A forum on trade in metal products will bring together over 150 representatives of the manufacturing sector and the trade industry of Russia and Belarus in the Belarusian city of Zhlobin, the press service of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) told BelTA. The Belarusian-Russian business forum on production and consumption of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the Republic of Belarus will take place at premises of the Belarusian steel mill BMZ. The forum is scheduled for...

Enterprises run by the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom increased their export to Azerbaijan by over 30% in Q1 2022, Bellesbumprom's press service told BelTA. Bellesbumprom shipped $14.6 million worth of merchandise to Azerbaijan in 2021, 108.2% as against 2020. In Q1 2022 the export growth rate amounted to 130.8% year-on-year. Bellesbumprom exported $2.7 million worth of fiberboards and chipboards, plywood, timber, furniture, paper,...

The United Nations Organization recognizes the negative impact of sanctions on food security across the globe. Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich made the statement at a session of the Sustainable Development Council, BelTA has learned. Yuri Ambrazevich said: “The latest statements by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who spoke in favor of reintegration of agricultural products and fertilizers from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine into the global market...

The Republic of Buryatia is interested in all-round cooperation with Belarus, Deputy Head of Government of the Republic of Buryatia Galsan Dareyev told reporters at the Brest 2022 international business forum on 18 May, BelTA has learned. “First of all, we are interested in mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, agricultural technologies. Brest Oblast is Belarus' leader in the export of agricultural products; its share is about 30%. Of course, we would like to exchange best...

In January-April 2022 Belarus' industrial output amounted to Br54.4 billion, or 97.5% as against the same period of last year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. Production in the mining industry increased by 4.3%, however the output in the processing industry shrank by 3.3%. Output inched up by 0.4% in the industries producing electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and conditioned air. The output of the industries providing water...

The situation along the entire perimeter of the borders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization remains tense, BelTA learned from Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas after a CSTO summit in Moscow on 16 May. Stanislav Zas said: “The heads of state noted that the number of challenges and threats to security rises constantly not only in the organization's responsibility area but in the entire world. The situation in all zones of...