between our countries. China is one of the largest trading partners of Belarus and Russia, supplying a wide range of goods, from industrial equipment and electronics to clothing and building materials. Furthermore, the vast Chinese market is a promising area for the development of Belarusian exports and the Customs Union.
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11.11.2025. Belarus’ food and agricultural raw material exports are expected to reach a record high of over $9 billion by the end of 2025, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to present state awards to the best agricultural workers on 11 November, BelTA has learned. The head of state emphasized that this year’s harvest, coupled with abundant high‑quality raw materials, has boosted processing and expanded production, yielding natural, high‑quality, and tasty Belarusian foods now enjoyed in 113 countries worldwide.
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08.08.2025. Joint-Stock Company "Baranovichi Automobile Unit Plant" is one of the oldest machine-building enterprises of the Republic of Belarus, a manufacturer of auto components for trucks, buses and railway equipment. The enterprise is known as a supplier for assembly lines of all Belarusian and many Russian automobile plants: PJSC "KAMAZ", PJSC "NEFAZ", AZ "URAL", GC "GAZ" and its bus plants LiAZ, PAZ, KAVZ, KZ "Rostselmash", Bryansk Automobile Plant, GC "Sinara" and others.
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06.08.2025. The young, innovative company "BIT Electro" is one of the leading Belarusian manufacturers of electrical products, which has set an ambitious goal - to become a standard for the Belarusian market. The company's team fulfills its motto - "Only high-quality electrical equipment!" by producing high-quality low-voltage switchgear units at customer requests, modern enclosures made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, as well as supplying the market with electrical equipment for industry, construction and energy from the world's leading manufacturers. Plastic cases reinforced with fiberglass, manufactured by BIT Electro LLC, are designed to reliably protect equipment from various environmental influences (humidity, high temperature, etc.). The case design and material properties provide high resistance to vandalism and unauthorized access.
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06.02.2025. LLC "Trading and manufacturing company "PINSK-ISKOZH" pleasantly surprised domestic and foreign customers by offering innovative eco-polymer coverings STOLIMA eco-line - tablecloths, napkins and runners for table setting, in the production of which alternative polymers, ecological dyes and intralayer printing were used. At the same time, tablecloths are offered both without a base and on cellulose, non-woven, fleece bases for various life situations, in various price categories. And what will especially please both the hostess and her family members: tablecloths of the new line - without the usual smell of oilcloth!
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16.12.2024. Imagine that your company needs to deliver oversized, complex cargo over a long distance. And then, as luck would have it, the weather is bad, and the roads are problematic. And if it is also necessary to deliver the cargo across the border, to a distant foreign country... What to do? We can give good advice: contact AbaturoFF Group, and rest assured that your cargo, even very large and very complex, will be completely safe and delivered to its destination on time. At the same time, AbaturoFF Group will offer you reasonable and affordable prices.
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29.11.2024. Individual house for keeping calves SALUTEM, made of high-strength fiberglass, is not inferior in strength to steel, but at the same time, being much lighter, easy to handle, and will reliably protect the calf being raised from bad weather. The material used for the house is not subject to destruction from corrosion, chemical cleaning agents and precipitation. Another advantage of fiberglass is that it has excellent thermal insulation, which allows you to maintain the microclimate inside the house.
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31.07.2024. MedLen LLC is a Belarusian manufacturer of innovative, natural, sanitary and hygienic, medical and cosmetic products under the LINO and BIO 100 % brands. The company is the first manufacturer in the Republic of Belarus to use not only cotton, but also flax in its products. With modern high-tech equipment, automating business processes and introducing innovative technologies, highly qualified specialists create world-class products, as well as products that have no analogues in the world.
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24.04.2024. New from OJSC "Kalinkovichi Meat Processing Plant"! Meat chips “Original” and “Viennese”! Bright, explosive and incredibly tasty. Once you try it, it’s impossible to stop! Prepared from selected pork and beef meat, as well as natural aromatic spices. This is a complete, balanced snack high in protein, vitamins and microelements. The chips are packaged in bright, stylish and convenient packaging with a zipper. You can enjoy them anywhere - at work, on the road, in a pleasant company of friends. Treat yourself to an unusual, tasty and natural product. Rich and appetizing meat taste, pleasant aroma will not leave anyone indifferent!
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20.02.2024. GiperOK LLC is a dynamically developing company in the field of cargo transportation. For five years, we have been providing a full range of road transportation services, specializing in the transportation of oversized and heavy cargo across Belarus, the CIS countries and Europe. If you need to deliver complex and important cargo within a clearly defined contract period and at a reasonable price, you can always contact us and be confident that your cargo will be delivered to its destination, on time, and in complete safety. Just like this heavy and oversized cargo.
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07.02.2024. Our company “Arzhanitsa” is the only small enterprise in Belarus that was originally created to process wild berries. The company was founded and developed by Anatoly Brilenok, an aircraft designer by profession, and also a sweet lover at heart. In the age of substitutes and additives, we continue to make everything natural and healthy. Since 2016, we have been supplying dragees to the stores of the VkusVill chain in Moscow and at VDNH (Belarusian Pavilion No. 18), and are now working together with Russian colleagues to expand the range. So, if you are in Moscow, find our sweets, you will not regret it. We are not ashamed of our product!
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22.01.2024. Probably, many trade workers would dream of working in a store where literally everything around would be convenient for both the seller and the buyer. And so that such work brings not only results, but also professional satisfaction, the joy of seeing satisfied customers who, after purchasing, would want to come to their store again. And if you are a trade worker and dream of just such a store, then you definitely need to contact us, the Belarusian company ProfPol, which has successfully, for many years, designed and manufactured equipment for sales areas - equipment and furniture: from shelving to ergonomic checkout areas.
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12.12.2023. The young, innovative company BIT Electro is one of the leading Belarusian manufacturers of electrical products, which has set itself an ambitious goal - to become a standard for the Belarusian market. Its motto is “Only high-quality electrical engineering!” – the company’s team performs by producing high-quality low-voltage switchgear according to customer requests, modern enclosures made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, and also by supplying the market with electrical equipment for industry, construction and energy from the world’s leading manufacturers. By the way, the company’s products will be available at the International Specialized Exhibition EnergyExpo-2023, which will be held in Minsk on October 17 – 20, 2023.
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09.10.2023. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Director General of the Russian Export Center Veronika Nikishina, BelTA has learned. The head of state highly praised the role of the center. Export promotion is one of the most important lines of activity in modern life, essential for any state. Aleksandr Lukashenko also noted the work of Veronika Nikishina in her previous post at the Eurasian Economic Commission, where she was a member of the Board (Minister) for Trade.
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21.08.2023. In the near future, the cars will be certified, and from September the delivery of car kits for their production in Belarus will begin. The Belarusian-Chinese joint venture BelGee will increase its output, and another plant in Belarus will begin to assemble another Chinese car brand for the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik. Speaking about the localization of the component base for Geely cars, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that the next two years will be very difficult for BelGee. He explained that in a short period of time it is necessary to create a stamping production for the manufacture of all body components. It is also necessary to create a production facility for welding structures.
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19.06.2023. Belarusian laptops are supplied to 18 countries, Yury Predko, director general of the Horizont Holding Management Company, told reporters. He noted that Horizont is now focused on the production of electronics. "Today, every second TV set sold on the Belarusian market is made on Horizont. As for laptops and monitors, this is one of the components of electronics that they began to produce at Belarusian holding Horizont".
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09.03.2023. BELAZ will introduce 45 units of the latest equipment in 2023. It will be used to create high-tech products. BELAZ is actively investing in the modernization, technical re-equipment and reconstruction of production lines and the machine park. So, at the beginning of the year, a new automatic galvanizing line was introduced at the plant, thanks to which the processing capacity will increase and the corrosion resistance of parts will increase by almost a third. Another most important project of this year is the reconstruction of the main conveyor shop with the redistribution of industrial sites and capacities. After a phased restructuring, 90-ton vehicles will be mass-assembled here along with low-capacity pit dump trucks from 30 to 55 tons.
