The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Samara Region have agreed to boost the exchange trade of agricultural products. The deal aims to provide local producers with additional sales channels and increase the export of agricultural products, with a focus on the fat-and-oil industry and grain crops. The agreement also explores the possibility of selling products from the Samara region's agro-industrial complex to the European Union, tapping into the BUCE's customer base in the Baltic States, Poland, and Switzerland.