15 August 2008
In H1 Belarus trades with 171 countries
In H1 2008 Belarus traded with 171 countries. The goods were exported to 128 countries and imported from 157, BelTA was told in the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis. In January-June Belarus’ trading partners were Russia (49% of the total trade), the Netherlands (9.2%), Ukraine (6.9%), Germany (4.5%), Poland (3.9%), Latvia (3.1%), the UK (2.6%), China (2%) and also Brazil and Italy. According to the Statistics Ministry, over the six months the exports to Russia were up 42% to $5.58 billion accounting for 32.3% of the total exports. Exports to the Netherlands increased 68.8% to $3.2 billion (18.6% of the total exports), Ukraine 2.6 times to $1.5 billion (8.7%). All in all, in H1 Belarus’ international trade was up 58.5% to $36.76 billion. Exports surged 61.8% to $17.273 billion, imports 55.7% to $19.488 billion.