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14.02.2023. One of the key areas for the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus is the expansion of trade and economic cooperation. Belarus is actively involved in the implementation of investment projects aimed at import substitution, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said in Minsk at a meeting of the High Level Group. "One of the key areas for the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus is the expansion of trade and economic cooperation. Working together, we remove all possible barriers, this allows us to create better conditions for the development of cooperation ties, contributes to the creation of new jobs, economic growth and improvement of the living standards of citizens Russia and Belarus," the Deputy Prime Minister said.
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01.27.2023. The Belarusian company "Belexalto" actively supplies to the markets of Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries an expanded range of mechanisms and units of the well-known European brand EUROMILK - a manufacturer of high-quality agricultural machines to increase the level of labor mechanization and reduce the cost of food products. Belexalto LLC offers a wide range of supplied products to ensure a full cycle of soil cultivation, application of mineral and organic fertilizers, plant protection, cultivation and harvesting, as well as forage harvesting equipment and livestock farming machines.
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19.12.2022. The SARIA Group of Companies operates internationally as a manufacturer of high-quality products for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial applications. SARIA generates renewable energy, provides services for agriculture and the food industry. Since 2008, the innovative products of SARIA, known all over the world, have been produced in Belarus by the company of the same name "SARIA", offering domestic and foreign agricultural producers feed flour, animal feed fat and technical, reliably ensuring consistently high quality of the product.
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15.11.2022. JSC Mozyrselmash, a Byelorussian company, has established the production of a container dryer of its own design for drying grain, leguminous plants and cereals in the primary and elite seed production, without compromising their sowing qualities. New equipment of Belarusian manufacturer, being quite affordable, in no way inferior to imported analogues. By the way, many Russian organizations involved in primary seed production have already tried the new container dryer in operation. The results are excellent!
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12.09.2022. JSC "Brest regional base "Bakaleya" is the official representative of the largest domestic and foreign manufacturers of food products. We have been working with the main suppliers for many years on mutually beneficial terms. The organization cooperates with more than 345 major Belarusian suppliers, as well as 100 companies from more than 25 countries. All products offered by us are certified. We are interested in promoting Belarusian products to foreign markets, and we will consider any options for cooperation.
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25.08.2022. LLC "Farm-Eco Club" is the first producer of linseed oil in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Since 2003, the company has been specializing in the production of linseed oil and dietary supplements based on it, specialized food products using flax seeds, milk thistle, sesame, hemp under the motto "Your youth and health". Serious medical studies have recently been completed, confirming the high antitumor and antimetastatic activity of linseed oil, in combination with modern medical preparations.
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26.06.2022. The Parad company has developed and put into production a new ultrafine cement binder "Parade C 2000" and "Parade C 650". The compositions are developed according to the technologies of leading European manufacturers, are an analogue of the mineral binder of the world-famous brand "Mikrodur" ("Microdur"). The fields of application of new types of micro cement are quite extensive: these are injection of soils, reinforcement of structures, underground construction, repair and insulation work in wells, and other areas in construction.
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09.06.2022. JSC "Mogilev Plant "Strommashina", whose history dates back more than 100 years, currently has a fleet of high-precision metalworking equipment manufactured in the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, more than 50 units of which are unique. With its help, it is possible to process shaft-type parts of all types with a diameter of up to 1000 mm and a length of up to 8000 mm, housings with overall dimensions of 2000x3000x5000 mm and weighing up to 60 tons, assemble and run-in lines up to 6000 mm high, 12000 mm wide and 70,000 mm long, cut gears up to 2500 mm in diameter and a module up to 20.
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29.04.2022. They will be unable to bring Belarus and Russia to their knees. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he talked to residents of Chechersk District on 29 April. Aleksandr Lukashenko once again pointed out that the pressure of sanctions forces one to look for new opportunities. “Sanctions are a blessing in disguise. They bring opportunities. Everything we make now sells well on our main market – in Russia, in China, and other countries,” he stated.
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28.04.2022. The National Marketing Center of Belarus has created a consolidated register of the nomenclature of import-substituting products that Russian companies need. BelTA was informed about this by the center. Maintaining the register will allow you to operate with up-to-date information about the needs of Russian companies in analogues of imported components and equipment, raw materials and materials produced by the Belarusian industry.
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11.03.2022. Belarus and Russia will withstand Western sanctions "to spite the enemies." This was stated by Alexander Lukashenko before the meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. At the meeting itself, Lukashenko called the sanctions "Western swinishness" and offered to unite in the CSTO and the EAEU, Sputnik reports. Today, March 11, a meeting of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin is taking place in Moscow. It discusses topical issues of bilateral relations, the development of union cooperation, economic cooperation under sanctions pressure, as well as the situation in the region and in Ukraine.
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02.03.2022. More than 2,000 companies became participants of the 29th international exhibition "Prodexpo-2022", which was held from February 7 to 11 in Moscow. This year, the exhibitors were representatives of 54 countries of the world - from the USA, Armenia, Serbia to Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, who presented their stands on more than 100 thousand square meters. Leading manufacturers of food and beverages, buyers of federal and regional chains, retailers, catering and restaurant business professionals met at the exhibition site. The unitary production enterprise "Smorgon Plant of Bread Production" also took part in this exhibition, where it presented its range of products under the brand name "Empire of Cereals" - oat flour and cereals, porridges and flakes that do not require cooking, in the assortment.
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23.01.2022. Belaruskali OJSC conducted an inspection audit for compliance with the requirements of Australian legislation in the field of biosafety of product supplies. Such information is posted on the company's website. "Industrial sites 1-4 of mine administrations, laboratories of the technical control department, sections of the operation service of the railway transportation department have been thoroughly checked. The certificate of the first, highest level of biosafety once again confirms the success of Belaruskali's systematic work in this area," the message reads.
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15.12.2021. Since 2018 the EV charging stations chain has increased from 14 stations to 486. The number of charging stations is supposed to exceed 600 by the end of 2021. According to Belorusneft, it will be enough for a fleet of over 25,000 electric vehicles. The development of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure began with the presidential decree, which named Belorusneft the state operator. The head of state pays close attention to the matter of electric vehicles. Belarus' backbone chain of fast EV charging stations is the largest one in the Eurasian Economic Union and enables electric vehicles to freely travel across the country.
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14.12.2021. The Belarusian tractor manufacturing company MTZ plans to ship some 4,500 tractors to Pakistan in 2022, BelTa learned from the press service of the company after the working visit of MT Director General Vitaly Vovk to Pakistan. According to the results of negotiations in Karachi, Shanzad Trade Link, the current official dealer of MTZ, undertook to develop sales of BELARUS tractors and spare parts. Plans are in place to sell some 3,000 tractors next year.
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13.09.2021. The Belarusian government is analyzing the prospects of acquiring or creating its own cargo fleet in order to minimize freight costs. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko in the program "Question number one "on the TV channel"Belarus 1". "We are currently seriously considering the issue of creating our own marine cargo terminal. We are analyzing the prospects of acquiring or creating our own cargo fleet in order to minimize freight costs, " Roman Golovchenko said. "The ports of the Leningrad Region are a priority for us from the point of view of economic efficiency."
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11.09.2021. In the world ranking of milk exporting countries, Belarus took the 11th place out of 100 countries considered by the worldstopexports project. The share of Belarusian milk in the world export of this product in 2020 was 2.1%. The revenue from Belarus ' dairy exports amounted to $ 597.7 million. Thus, Belarus is slightly behind the UK, which took the 10th place and received $ 726 million from exports, but ahead of Saudi Arabia, which took the 12th place and extracted $ 528.8 million from milk sales.
