Trade with Minsk region of Belarus increased by 4.5 %

On May 30, 2022, Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Kairat Torebayev met with Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Turchin.

As the Vice Minister of Trade and Integration noted at the beginning of the conversation, in 2021 the trade turnover between the countries increased by 15.7% - from 742.2 to 858.7 million, including with the Minsk region the growth was 8.7%.

At the same time, against the background of a decrease in the overall indicators of trade with the Republic of Belarus in the first quarter of 2022, the positive dynamics in trade with the Minsk region remains, showing an increase of 4.5% - from $28.1 to 29.3 million.

To further develop trade and economic cooperation, Kairat Torebayev suggested that the Belarusian side step up work on the List of Kazakh export goods worth $228.9 million, which was previously sent to the Belarusian side.

At the same time, according to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan Pavel Yutyupin, enterprises of the Republic of Belarus are tentatively interested in supplying Kazakh products for the 41st commodity item from this List.

The Ministry will carry out appropriate work with Kazakhstani exporters.
In turn, Alexander Turchin spoke about the possibilities for establishing the supply of food products to Kazakhstan through forward contracting.

In addition, the Vice Minister announced the possibilities of participation of Belarusian business in the activities of the border trade and economic hubs being created with neighboring countries of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In general, each of the Parties is interested in mutually beneficial cooperation and the continuation of work on the implementation of both initiated projects and in the search for new growth points.