18 October 2022

Belarus' agricultural output up by 4.9% in January-September 2022

The output by all types of agricultural producers (state-run enterprises, private farms, subsidiary plots of individuals) totaled Br23.9 billion in January-September 2022, up by 4.9% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

State-run enterprises manufactured Br19.6 billion worth of products, up by 5.2% over the same period a year prior in comparable prices.

Agricultural producers of all types produced 1,291,300 tonnes of live weight cattle and poultry, 5,959,100 tonnes of milk, and 2,608,700 million eggs. State-run agricultural enterprises accounted for 97% of the total production of live weight cattle and poultry, 97.3% of the milk output, and 83.2% of the egg output.

As of 1 October 2022 agricultural enterprises had 4.1 million head of cattle, including 1.4 million cows. The number of pigs stood at 2.3 million.