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19.07.2021. Despite the negative external factors, Belarusian export is doing well in 2021, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices of Belarus, BelTA has learned. "Indeed, one can say that the export rose on the low base effect of last year or cite some other reasons and factors. Nevertheless we have ensured a great increase in export this year," Vladimir Makei said.
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02.06.2021. From 1 to 4 June 2021, JSC "Belshina" together with the official distributor of LLC "IMPORIA TYERS" will take part in the International Specialized Exhibition "Coal of Russia and Mining 2021", which takes place in the exhibition complex "Kuzbass Fair", Novokuznetsk, Russian Federation. The international specialized exhibition of mining Technologies "Coal of Russia and Mining" is the only project in Russia for all branches of the mining industry and a unique platform for demonstrating the latest technologies, which opens up new horizons of cooperation for foreign and domestic companies and allows them to use the presented opportunities for business development.
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01.06.2021. "Gomselmash" is working on the supply of equipment to African countries. This was announced by the Deputy Director for Implementation and Development - Director of the center for Marketing and Advertising of the company Dmitry Mulyar during the 31st international specialized exhibition "Belagro". According to him, the business plan determines that the growth rate of exports of the company's products at the end of the year should be at least 110-111% to the level of 2020. "I think we will ensure the necessary level of exports. Deliveries of our equipment abroad are growing, " said the representative of Gomselmash.
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23.04.2021. In the agricultural market of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and a number of other countries, agricultural machinery and equipment from the research and production enterprise "Belama Plus"is popular. Our company specializes in several areas of production, each of which has achieved significant results. The products must be tested with computer data processing. This approach ensures perfect quality and reliability. Mordants, sprayers, equipment for transportation and storage, as well as other products from the catalog, successfully compete with more expensive imported analogues.
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22.04.2021. The Konus plant makes hot-dip galvanizing of products on the modern European equipment with application of the latest technologies. Careful preparation of the steel surface, including degreasing with surfactants, etching, washing and fluxing, guarantees a high quality coating. Galvanizing is performed both outside and inside the products. High-tech new equipment allows for the galvanizing of unique structures weighing up to 6 tons after individual processing of the order by technologists.
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18.04.2021. The VI Week of Belarusian Entrepreneurship will be held from 19 to 25 April, BELTA reports with reference to the website of the Republican Confederation of Entrepreneurship. The forum program includes seminars, conferences, round tables, consultations and other business events (in previous years - more than 150-200) throughout Belarus. The following actions will be held: "Give a book to the library" (donation of books by Vladimir Karyagin to the National Library of Belarus)," Entrepreneurs about entrepreneurship","Show your business".
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12.04.2021. At the production of super-heavy BELAZ vehicles, the slipway assembly of a semi-axle heavy truck with a carrying capacity of 150 tons has been completed. After acceptance tests, this special purpose vehicle will be shipped to the Russian consumer - Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant named after A.A. Ugarov (Metalloinvest holding), the press service of the Belarusian enterprise reported. Heavy trucks BELAZ are one of the main modes of transport for OEMK, which is involved in in-plant transportation of oversized technological cargo.
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11.04.2021. Belarus plans to increase food exports to $ 6 billion in 2021, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Alexei Bogdanov said in an interview with the Nedelya program on the Belarusian STV TV channel. "This year we plan to approach the level of $ 6 billion in food exports, according to our plans, by 2025 we should reach export deliveries in the amount of $ 7 billion, and this will be done by increasing production. For example, last year we produced 7 , 8 million tons of milk, and by 2025 we plan to produce 9.2 million tons, we produce 1.26 million tons of meat of all types - we plan to produce 1.5 million tons by 2025. For this we attract both domestic investment and investors from outside, "the deputy minister said.
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08.02.2021. In the Belarusian sanatorium "Porechye", located in one of the most picturesque places in Belarus, a basic program of rehabilitation treatment (rehabilitation) of patients who have undergone COVID-19 infection has been developed. The duration of rehabilitation treatment is 12-14, or 18-21 days. Expected effect and indications: reduction of clinical manifestations of the consequences of specific lesions of the respiratory system by COVID infection; long-term stabilization of the remission period; formation and consolidation of skills for a healthy lifestyle.
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23.12.2020. By the end of the year, the Belarusian Automobile Plant will supply customers with almost four dozen extra heavy-duty dump trucks of the BELAZ-75307 model: 10 units - to Russia, 29 units - to Uzbekistan. The first consignments of 220-ton trucks were shipped to Uzbekistan in October and November, and on December 1, a ceremony was held for the solemn commissioning of Belarusian heavy-duty trucks at the Yoshlik I copper ore deposit, which is being developed by Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine JSC. In December, another batch of five BELAZ-75307 dump trucks was shipped - they are now on the way.
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21.12.2020. The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) hopes to start selling timber to Egypt in 2021. Opportunities to launch timber exports to Egypt through BUCE were discussed at the presentation of Belarus' timber industry in Cairo, BelTA learned from BUCE's press service. “In January-November, the export of timber through BUCE reached $222 million. The European Union accounted for the lion's share of supplies. This year BUCE has significantly strengthened its positions in other markets. For example, the export of sawn products to China increased by 45 times. Next year, we hope to start regular trading with Egyptian parters. All conditions are in place for that,” head of the BUCE foreign trade department Aleksandr Bashliy said.
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16.11.2020. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Romania Andrei Grinkevich visited Constanta County, located in the historical region of Dobrudja. A BelTA correspondent was told about this at the Belarusian Embassy in Romania. "The main purpose of the trip is to promote the products of Belarusian enterprises to the Romanian market, as well as to study the possibility of improving the logistics of Belarusian exports both to Romania and through Romania to third countries," the diplomatic mission said. The Belarusian diplomat visited the largest terminals of the seaport in Constanta and met with the leadership of these terminals.
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26.10.2020. Large-scale strikes, the topic of which had been discussed on the eve of some telegram channels, failed. The morning in Minsk began, as always on Monday: no interruptions in public transport, no problems with the Internet. In fact, the calls did not work. Nobody wanted to stop their workflow. But the training one - please. Today those who have not worked for a day - students - have distinguished themselves. They relied on industrial giants, but they, unlike the students, preferred to work. There was no one near the entrance of the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant. More precisely, everything is there, but at their workplaces. And there is confirmation of this.
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12.10 2020. Ways to support the export of Belarusian-Russian products to third-country markets were discussed at a meeting in the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, the press service of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament. The meeting took place in anticipation of a joint session of the commissions on budgets, finance, and economic policy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The session is scheduled for November. Representatives of the Belarusian Industry Ministry, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry, the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus, and Vnesheconombank of the Russian Federation (VEB.RF) are expected to take part in it.
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03.10.2020. An enterprise to assemble municipal vehicles based on chassis made by the Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ was opened in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchug. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ukraine Igor Sokol took part in the ceremony, BelTA has learned. It is the tenth joint venture that has been established so far. This one was established thanks to MAZ's cooperation with OOO Alfateks. About 70 jobs have been created as a result. The Belarusian embassy in Ukraine noted that OOO Alfateks is intent on making a broad range of municipal vehicles. While in the city the ambassador also met with top officials of the Kremenchug Development Institute and with representatives of the private sector. The sides discussed matters of trade and economic cooperation between regions of Belarus and Ukraine.
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30.09.2020. KAMAKO's mayonnaises produced from Belarus have won the hearts of the most titled chefs in Europe, and for the third year in a row they confidently win the Superior Taste Award international tasting competition in Brussels, which testifies to the outstanding taste characteristics of the products and stable quality. The competition has been held by the authoritative international organization International Taste Institute since 2005. The current approach to the formation of the jury is very strict, only 200 best chefs and sommeliers are selected. The jury members come to the competition from over 20 countries. Many of them work in Michelin-starred restaurants or are the personal chefs of the Queen of Great Britain, President of France, Elton John.
