Belarus' foreign trade surplus amounted to $70.6 million in August 2023. The export of goods and services was estimated at $4.04 billion, the import at $3.97 billion, BelTA informs citing the statistics posted on the website of the National Bank. Foreign trade in goods and services remained on the growth track. In January-August 2023 the trade rose by 12.2% year-on-year to reach $61.9 billion. All in all, despite the sanctions Belarus' foreign trade remained structurally stable: the...

The capacity utilization rate is at a 10-year high, BelTA learned from the press service of the Economy Ministry of Belarus. "A business confidence survey conducted by the Economy Research Institute at the Economy Ministry in September of this year showed that more than 80% of business managers reported growth in output (43%) or the same level output (39%). Every third reported an increase in demand for the products they manufacture. The order intakes have been more than three months on...

We have nominated the Belarusian art of vytsinanka and the Neglyubka textile tradition for inclusion into the UNESCO list, Gennady Khodor, a consultant at the Department for the Protection and Registration of Historical and Cultural Values at the Historical and Cultural Heritage Department at the Culture Ministry of Belarus, said at a press conference to mark the Day of Cultural Workers on 5 October, BelTA has learned. "This year we have submitted two more nominations to UNESCO:...

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi is paying a working visit to Russia's Vologda Oblast on 4-5 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the diplomatic mission. “Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Governor of the Russian region Oleg Kuvshinnikov to discuss the status and prospects of cooperation in most sectors: from traditional supplies of Belarusian agricultural machinery and grain drying complexes, seed material to the production of mixed...

 It is necessary to draft a program to promote Belarus' tool industry, Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov said at a meeting hosted by the Materials Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry. According to Aleksandr Chervyakov, the country has the necessary competencies, scientific traditions, enterprises that can make innovative products, but there is no single, clear-cut system of interaction between...

An estimated 537,100 tonnes of corn has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 3 October, some 7,955,000 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 6,914,300 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn. Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 68,600 hectares of land already cleared. Some 537,100 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed, with the...