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BELARUS TRADES WITH 176 COUNTRIES IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2009
The area of Belarus’ trade has expanded since earlier this year. For comparison, in January Belarus traded with 127 countries, exporting commodities to 86 countries and importing products from 118 countries.
In January-September Belarus’ main trade partners were Russia (47% of the total trade), the Netherlands (7.9%), Germany (6.2%), Ukraine (5.9%), Latvia (3.5%), Poland (3.3%), China (2.5%), the UK (2.1%) as well as Italy, Brazil and India.
In January-September 2009 Belarus’ export of commodities to Russia shrank by 44.8% to $4,729 million over the same period last year, with the country accounting for 31.5% of Belarus’ export volume.
The export to the Netherlands went down by 39.5% to $2,618 million. Consequences of the global crisis have affected Belarus’ trade with many other countries. Thus, in January-September Belarus’ export to Ukraine amounted to $1174.6 million (49.5% as against the same period of last year), Poland — $603 million (39.1%), Germany — $634.3 million (99.6 %), Latvia — $1,140.2 million (65.2%).
Meanwhile, in the period under review, the export to India increased by 89.9% to $405.7 million.
In January-September 2009 Belarus’ merchandise trade amounted to $35.04 billion, or 61.3% as against the same period last year. Belarus’ export shrank to $15.009 billion (56.7% as against January-September 2008), with the import down to $20.03 billion (65.2%).
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For the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to
become a credible organization it is vitally important to fulfill all the
agreements that were achieved as the Customs Union was conceived, said Deputy
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov at the CIS International Economic Forum
in Moscow on 5 March.
A quadrilateral
meeting of co-chairmen of the councils for long-term cooperation between bordering regions took place in Russian
Kaliningrad on 3 March. Belarus Vice Premier Andrei Kobyakov, Poland Deputy Interior Minister Piotr Stachanczyk,
Lithuania Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavicius, and Kaliningrad Oblast Governor Georgy Boos took
part in the meeting.
Almost Br387 billion of Belarus’ budget was injected in the state integrated program on developing regions, small and medium-sized towns in 2009, Economy Minister of Belarus Nikolai Snopkov said at a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on 2 March.
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improve the effectiveness of using fuel and energy resources till 2012. The decision is laid down by Council of Ministers resolution No 248.
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modernization of the national energy grids, energy saving and promoting the use of local fuels. These measures are envisaged in the 2010 plan of action to the
national comprehensive program to modernize key production assets of the Belarusian energy system, promote energy saving and increase the share of local fuels
till 2011. The action plan was approved by Resolution No. 224 of the Council of Ministers.