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15.09.2020. The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, will instruct the heads of key industry enterprises to start discussing specific projects in order to intensify economic interaction. The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this following the talks between the heads of state in Sochi, TASS reports. "The heads of state agreed to intensify the work of the intergovernmental commission, to intensify work through the departments and also, what is remarkable, through the key industry enterprises," the press secretary said.
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27.08.2020. Belarusian industrial enterprises are gradually increasing their production and export of products. Minister of Industry Peter Parhomchik told reporters today. According to the minister, the Belarusian industry is operating normally, all conveyors are loaded and orders are being fulfilled on time. “The situation is changing for the better, despite the problems that exist and the obstacles that prevent many enterprises from functioning normally. We see a gradual increase in production and export volumes,” said Peter Parhomchik.
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18.08.2020. All enterprises of the real sector of the economy are operating normally, some of them have groups of protesters, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters. "Today, all enterprises in the real sector of the economy are operating normally. Conveyors are not stopped anywhere, people are working - this is an absolutely real situation. Indeed, at some enterprises there are groups of protest-minded employees who, perhaps, are unhappy, and they thus express their position in relation to what is happening. But what is especially sad, they are trying to involve others, "said Roman Golovchenko. The head of the government believes that "the majority of representatives of labor collectives want to work and understand that this is a pernicious path - such illegal actions."
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16.08.2020. Protesters on Independence Square in Minsk accepted their petition. Its text was read by the head of "Belaya Rus" Gennady Davydko. Gennady Davydko called the petition an appeal to the Belarusian people. In it, the protesters first of all called to save the country for children. “We, the people of Belarus, have made our sovereign, unconditional and categorical choice - for the independence, prosperity and well-being of us and our children. But they want to steal this victory from us, and everyone who made an honest choice is slandered and made an enemy in the eyes of the people. External forces are kindling a fire of misunderstanding and aggression, pushing our heads against us, Belarusians, in order to divide and plunder in this chaos what was created by the hard work of our fathers and grandfathers, "the chairman of the public association read out the text of the petition.
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12.08.2020. The members of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic strongly condemn the actions of destructive forces aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country, undermining the state and social foundations. This was announced yesterday at a meeting with the Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalia Kochanova, the press service of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament said. It was noted at the meeting that "the presidential elections in Belarus were held in accordance with the current legislation, the results of the electoral campaign objectively and fully reflect the free expression of the will of the Belarusian people."
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10.08.2020. Pukhovichi district / Corr. BELTA /. There should be only one policy - people. This was the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stressed today when he visited the BNBK CJSC in the Pukhovichi district of the Minsk region. The head of state was informed in detail about the implementation of the investment project, the work that is being carried out at present and planned for the future. So, in September-December, it is planned to launch ahead of schedule the objects of the agro-industrial complex: a grain storage, four factories for the production of feed for cattle, poultry and pigs, fish and a plant for the production of premixes. In the same period, the commissioning of infrastructure facilities is expected.
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10.08.2020. The Central Election Committee has announced the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Belarus: the incumbent head of state Alexander Lukashenko has 80.23% of the vote. According to preliminary data from the CEC, 9.9% voted for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, 1.68% for Anna Kanopatskaya, 1.04% for Andrei Dmitriev, 1.13% for Sergei Cherechnya, and 6.02% against all. 5 798 908 people or 84.23% of voters included in the lists took part in the elections. 4,652,423 people voted for Alexander Lukashenko, 60,543 for Andrey Dmitriev, 97,926 for Anna Kanopatskaya, 574,312 for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, and 65,784 for Sergei Cherechnya.
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18.07.2020. MAZ and Czech Tatra may be engaged in the creation of an all-wheel drive chassis, the company’s press service said after a visit to the Minsk Automobile Plant representatives of the Czech company. The delegation led by Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tatra Trucks Petr Rusek visited the MAZ automotive exhibition, where the latest innovations of Minsk production were demonstrated. Later, the Czech side was involved in the negotiations with the Director of Strategic Development of EXCALIBUR International a.s. Milan Jurek and representative of the Russian-Czech Mixed Chamber of Commerce Vladimir Ermakov. "The parties discussed cooperation, the possibility of combining production facilities and creating a joint product - an all-wheel drive chassis," the press service noted.
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16.07.2020. For five years, more than 117 thousand industrial tourists visited BELAZ, the press service of BELAZ OJSC, the managing company of BELAZ Holding, said. “BELAZ was the first in the country's machine-building industry to open the door to tourists. Since July 15, 2015, the company launched the BELAZ-Belarus brand industrial tourism project. During this time, more than 117 thousand people visited the plant. These are citizens from more than 30 "The countries of the world - Spain, Italy, France, Norway, the USA, Great Britain, China, Lebanon, Jordan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and others," the press service said. “In total, almost 6 thousand excursions. More than 4.1 thousand people were able to ride a BELAZ dump truck. "
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07.06.2020. The Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Belarusbank OJSC signed a memorandum on joint actions to support exports for 2020-2021, the chamber said. On the part of the BelCCI, the document was signed by Chairman Vladimir Ulakhovich, on the part of JSB Belarusbank, First Deputy Chairman of the Board Alexander Polivko. The document consolidates efforts to support Belarusian exports.
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14.06.2020. BELAZ delivered two 240-ton dump trucks to the Kachkanarsky GOK (Sverdlovsk Region, Russia), the company’s press service said. “Two latest BELAZ-75313 mining 240-ton dump trucks have replenished the EVRAZ mining fleet of the Kachkanar mining and processing plant. These machines optimally combine load-bearing capacity, technical characteristics and comfort,” the press service emphasized. BELAZ-75313 has advanced functionality, fuel efficiency, high maneuverability, smoothness and stability on the road. The advanced technical solutions embodied in it make the dump truck reliable, safe and as efficient as possible.
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08.06.2020. The European Union and UNDP, in partnership with the Ministry of Economy of Belarus, will support cluster and socially significant initiatives in 12 regions of the republic, the UNDP press service in Belarus reported. Those wishing to develop in entrepreneurship are invited to participate in a competition of initiatives for the project "Support to economic development at the local level in the Republic of Belarus". Financial support will be provided in two thematic areas - cluster initiatives and socially significant initiatives.
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19.05.2020. Belarus can boost supplies to the countries facing food shortages amid the pandemic, Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko said during a videoconference working meeting of the EAEU Council on Agricultural Policy. “Belarus' state agricultural policy takes into account the trends in the food market both inside and outside the country. Our country, which has good capacities in agriculture, can increase food supplies to the countries experiencing food problems amid the pandemic,” Ivan Krupko said.
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16. 05. 2020. The first train with oil from the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, will arrive at the Naftan refinery today, BelTA learned from Alexander Tishchenko, Belneftekhim press secretary. “This afternoon the first train with Saudi oil will arrive from Klaipeda to Naftan. The train consists of 60 tanks. The volume is 3,600 tons,” said Alexander Tishchenko. As reported, the tanker delivered to the port of Klaipeda 87 thousand tons of oil for Belarus. In the future, the possibility of oil supplies from Saudi Aramco will depend on the situation on the market, Belneftekhim noted.
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15.05.2020. The Minsk Automobile Plant showed its advanced cars - from the legendary Soviet dump truck to the bus of the future, the company said. The exhibition on the site near the factory entrance is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Among the advanced models is the low-floor bus of the third generation 303266. Outwardly, it looks like a long-distance bus, but with a colorful hump in which you can see the silhouette of a bison. The engine is powered by a Euro-6 turbo diesel engine with 299 horsepower from Daimler, and a 6-speed automatic from ZF is paired. The cabin can accommodate up to 110 passengers. Of the innovations - one and a half seats for mothers with children and USB-ports for charging gadgets. Soon, these buses will appear on city routes.
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04.05.2020. Vadim Lamkov, deputy chairman of the Bellegprom concern, said this on the air of the Belarus 1 television channel. According to the representative of the concern, literally in one week Belarus managed to increase production from 1 million to two million masks per day: “At the peak of the epidemiological situation, 2.3 million masks were produced per day. Now the same pace of production is maintained. In addition, the concern enterprises sew about 250 thousand protective suits per day. All enterprises of the concern of all forms of ownership participate in this, ” he said.
