Foreign trade in goods
of the Republic of Belarus
January-December 2007
According to the customs committee statistics*, in January-December 2007 international trade of the Republic of Belarus amounted to $52.9 billion, or 26.4 % up over January-December 2006. The trade with the CIS countries totaled $30 billion (56.8% of the total trade turnover), up 31.7% from January-December 2006. The trade with the non-CIS countries ramped up by 20% to $22.9 billion.
| |
Exports |
Imports |
| Month |
$million |
% as against the same period 2006 |
$million |
% as against the same period 2006 |
| January |
1 409,8 |
101,9 |
1 776,3 |
134,1 |
| February |
1 510,2 |
105 |
1 802,4 |
121,3 |
| March |
1 859,9 |
113,8 |
2 050,0 |
118 |
| April |
1 842,5 |
123,4 |
2 105,5 |
123,4 |
| May |
2 094,2 |
131,8 |
2 362,2 |
121,4 |
| June |
2 034,6 |
116,7 |
2 388,5 |
128,8 |
| July |
2 144,9 |
123,2 |
2 425,3 |
134,3 |
| August |
2 194,5 |
112,9 |
2 530,7 |
122,7 |
| September |
2 203,0 |
125,1 |
2 369,9 |
114,2 |
| A total
January-December 2007 |
2 166,8 |
122,5 |
2 501,6 |
129,2 |
Belarus posted a foreign trade deficit of $4.3 billion (in January-December 2006 the deficit was $2.3 billion). The deficit of the trade with the CIS countries came to $7.8 billion (in January-December 2006 the deficit was $5.7 billion). The trade with the non-CIS countries resulted in a surplus of $3.5 billion (in January-December 2006 the surplus was $3.4 billion).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus increased by 23% over the same period 2006 to $24.3 billion
Exports to the CIS surged by 29.9% to $11.1 billion
Exports to the non-CIS countries increased by 17.7% to $13.2 billion
Imports of the Republic of Belarus ramped up by 29.4% this year to $28.6 billion
Imports from the CIS countries increased by 23.7% to $18.9 billion
Imports from the non-CIS countries were up by 23.4% to $9.7 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-December 2007 as against
January-December 2006 |
Imports, $ million |
January-December 2007 as against
January-December 2006 |
| Russia |
48,6% |
7 141,8 |
128,4% |
13 143,1 |
123,3% |
| Netherlands |
8,6% |
3 370,7 |
111,1% |
201,5 |
115,4% |
| Ukraine |
5,6% |
1 095,1 |
111,2% |
1 248,7 |
129,0% |
| Germany |
5,5% |
548,0 |
77,9% |
1 756,6 |
136,0% |
| Poland |
3,9% |
964,1 |
110,4% |
653,0 |
106,9% |
| Great Britain |
3,3% |
1 223,4 |
95,4% |
146,8 |
103,5% |
| China |
2,5% |
431,8 |
135,9% |
616,2 |
149,4% |
| Latvia |
2,0% |
730,1 |
227,3% |
97,6 |
106,4% |
| Italy |
1,5% |
154,1 |
103,0% |
493,3 |
128,8% |
| Lithuania |
1,5% |
318,6 |
85,9% |
319,1 |
141,0% |
| USA |
1,5% |
475,5 |
135,7% |
148,8 |
104,2% |
| Kazakhstan |
1,0% |
307,4 |
144,7% |
126,6 |
248,2% |
| Moldova |
1,0% |
316,2 |
161,1% |
83,0 |
43,1% |
| Uzbekistan |
0,4% |
118,6 |
153,0% |
66,5 |
107,0% |
| Azerbaijan |
0,2% |
71,7 |
172,1% |
17,2 |
132,6% |
| Turkmenistan |
0,2% |
76,4 |
746,1% |
0,8 |
76,5% |
| Tajikistan |
0,2% |
72,0 |
257,4% |
2,1 |
99,9% |
| Georgia |
0,06% |
20,4 |
172,9% |
5,1 |
143,7% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0,05% |
19,2 |
115,3% |
3,3 |
122,4% |
| Armenia |
0,05% |
17,0 |
137,0% |
2,0 |
156,2% |
Belarus increased trade with Russia (up $6.2 billion), the Netherlands (up $873 million), Ukraine (up $558.8 million), Latvia (up $549.4 million), Germany (up $436.3 million), China (up $364.7 million).
As against January-December 2006 the trade with the Russian Federation surged by 31.7% to $25.9 billion; the trade resulted in a deficit of $8.3 billion. Exports increased by 29%, imports – by 33.2%.
Trade with Ukraine was up 22.8% to $3 billion; the trade resulted in a deficit of $66.4 million. Exports were up 19.5%, imports – 26.1%.
Trade with Kazakhstan increased by $177 million to $510.8 million; the trade resulted in a surplus of $207.3 million.
Belarus announced a surplus in trade with other CIS countries.
Trade with Turkmenistan increased by $72.1 million to $87.7 million; with Moldova $49.8 million to $226.5 million; Azerbaijan $52.5 million to $89.7 million; Uzbekistan $45 million to $114.5 million.
Trade with the non-CIS countries accounted for 43.2% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU countries amounted to $16.9 billion (31.9% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus), including exports $10.6 billion, imports $6.2 billion.
Trade with the WTO member states totaled $22.3 billion (42.1% of the total trade with the Republic of Belarus), exports $13.2 billion, imports $9.1 billion.
Belarus’ major non-CIS trading partners are the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Great Britain, China.
* 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. |
