“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...

GOMEL, 7 August (BelTA) - Prospects for the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Gomel Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast were discussed by Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko and head of the representative office of Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Belarus Andrei Dudkin at a meeting on 7 August, BelTA has learned. Ivan Krupko stressed that the events of recent years have made the parties to take a fresh look at cooperation. In his opinion, three areas are fundamental....

GOMEL, 2 August (BelTA) - Belarus will never be an aggressor, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said as she met with the activists of the Belarusian Women’s Union of Gomel Oblast, BelTA has learned. Natalya Kochanova spoke about the difficult international situation, the developments along the external contour of the country. "Our country will never be an aggressor. It's beyond us. We have always been a peace-loving country. We will always do everything to...

MINSK, 24 July (BelTA) – Belarus' fixed-capital investments in January-June 2023 have been calculated, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee. In H1 2023 fixed-capital investments amounted to Br14.9 billion. Shares of the regions and the city of Minsk in the country's total fixed-capital investments have been calculated. Minsk Oblast is in the lead (24%). It is followed by Minsk (18.3%), Brest Oblast (16.5%), Gomel Oblast (12.9%), Grodno Oblast (11.9%), Vitebsk Oblast...

The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) made it possible to replace about 4.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry. Since the unit was connected to the grid, it has generated 6.3 billion kWh of electricity. "This made it possible to replace a significant amount of natural gas - about 4.4 billion cubic meters," Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said. With the commissioning of the second unit, the...

Agreements worth RUB4.6 billion were concluded between BMZ, BMZ Trading House from Moscow and a number of Russian companies on the sidelines of the International Industrial Fair Innoprom in Yekaterinburg, BelTA learned from the company. For example, Steel Industrial Company from Yekaterinburg and BMZ agreed on joint supplies of metal products to the Far Eastern Federal District. The development of this region is among Russia’s priorities. This is envisaged by the National Development...

Gomel-based confectionery factory SP OAO Spartak increased the output by 31% and export by 1.5 times in Q1 2023, Director General of the Spartak confectionery factory Tatiana Lisitsina said in an interview with the Economy of Belarus Magazine. In 2022 Spartak was able to boost the output by 2,500 tonnes, sales revenue by 35%, net profit – three times. Good economic growth allowed the company to raise the average monthly salary by over 40%. The company's export reach extends to more...