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03.05.2020. In Belarus, it is possible to restrain the incidence rate as a whole. The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this today at a meeting on the epidemiological situation in the country. “Today, it’s been possible to curb the incidence in general. As regards infectious diseases, we are clearly in the forecast that was reported to me by the Ministry of Health and specialists who are directly involved in infectious diseases two months ago,” the Belarusian head of state said.
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14.04.2020. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko criticized Russian mass media for the biased coverage of measures which are taken in Belarus against coronavirus at the session in Minsk on 13 April. “I would like to touch upon the issue of mass media once again. Yesterday I watched analytical programs on all TV channels. Quite comprehensive coverage. They are even doing the job of Vladimir Stepanovich [Healthcare Minister Vladimir Karanik]. They explained everything about face masks, surgical boots, treatment. You just need to stay home and take care,” the head of state said. “I am often told that Telegram channels and other things are ahead of us. Probably, they print more dirt than official opinions, opinions of authorities. However, I cannot say that we lack information. So, I asked myself if it makes any sense to self-promote, start launching Telegram channels, spreading half-yellow information just to be present there… Probably, it's not our path.”
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11.04.2020. The World Health Organization welcomes the measures taken by Belarus to combat COVID-19, but recommends increasing efforts, said Patrick O'connor, head of the who mission in Belarus, following the results of assessment activities in the country. Patrick O'connor noted important measures such as laboratory testing of potential cases, contact tracking and isolation of people with confirmed coronavirus, and ensuring that contacts and those potentially exposed to the virus are quarantined. According to him, this is the cornerstone of all measures to respond to COVID-19. "Belarus has implemented measures to contain the spread of the epidemic due to its systemic approach, in terms of surveillance and laboratory capacity for early identification of patients", - said the head of the mission.
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29.03.20. The spread of coronavirus infection in China has been stopped, the Russian news Agency RIA-Novosti reports, citing a statement by Mi Feng, the official representative of the state Committee for health of the people's Republic of China. Mi Fan said at a briefing that as of March 28, the number of confirmed cases of infection is less than three thousand. According to the latest data, in China, since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, about 81,439 cases of infection have been registered, 75,576 patients have recovered, and 3,300 have died.
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27.03.2020. Belarus is taking all the necessary measures to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 infection, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited Belgips Plant, Minsk District, on 27 March. The head of state underlined that each agency in the country, from healthcare service to law enforcement – is doing their work. They are tracking down suspected cases and are trying to get ahead of the epidemic. At the same, Aleksandr Lukashenko warned against psychosis and panic around the virus.
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13.03.2020. On March 12, the Odessa Yuzhny oil terminal started receiving the first tanker with 90 thousand tons of Azeri Light oil for further transportation to Mozyr. This is reported by the press service of "Ukrtransnafta". Oil is transported to Belarus via the Odessa-Brody pipeline and then along the Druzhba section to the Mozyr refinery. Oil transportation is carried out under an agreement between Ukrtransnafta and BNK (UK) Limited (UK), which is a "daughter" of the Belarusian oil company. The agreement is valid until the end of 2020, the Ukrainian company said in a statement.
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12.03.2020. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree "on promoting the use of electric vehicles". This was reported to BelTA by the press service of the head of state. "The decree provides for measures that are designed to stimulate demand for electric vehicles, the creation of an appropriate charging and service infrastructure in the country," the press service said. In particular, owners of electric vehicles are exempt from paying a fee for issuing a permit to participate in road traffic. Individuals will not have to pay VAT when importing electric vehicles to Belarus for personal use. At the same time, they will be able to return the amount of VAT paid when purchasing an electric vehicle within 500 basic units.
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24.02.2020. More than 200 residents of the Hi-tech Park Belarus work in the interests of Belarusian enterprises. This was told by the Director of the HTP Administration Vsevolod Yanchevsky during a round table on the digitization of the national economy, BelTA learned from HTPB.
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18.02.2020. The Belarusian TV set maker Vityas increased export by more than 3.5 times in 2019. The company has been has been doing quite well in foreign markets for the third year in a row. During this period the annual export growth has not gone below 200%. The positive export dynamics is mainly due to the increase in the production of TV sets. Their share exceeded 85% of the total exports in 2019. During this period, the company produced about 150,000 TV sets, which was 10 times more than a year earlier.
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19.01.2020. Belarusian scientists have invented a year-round lidar to study the atmosphere in Antarctica, said Maxim Bogdanovich, Director of the B. I. Stepanov Institute of physics of the national Academy of Sciences of Belarus. "This year we have completed the development of the device, the so-called atmospheric lidar container type. At the end of the year, presumably, it will be delivered to Antarctica. The device will help our scientists conduct atmospheric research. This will be the world's first year-round lidar. This is a development Of the Institute of physics, which is in demand all over the world: in Russia, in China, and in European countries. We have great authority in this area," Maxim Bogdanovich said.
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15.01.2020. The Belarusian mechanical engineering company MTZ intends to make a new generation of vehicles for forestry industry in 2020, the company's press service told. MTZ Chief Designer for Vehicles Vladimir Korobkin said that MTZ designed the current lineup of forwarders, harvesters, and other vehicles and machines for forestry enterprises in the 2000s. They are in need of improvement. It is necessary to, first of all, computerize the controls in order to make driving them and finding faults easier. Hydrostatic transmissions will be used to enable smooth steplessly variable speed adjustments and easy driving, which is very important for forestry vehicles, the engineer said.
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07.01.2020. Belarus has accredited 14 new meat producers in China, BelTA reports, citing the website of the Belarusian Embassy in China. The main customs administration of the PRC, together with the Ministry of agriculture and food of Belarus, with the direct participation of the Belarusian Embassy in China, has completed the accreditation of 14 meat producers. They will be able to deal with deliveries to China.
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02.01.2020. Investment in the Chinese-Belarusian industrial Park "Great stone"during the project has exceeded $520 million, first Deputy General Director of the company for the development of the industrial Park Kirill Koroteyev told BelTA. "In total, from the beginning of the project to December 2019, $526.4 million was invested in it, the share of budget expenditures was 4.5%, or $24.5 million. These funds went to the construction of a public highway, a fire station, a communication network and gas supply to the borders of the Park," said Kirill Koroteyev. - At the same time, budget revenues from activities in the Park (including contractors) amounted to more than $40 million."
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31.12.2019. Russia and Belarus signed a Protocol on gas prices for January-February 2020 and additions to contracts for transit and supply of fuel, extending them until 2021, Gazprom said in a statement. "The Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller and the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko signed a Protocol on gas prices for the Republic of Belarus for January and February 2020," the message reads.
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07.12.2019. Belarus and Russia have brought their positions on oil and gas closer together. Minister of economic development Maxim Oreshkin told journalists in Sochi after the talks between the presidents of Belarus and Russia. "Today was a busy day. In fact, we have worked very fruitfully in a number of areas. Agriculture, communications, customs, regulation of the oil market. We have made very serious progress, even on the issue of oil and gas positions were very seriously converged, " the Minister said.
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02.12.2019. Some $100 million worth of contracts are to be signed during the Belarus-Serbia business forum in Belgrade, Belarus' Ambassador to Serbia Valery Brylev told reporters, BelTA has learned. “About $100 million worth of deals are to be signed during the business forum. This figure is not big, it should be much bigger,” Valery Brylev believes. The Belarus-Serbia business forum will take place in Belgrade on 3 December on the sidelines of the visit of the Belarusian president to Serbia. Business people will discuss cooperation prospects in manufacturing, agriculture, petrochemical industry, production of foodstuffs, pharmaceutics, light industry, woodworking and other sectors.
