The cluster Research and Production Corporation Belcosmos has been established as part of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The decision was made at a session of the Bureau of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 15 November, the academy's press service told BelTA. Belcosmos has been established with a view to realizing and developing promising (cluster) projects of its participants in the area of peaceful research and use of outer space. Chairman...

Belarus and Russia will conclude an agreement to open the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Grodno. The Council of Ministers' resolution No. 767 of 10 November 2022 has been officially published on the national legal internet portal, BelTA has learned. According to the document, the Council of Ministers accepts the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, coordinated with the Justice Ministry and the Finance Ministry, to conclude, by exchanging notes, an agreement...

Belarusian Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong have signed a Belarusian-Chinese intergovernmental agreement on preparing a feasibility study, the Economy Ministry press service told BelTA.   In line with the agreement the Chinese government will allocate technical and economic aid for carrying out studies as part of the project, which envisages building the second substation for supplying...

In January-September 2022 Belarus' export of merchandise and services dropped by 4.3% year-on-year to $33.529 billion, BelTA learned from the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). In January-September 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $63.105 billion, 6.2% down from the same period in 2021. Import amounted to $29.575 billion (8.3% down). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $3.954 billion, up from $2.802 billion in January-September 2021....

In January-October 2022 domestic rapeseed oil sales in Belarus rose 1.5 times year-on-year, Igor Grutso, the head of domestic sales and foreign trade at the Belarusian food industry concern Belgospishcheprom, told a press conference in Minsk on 9 November, BelTA has learned. "A little more than two years ago, Belgospishcheprom Concern initiated a campaign to popularize rapeseed oil in Belarus. One of the first steps were made at the Prodexpo food industry expo. An active advertising...

A Chinese trading company made a pilot transaction to purchase "wet-blue" leather at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE). The trial transaction was 5,200 square meters. Thus, the geography of leather sales via Belarusian exchange platform has expanded to cover eight countries, BelTA learned from BUCE's press service. "The semi-finished product ‘wet-blue' enjoys stable demand among manufacturers of leather goods around the world. Our regular buyers are companies from...