In January-August Belarus trades with 175 countries

In January-August 2008, Belarus traded with 175 countries worldwide. The country exported to 135 states and imported from 160, BelTA learnt from the National Statistics Committee. Belarus’ major trading partners were Russia (48.7% of the total trade), the Netherlands (8.3%), Ukraine (7%), Germany (4.5%), Poland (4.1%), Latvia (3.3%), Great Britain (2.4%), China (2.2%) and also Brazil and Italy. According to the Committee, over the eight months 2008, Belarusian exports to Russia were up 37.6% to $7.599 billion and accounted for 32.1% of the total exports. Exports to the Netherlands increased 46.7% to $4 billion (16.9% of the total amount). Exports to Ukraine were up 2.58 times to $2.094 billion (8.8%). In January-August 2008, Belarus’ foreign trade in goods reached $50.952 billion, up 56.7% on the same period of 2007. Belarus’ exports rose by 57.7% to $23.696 billion, imports by 55.8% to $27.256 billion.

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