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28.11.2019. The Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ will ship a large batch of vehicles to Vietnam in H1 2020. The contract was signed when MAZ Director General Valery Ivankovich visited Vietnam, the company's press service told. The joint venture MAZ Asia will get 125 utility vehicles in line with the contract. Tropical features will allow the vehicles to operate well even in difficult climatic conditions in Vietnam. It will be the first large batch of MAZ automobiles intended for Vietnamese government institutions. Up till now MAZ has been successfully selling passenger vehicles and trucks on the Vietnamese market.
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12.11.2019. Austrian businesses benefit from investing in Belarusian IT companies. This opinion was expressed by the Director of HTP Administration Vsevolod Yanchevsky in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the business forum in Vienna. He noted the mutually beneficial nature of cooperation in the field of IT: "Austrian business is now profitable to invest in Belarusian companies, because they are really very profitable and grow faster than anywhere else in the region. On the other hand, Belarus and HTP benefit from new contracts. This is the inflow of currency into the country, new technologies, expansion of markets and direct direct investment."
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30.10.2019. The Minsk Leather Production Association (MLPA) aims to start supplying products to China and India, Tatyana Lugina, Chairwoman of the Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom, told journalists on 30 October, after Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Rumas visited the enterprise. Sergei Rumas was made familiar with results of the investment project implemented at the MLPA, the current state of affairs at the enterprise, and its development prospects. Sergei Rumas visited the workshops of the tannery and was made familiar with the equipment, the manufacturing process, and the range of products. He also gave instructions to deal with problems facing the enterprise.
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29.10.2019. Belarus expects to export $5.5 billion worth of agricultural products by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Dvornik told reporters. "Export is an important task set by the state. Today we have more than $3 billion in export revenue for 8 months. At the end of the year, we see that we should have at least $5.5 billion in exports this year, we estimate about 104% to the level of last year, " the Deputy Prime Minister said.
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27.10.2019. More than one million euro had to be paid to Belarusian travel agencies as compensation to tourists for the failed holiday after the bankruptcy of the Russian tour operator "Natalie tours", Chairman of the Board of the Republican Union of the tourism industry (RTI) of Belarus Philip Guly. He made this statement during a speech at the Russian-Belarusian Congress of the Alliance of travel agencies (ATA) and the RST. According to him, according to the Belarusian civil code, tourists should apply for compensation in case of problems to the place where they bought tourist products, that is, to a travel Agency.
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Contracts worth $75 million were signed at the Belarus-Kazakhstan business forum in Nur-Sultan, Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Ulakhovich told reporters on 24 October. “Our economies complement each other. Kazakhstan runs government programs Digital Kazakhstan and programs to promote the manufacturing sector. We have retained our substantial industrial capacities. Cooperation should go beyond trade. We should set up joint ventures, promote localization of production and train personnel for it. Most importantly, Belarus and Kazakhstan can jointly enter markets of third countries,” Vladimir Ulakhovich said.
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16.10.2019. BelAZ, Belarusian manufacturer of mining vehicles, is expanding into the Indian market. The company has signed a contract to supply 77 dump trucks BelAZ-75137 with the payload capacity of 136 tonnes to Coal India Limited, BelTA learned from the press service of the company. The vehicles will be used at the Gevra open cast mine complex. The vehicles will be supplied with spare parts and provided with maintenance service for the period of eight years. A maintenance center is to open near the mine complex. The contract is estimated at about $200 million. The first shipments of dump trucks will be made in November and December 2019.
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14.10.2019. The engine production plant of MAZ-Weichai LLC opened in the Chinese-Belarusian industrial Park "Great stone". The ceremony of the official commissioning of the enterprise was held today in the "Great stone" with the participation of Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas. "Belarus has been successfully cooperating with Weichai for 20 years. Since 2014, the Minsk automobile plant has produced a line of popular trucks with engines of This company of Euro-4 and Euro-5 ecological class. The city bus and hundreds of modifications of cars with transmissions of the Shaanxi company which is a part of Weichai Corporation are created. A new stage of our cooperation was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum on the organization of production of diesel engines in Belarus, " the Prime Minister said.
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14.10.2019. Measures to deliver fuel to the Belarusian nuclear power plant are in normal mode. Belarusian energy Minister Viktor Karankevich told reporters, BelTA has learned. "Delivery of fuel is planned this year. And all the necessary measures for it are carried out in the normal mode. All technological operations are observed, " the Minister said.
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12.10.2019. Belarusian road builders have signed the largest contract in Ukraine for the construction of a highway in the Rivne region. Such information was marked in Facebook by the company "Belavtodor-Ukraine". "On October 11, the largest contract in the field of road construction for Belarusian enterprises in Ukraine was signed. This contract for the construction of a new section of the highway in the Rivne region, which will be part of the future project "Northern bypass Rivne", concluded between the road Service and JSC "Road construction trust No. 2, Gomel", part of the holding "Belavtodor",-reports "Belavtodor - Ukraine".
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05.10.2019. In his speech the head of state mentioned how his first meeting with the president of Ukraine had proceeded, outlined priority areas of cooperation between the countries, and sketched out Belarus' proposals on stepping up interaction in various spheres.
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03.10.2019. Business circles and enterprises of Belarus and Ukraine have signed dozens of documents to the tune of over $500 million, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) Vladimir Ulakhovich after the eighth session of the Belarus-Ukraine advisory council on business cooperation, which took place in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir on 3 October. Vladimir Ulakhovich reminded that the 1st Forum of Regions of Belarus and Ukraine set a record of $140 million. In his words, agreements on shipping Belarusian products worth over $542 million were signed in Zhitomir.
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02.09.2019. Belarusian enterprises are ready to actively participate in the expansion of cooperation with Tatarstan, the implementation of import substitution programs, further close cooperation in the fields of engineering, petrochemicals, agriculture, construction and road transport. This was stated by Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko today in Kazan at a meeting with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission reported.
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01.09.2019. The Belarusian national biotechnology Corporation expects to export $300 million worth of products annually after reaching full capacity, Director of the Department for strategic development and planning of BNBC Ilya Snopkov said on the ONT TV channel. "We plan to create a full cycle, a cluster that will provide our country and some share of products (we expect about 50%) to export, to receive currency for our country,-said Ilya Snopkov. "When we reach full capacity, we will export products worth about $300 million." The premium market in this regard is Europe, which imports products obtained after deep processing of grain.
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14.08.2019. JSC "Management company of the holding "Belkommunmash" will release 15 trolleybuses for Novokuibyshevsk (Samara region, Russia). As follows from the contract signed on July 26, the company will produce for the city low-floor trolleybuses model 321. "This is not the first delivery of trolleybuses "Belkommunmash" in the Samara region. In Togliatti operated 40 trolleybuses model 321, delivered in 2017 and 2018. Also in Samara 36 trolleybuses of the same model are successfully operated. As for the Park of trolleybuses Novokuibyshevsk, the average age of the rolling stock is more than 20 years. Thus, by November of this year, Belkommunmash will update trolleybuses for the city by 40%," the Department of foreign economic activity noted.
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12.08.2019. At the Mozyr oil Refinery, the construction of a hydrogen production plant (UPV), which is part of the hydrocracking complex of heavy oil residues of H-Oil, is being completed. At the end of July, the installation of the chimney of one of the Ola furnaces was completed. Now is tying furnace industrial piping. Previously, 132 reaction tubes were installed in the furnaces of the hydrogen production plant. They will be the process of steam reforming at a temperature of more than 800 degrees.
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10.08.22019. In the context of "Montenegrin" LLC "SUEK-Khakassia" in the near future will be put into operation robotic BelAZ, the press service of the Belarusian automaker. Last autumn, two dump trucks were delivered to the Abakan open-pit mining site, where the necessary infrastructure and dispatching system were created for running in real conditions. "In the near future there will be a start-up of dump trucks in operation", - told at the enterprise.
