Exports of agri-food products - increase in supplies from Belarus
Belarus
Published Sep 18, 2020
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From January to July, Belarus increased its agri-food exports to the CIS countries by 52 percent. It also found new customers in 14 countries around the world. On the other hand, the only recorded drop in supplies concerns Russia. Exports of agri-food products in Belarus in the first 7 months of 2020 increased by a total of 6.5 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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During this period, Belarusians earned $ 3.2 billion on foreign food supplies, which is $ 196.6 million more than in the same months last year. Meat was sold for $ 572.3 million, milk for $ 1.4 billion, and sugar for $ 98 million. The export of agri-food products from Belarus reached 101 countries of the world. In addition, new buyers appeared. South Sudan, Bangladesh and Niger started to import powdered milk for the first time, India - flax fiber and dried whey, Sierra Leone - eggs, Guinea, Djibouti and Somalia - sugar, Bahrain - bread and flour confectionery, Paraguay, Cyprus, Finland and Croatia - alcohol, and Sri Lanka is malt. Deliveries to China rose to a record: growth - 2.7 times. Exports of meat and processed meat increased 4.1 times and amounted to USD 67.8 million, milk - 2.1 times (USD 44 million), rapeseed oil - twice (USD 10.7 million). Overall, Chinese merchants paid Belarusians $ 134.5 million. Only Russia reduced imports of Belarusian products by 7.1 percent, ...
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