Foreign trade in goods
of the Republic of Belarus
January-February 2008
According to the customs committee statistics*, in January-February 2008 international trade of the Republic of Belarus amounted to $10.4 billion, or 60% up over January-February 2006. The trade with the CIS countries totaled $6 billion (57.5% of the total trade turnover), up 63.4% from January-February 2007. The trade with the non-CIS countries ramped up by 55.6% to $4.4 billion.
| |
Export |
Import |
| Month |
$million |
% as against the same period 2007 |
$million |
% as against the same period 2007 |
| January |
2 574.1 |
182.1 |
2 640.1 |
148.7 |
| February |
2 581.0 |
170.7 |
2 609.5 |
144.8 |
| A total
January-February 2008 |
5 155.1 |
176.2 |
5 249.6 |
146.7 |
Belarus posted a foreign trade deficit of $94.5 million (in January-February 2007 the deficit was $653.4 million). The deficit of the trade with the CIS countries came to $1.4 billion (in January-February 2007 the deficit was $762 million). The trade with the non-CIS countries resulted in a surplus of $1.4 billion (in January- February 2006 the surplus was $108.6 million).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus increased by 76.2% over the same period 2007 to $5.2 billion
Exports to the CIS surged by 56.5% to $2.3 billion
Exports to the non-CIS countries increased by 95.6% to $2.9 billion
Imports of the Republic of Belarus ramped up by 46.7% this year to $5.2 billion
Imports from the CIS countries increased by 68% to $3.7 billion
Imports from the non-CIS countries were up by 12.3% to $1.5 billion.
Foreign trade with certain countries
The table reflects the data about the trade, exports and imports of the Republic of Belarus to/from its main trade partners inside and outside the CIS.
| Country |
Share in the trade turnover of
Republic of Belarus |
Exports,
$ million |
January-February 2008 as against
January-February 2007 |
Imports, $ million |
January-February 2008 as against
January-February 2007 |
| Russia |
48.4% |
1 647.9 |
142.8% |
3 389.4 |
171.5% |
| Netherlands |
11.2% |
1 116.0 |
307.4% |
46.2 |
147.3% |
| Ukraine |
7.4% |
493.7 |
265.1% |
280,0 |
145.4% |
| Germany |
4.4% |
159.3 |
232.5% |
301.8 |
79.0% |
| Poland |
3.2% |
198.2 |
135.6% |
138.5 |
122.3% |
| Great Britain |
3.0% |
285.7 |
189.6% |
31.2 |
129.7% |
| Latvia |
2.5% |
245.3 |
229.8% |
17.5 |
102.1% |
| China |
2.2% |
50.4 |
74.4% |
174.6 |
186.5% |
| Brazil |
1.4% |
123.8 |
364.2% |
25.5 |
133.4% |
| Lithuania |
1.3% |
107.1 |
131.1% |
24.8 |
120.3% |
| Italy |
1.2% |
39.4 |
111.3% |
86.6 |
106.0% |
| Kazakhstan |
0.6% |
40.1 |
99.6% |
25.0 |
89.0% |
| Moldova |
0.4% |
31.4 |
155.9% |
10.9 |
125.2% |
| Uzbekistan |
0.2% |
14.7 |
103.7% |
3.5 |
177.2% |
| Azerbaijan |
0.2% |
16.4 |
242.1% |
0.6 |
103.7% |
| Tajikistan |
0.08% |
7.3 |
414.6% |
1.2 |
163.2% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.05% |
5.2 |
30.1% |
0.2 |
1222.7% |
| Georgia |
0.04% |
3.4 |
238.7% |
1.2 |
146.7% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0.04% |
3.9 |
142.2% |
0.5 |
200.7% |
| Armenia |
0.02% |
2.0 |
53.1% |
0.3 |
64.9% |
Belarus increased trade with Russia (up $1.9 billion), the Netherlands (up $767.8 million), Ukraine (up $394.9 million), Great Britain (up $142.2 million), Latvia (up $138.9 million), Brazil (up $96.2 million).
As against January-February 2007 the trade with the Russian Federation surged by 60.9% to $5 billion; the trade resulted in a deficit of $1.7 billion. Exports increased by 42.8%, imports – by 71.5%.
Trade with Ukraine was up 50% to $773.7 million; the trade resulted in a surplus of $213.7 million. Exports were up 2.7 times, imports – 45.4%.
Trade with Kazakhstan decreased by $3.2 million to $65 million; the trade resulted in a surplus of $15.1 million.
Belarus announced a surplus in trade with other CIS countries.
Trade with Moldova increased by $13.5 million to $42.3 million; with Azerbaijan by $9.7 million to $17 million; Tajikistan $6 million to $8.4 million; trade with Turkmenistan was $11.9 million down, with Armenia $1.9 million down.
Trade with the non-CIS countries accounted for 42.5% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU countries was 66.4% up over January-February 2007 to $3.3 billion (31.9% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus. Exports increased 2.1 times to $2.4 billion, imports were 6.7% up to $950.5 million.
Trade with the WTO member states was 58.4% up as against January-February 2007 to $4.4 billion (41.9% of the total trade with the Republic of Belarus). Exports increased by 97% to $2.9 billion, imports by 14.4% to $1.5 billion.
Belarus’ major non-CIS trading partners are the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Great Britain.
* Peculiarities of customs statistics of foreign trade (distinction between customs data and data provided by the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis):
Customs statistics does not allow for unorganized import/export of goods from/to Russia. |