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18.07.2019. According to the results of the VI Forum of regions of Belarus and Russia in St. Petersburg, contracts worth at least $550 million will be signed Today, Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told reporters. "Commercial contracts will be signed in the amount of not less than $550 million. This is really a serious contribution," Mikhail Myasnikovich said.
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17.07.2019. Russia's national development bank VEB.RF, Belarus' Bank BelVEB and BelAZ signed an agreement to support the export of Russia-Belarus joint products to third countries. The agreement was reached at a session of the national business councils on the sidelines of the 6th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia on 17 July in ST PETERSBURG.
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16.07.2019. The presentation of the two-storey part of the train modification of KISS, produced and collected in CJSC "Stadler Minsk", was held at the car-repair plant city Dunakeszi in Hungary. BelTA was informed about it in the Embassy of Belarus in Hungary. After a routine break-in necessary checks and tests in February 2020, this and other trains in this series will run on the suburban lines of the Hungarian capital on the routes Budapest-Vác-Szob and Budapest-Сegléd-Szolnok.
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27.05.2019. The trade turnover between Belarus and France in January-April increased by 20% compared to the corresponding period of 2018, Ambassador of Belarus to France Igor Fisenko said on the TV channel "Belarus 1".
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26.05.2019. The construction of the railway terminal on the territory of the Chinese-Belarusian industrial Park "Great stone" was discussed at the meeting today by first Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Turchin and General Director, Chairman of the Board of the joint stock company "Duisburger Hafen" Erich Staake.
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28.04.2019. During the visit of the Belarusian delegation headed by President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus and China signed two dozen documents on the development of cooperation in various fields. The emphasis is not so much on the conclusion of certain contracts, but on the creation of basic conditions for further cooperation, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Of Belarus to China Kirill Rudy told BelTA.
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23.04.2019. The Belarusian railway continues to work actively to increase the volume of deliveries of Belarusian goods to China. So, on April 20, together with CJSC Meat and dairy company, the fifth container train with dairy products was sent to China. The train follows the route Kolyadichi - Huancarani (Chongqing, China). It is formed from 41 forty-foot container with export products of a number of Belarusian enterprises. We are talking about milk powder and whey powder produced by JSC "Molodechno dairy plant", JSC "Slutsk cheese factory", up "Polotsk dairy plant" and JSC "Zdravushka-milk".
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07.04.2019. The Belarusian NPP has started to implement the program for commissioning of unit 1, BelTA was informed in the ASE group of companies (General designer and General contractor of Belarusian NPP). At the first power unit, the specialists began the first technological process of the program - individual tests and testing of the equipment of the first and second circuits of the reactor plant, which will be involved in hydraulic tests and circulation washing.
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27.01.2019. "Belgospischeprom" is working on the issue of the entry of Chinese investors into the Skidel sugar plant, Chairman of the concern Alexander Zabello said in an interview with the newspaper "Respublika". According to Alexander Zabello, the concern is interested in cooperation with international institutions that will help to enter new markets. In addition, it relies on corporate governance.
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22.01.2019. JSC " BelAZ "-the management company of the holding" BelAZ-holding " in 2018 increased exports by 30.3% to the level of 2017 to $990.8 million at the end of 2018, the growth rate of industrial production in current prices amounted to 145.6% compared to 2017. Over the past year, 802 dump trucks of particularly large capacity (90 tons and above) were produced, which is a record value in the history of the enterprise.
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21.01.2019. Belarus expects to start industrial mining in Zimbabwe in March 2019. This was on the air of the TV channel "Belarus 1" said the Manager of The President of Belarus Viktor Sheiman, BelTA reports. Viktor Sheiman noted that 5 joint Belarusian-Zimbabwean enterprises have already been established in Zimbabwe.
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20.01.2019. The agreement on investment protection between Belarus and Hungary gives a great impetus to investment projects, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in an interview to the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. The ministerial memorandum on promotion of interregional cooperation, the intergovernmental Belarusian-Hungarian agreement for the promotion and protection of investment and a program of cooperation for 2019 were signed in Minsk on 14 January.
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28.11.2018. Chairman of the concern "Bellegprom" Nikolai Efimchik met with the delegation of Kyrgyzstan headed by the President of the Association "light industry" Saparbek Asanov. This information is posted on the website of "Bellegprom". From the Kyrgyz side the meeting was also attended by the President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs, Zhyrgalbek Sagynbaev, first Deputy Plenipotentiary representative of the government in Talas oblast of Kyrgyzstan Kanimet Osmonbekov.
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28.11.2018. The II international specialized scientific and technical exhibition and forum "Information technologies in education" in Minsk can be visited by more than 5 thousand participants, Director of the main information and analytical center of the Ministry of education Pavel Lis told reporters before the opening of the forum.
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12.11.2018. JSC " BelAZ "-the management company of the holding" BelAZ-holding " in January-October increased exports by 39.2% compared to the same period in 2017. This information is available on the website of the company. BelAZ holds a third of the world market of heavy-duty dump trucks. Since the beginning of the year, sales to the Russian market increased by almost a third, in the CIS countries - by 1.8 times. The geography of deliveries in January-October consisted of more than 20 countries.
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12.11.2018. World entrepreneurship week (GEW) opens today in Belarus. Its key event will be the country's first exhibition and forum of innovative companies and startups Gew Belarus, which will be held on November 13 and 14 at the national exhibition center "BelExpo". The forum will bring together representatives of business and government to share experiences, identify development strategies, gain valuable knowledge and establish useful links.
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24.10.2018. JSC "Kommunarka" plans to start supplying products to the American national trade networks. This was reported to journalists by the General Director of the company Ivan Danchenko."In the United States, supplies were constantly carried out, we did not leave this market, but it was supplies to stores for the Russian-speaking population. The whole network of such shops is created. Very popular candy "little Red riding Hood", "Alenka", "Capital". Our task is to enter the American national networks, " said Ivan Danchenko.
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22.10.2018. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy discussed the development of bilateral trade and economic cooperation with the Minister of aliyah and integration of Israel Sofa Landver today, BelTA reports with reference to the government's website.
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20.10.2018. The international forum " One belt, one road "is planned to be held in the Chinese-Belarusian industrial Park" Great stone " in June 2019. This was stated by the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the House of representatives on international Affairs Valery Voronetsky at a meeting with the Chinese delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the national Committee of the People's political consultative Council GU Shengzun, BelTA was informed in the press service of the House of representatives.
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19.10.2018. The enterprises of Bellegprom concern will represent Belarus at the international forum" Eurasian week", which will be held on October 22-24 in Yerevan (Armenia). Two companies - JSC "8 Martha" and JSC "Galanteya" will be presented in the exhibition "Bellegprom". The Eurasian week is the largest international business forum in the Eurasian economic Union (EAEU). The event has been held annually since 2016.
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28.07.2018. One of the tasks of the CITIC group Corporation is to put into practice the relations of all-weather friendship between Belarus and China. This was stated today by the Chairman of the Board of the Chinese company Chan Jangmin. "Between our two countries have established all-weather partnership. The goal of our company is to realize such cooperation," Chan Jangmin said.
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09.07.2018. The Belarusian resolution on the digital economy received support from The standing Committee of the parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) and is included in the agenda of the 27th session of the OSCE PA in Berlin, BelTA was informed by the press service of the house of representatives of the National Assembly. The delegation of Belarus takes part in the 27th annual session of the OSCE PA, which takes place in Berlin on 7-11 July.
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03.07.2018. China is interested in the Assembly of electric vehicles at the plant "BELGEE". Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said this on the TV channel "Belarus 1".
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01.07.2018. The mission of The international monetary Fund headed by Jacques Minyan will work in Belarus from 9 to 13 July, BelTA was informed in the representative office of the Fund. "It will be a planned mission. Its purpose is to review the current economic situation in the country," the IMF representative office in Belarus noted.
