"The protocol identifies areas of cooperation: the supply of equipment for the needs of Magadan Oblast, food products, including fish and seafood to Belarus. Taking into account logistics, we need to find options to make the business profitable for both sides," Ivan Krupko told reporters after the signing ceremony.

Companies from Gomel Oblast will showcase a wide range of products at the 6th China International Import Expo that will be held in Shanghai in November, head of the Foreign Economic Relations Department of the Economy Committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Irina Davydenko told BelTA. Products from Gomel Oblast will be on display in several pavilions, including Consumer Goods, High-Tech Equipment and Information Technologies, Food and Agricultural Products. The inconclusive list...

No social program has been curtailed in Belarus because of the sanctions pressure, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said as she met with the academic staff and students of Gomel State Medical University on 16 October, BelTA has learned. The two-hour conversation touched upon a lot of topical issues both on the nationwide scale and concerning the interests of ambitious and purposeful young people. The meeting also...

GOMEL, 11 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ is mulling over deliveries of steel products to Nigeria, BelTA learned from the company. The Belarusian company hosted technical and economic negotiations with partners from Nigeria on 10 October. The parties showed mutual interest in cooperation. The also reached agreements on the supplies of steel products of BMZ and BMC Holding. According to Head of Marketing Department Valery Zhigunov, a visit of such representatives of...

“The Gomel Economic Forum is an important international event in the life of Gomel Oblast. It has a glorious history - over the years it has gone from an event of border significance to the level of a large-scale event with a wide geography of participants, contributing greatly to the implementation of dozens of investment projects, helping establish stable professional ties,” the press service said.

According to the governor, 11 documents were signed in Chengdu within three days. Eight of them are commercial. “Negotiations were held with more than 30 representatives of Chinese companies at the business forum of Gomel Oblast and Sichuan Province,” the governor added.

According to Ivan Krupko, the products made in Gomel Oblast continue to win the Chinese market. Thus, Kalinkovichi meat processing plant shipped a trial batch of canned food worth $202,600 in May. Kalinkovichi dairy plant resumed deliveries of skimmed and whole milk powder in April. “The enterprise's capacities make it possible to ship up to 160 tonnes of packaged milk powder every month,” the governor said.

Grain and leguminous crops have been harvested from the area of over 90% in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.   As of 23 August, 90.5% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and over 88% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,723,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped. This includes 5,788,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and over 934,500 tonnes of rapeseed. Brest Oblast has concluded the harvesting of...