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30.06.2018. Representatives of 25 countries participate in the international investment forum "Mill of success" in Mogilev. This was reported at the plenary session by Chairman of the Mogilev regional Executive Committee Vladimir Domanevsky. The head of the region noted that about 600 people participate in the forum, the geography of representatives has significantly expanded, which indicates its popularity and prospects.
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19.06.2018. Belarus and the United Kingdom will develop cooperation in the field of wood processing, the press service of the concern "Bellesbumprom"reported. The concern held a meeting of representatives of a number of British companies with the leadership of the woodworking industry of Belarus and representatives of woodworking and furniture enterprises of the concern "Bellesbumprom".
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18.06.2018. Confectionery factory " Kommunarka "in August plans to start supplying a new line of sweets to the Chinese market, said the General Director of" Kommunarka " Ivan Danchenko on TV channel STV.
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17.06.2018. In may 2018, the historical minimum of annual inflation was updated: the increase in consumer prices slowed to 4.4 percent in annual terms, the National Bank reported. Compared to April in may 2018, consumer prices fell by 0.3 percent.
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11.06.2018. The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ intends to penetrate the markets of Chile and Argentina, BelTA learned from Deputy Head of BelAZ's Non-CIS Sales Department Denis Yaskevich during the presentation of a 290-tonne BelAZ 75320 haul truck on 8 June.
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11.06.2018. Since June 11, the Rosselkhoznadzor removes restrictions on the supply of dairy products (in bulk) from three Belarusian enterprises. Such information is available on the website of the Department. Temporary restrictions on the supply of dairy products in bulk are removed from the Baranavichy dairy plant, Lyakhovichi dairy, Volkovysk OJSC "Bellakt".
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05.06.2018. The management of the Park of high technologies believes that the number of new residents has increased due to the adoption of a new presidential decree (No. 8), which simplified the conditions for HTP entry. In the first five months of 2018, the number of companies that joined the Park of high technologies increased by a third. According to representatives of the Park of high technologies, high growth rates are associated with simplified entry conditions, transparency and speed of this process. Only the Park of high technologies at the moment, the 293 resident, 56 of which cme recently.
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04.06.2018. A company from Israel can take part in the construction of a pig farm and a breeding and hybrid center in Belarus. This was told by Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy in an interview with "Rural newspaper". The Deputy Prime Minister commented on the results of the visit to Israel. "We agreed with the Minister of agriculture of Israel to update veterinary certificates of the two countries for the organization of the supply of beef and chicken eggs to Israel. And with the leadership of the Israeli company "Agrigo" specifically discussed the prospects of investment cooperation in pig farming, in particular, the participation of the company in the project for the construction of pig breeding and breeding hybrid center in the Vitebsk region",-he said.
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03.06.2018. Enterprises of the concern "Bellesbumprom" in January-April increased exports to foreign countries by 49%, the press Secretary of the concern Ruzhena Novitskaya. "In January-April, the total amount of products delivered to the foreign markets is $ 105.2 million, which is 49% more than in the same period last year. The concern's enterprises supply to these markets almost the entire range of products - from lumber to furniture, paper and cardboard," the press Secretary said.
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01.05.2018. The methodology of formation of prices for oil products in the common markets of oil and oil products of the EAEU, which is planned to be created in 2025, was discussed in Minsk during the round table "oil and oil products Markets. Experience Of The Russian Federation". This was reported today by the Chairman of the concern "Belneftekhim" Igor Lyashenko.
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31.05.2018. The decree on the support of exporters is planned to be adopted in Belarus in the near future, BelCCI Chairman Vladimir Ulakhovich said before the award ceremony of the contest "Best exporter of 2017". "The decree on the support of exporters is in the final stage of approval. There is a fundamental decision, now technical details are being specified. I think the decree will be adopted in the near future-I believe that in this half year, " the head of the BelCCI said.
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31.05.2018. Belarus would like to participate in transport and logistics projects in the Black Sea region, Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Vladimir Ulakhovich said at the business forum “Belarus – the countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization”. This is the first time the forum is held in this format.
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30.05.2018. The Belarusian economy may expand by 2% annually on the heels of the regional industrialization plan, Belarus' First Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Matyushevsky said at the joint session of the two houses of the Belarusian parliament on 30 May. The economy ministry has prepared a comprehensive plan for the new industrialization of regions of Belarus up to 2025. Today, on the instruction of the prime minister, it is being finalized by the relevant government agencies and local authorities.
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30.05.2018. For the sake of implementing energy-effective measures in residential properties a presidential decree has been drafted to stipulate sources to finance heat modernization, including borrowed money. The draft decree also stipulates a differentiated approach to determining the size of state support for implementing these measures. The information was released by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin as he met with World Bank Country Manager for Belarus Alex Kremer.
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20.05.2018. As at 1 January 2018, 110 thsd small and medium-sized business entities engaged in business activity in the Republic of Belarus, of which 96 thsd micro-enterprises (87% of the total number of small and medium-sized business entities), 12 thsd small enterprises (11%) and 2 thsd medium enterprises (2%).
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19.05.2018. Belarus returned to third place in imports of Gazprom gas, according to the report of the Russian gas monopoly for January-March 2018. In the first quarter, Belarus, which imported 5.993 billion cubic meters of natural gas, became the largest partner of Gazprom in the post-Soviet space. n a global scale, our country in this period came in third place, beating Italy.
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18.05.2018. Belarus is on the way of digitalization and looks forward to cooperation with Microsoft Corporation. This was stated by Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, meeting with the head of the Department for strategic cooperation with governments in Central and Eastern Europe Corporation Evangelos Krisafidis on may 17, the press service of the government.
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18.05.2018. Belarus plans to increase the science intensity of gross domestic product to 0.65% by the end of 2018. This was reported by the Chairman of the State Committee on science and technology Alexander Shumilin at the conference "Economic growth of the Republic of Belarus: globalization, innovation, sustainability", the correspondent of BelTA. "This year, for the first time in recent decades, the science intensity of the gross domestic product will grow and will be 0.6-0.65%. Before that, it was 0.5%, " said Alexander Shumilin. By 2020, the goal is to bring this figure to 1%.
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16.05.2018. The first nuclear fuel will be delivered to the BelNPS by Atomstroyexport in November this year. In the future, the fuel company "Rosatom" TVEL "will supply. This was stated to journalists by Deputy Minister of energy of Belarus Mikhail Mikhadyuk. He noted that TVEL's contract for the supply of nuclear fuel is designed for the next 14-15 years. The General conditions of the contract provide for the supply by Atomstroiexport fuel for each unit of the first load and one reload, said at the forum "ATOMEXPO" Mikhadyuk.
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14.05.2018. Belarus is one of China's most important partners in the Belt and Road project, Director of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Hubei sub-council Zhou Caijuan said at the international seminar Belt and Road. Getting to Know Hubei on 14 May, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian-Chinese cooperation has been steadily developing, with the number of joint projects gradually increasing. The parties seek to tap into the potential for expanding economic ties, and this makes an important element in building long-term strategy.
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12.05.2018. Euroopt " retail chain opened its first store in cash & carry format in Minsk-in Kamennaya Gorka district at 6 Kazimirovskaya street. Buyers of "EUROOPT CASH & CARRY" can buy goods both in retail and in small batches, saving up to 40%, said the head of the press service of "Eurotorg" Egor Khrustalev. The wholesale section is now working on the basis of the hypermarket "Evroopt" in Brest (Warsaw highway, 11-1), Gomel (PR-t Rechitsa, 5V), Mogilev (Minskoe shosse, 31), Grenoble (PR-t Pobedy, 47) and Vitebsk (PR-t Moscow, 130-1).
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12.05.2018. Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ trademark) plans to supply $40 million worth of products to Ukraine in 2018, the company's representatives told BelTA following Made in Belarus expo. “As for the 2018 plans, we will probably sell 100,000 tonnes of products (around $40 million) to this market. We have ambitious plans. BMZ has a strategy for this market and hopes that the growth will continue in the medium term,” the company said.
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