Foreign trade of Republic of Belarus over
January-June 2007
According to the customs statistics*, the foreign turnover of the Republic of Belarus in January-June 2007 totaled $23.2 billion, an increase of 19.8% over January-June 2006. The trade turnover with the CIS member states jumped by 22.8% as against January-June 2006 to $12.9 billion (55.6% of the total). The turnover with the countries outside the CIS soared by 16.2% to $10.3 billion.
| |
Export |
Import |
| Month |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2006 |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2006 |
| January |
1 408,4 |
101,8 |
1 776,3 |
134,1 |
| February |
1 510,1 |
105,0 |
1 784,5 |
120,1 |
| March |
1 859,3 |
113,8 |
2 024,8 |
116,6 |
| April |
1 841,6 |
123,4 |
2 105,5 |
123,4 |
| May |
2 110,5 |
132,8 |
2 361,4 |
121,4 |
| June |
2 046,5 |
117,4 |
2 327,7 |
125,5 |
| Total in January-June 2007 |
10 776,4 |
116,1 |
12 380,3 |
123,2 |
In January-June 2007, the trade deficit stood at $1.6 billion (in January-June 2006 there was a $772.3 million deficit). The trade balance with the CIS member states was in deficit of $3 billion (in January-June 2006 the deficit was $2.9 billion) while the trade balance with the countries outside CIS was in surplus of $1.4 billion (in January-June 2006 the surplus was $2.2 billion).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus totaled $10.8 billion, an increase of 16.1% as against the same period 2006.
Exports to the CIS grew by 30.3% to $4.9 billion.
Exports to the countries beyond the CIS grew by 6.4% to $5.9 billion.
Imports of the Republic of Belarus soared by 23.2% to $12.4 billion.
Imports from CIS jumped by 18.6% to $8 billion.
Imports from the countries outside the CIS increased by 32.4% to $4.4 billion.
* 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 import of vehicles by natural persons for personal use;
- customs statistics does not allow for unorganized import/export of goods from/to Russia.
Foreign Trade with some Countries
The table contains data on the total turnover, exports and imports of the Republic of Belarus to/from its main trade partners inside and outside the CIS.
| Country |
Share of the total turnover of the Republic of Belarus |
Exports, $ million
|
January-June
2007 as against
January- June
2006 |
Imports, $ million
|
January- June
2007 as against
January- June
2006 |
| Russia |
47,7% |
3 920,5 |
129,1% |
7 126,6 |
116,4% |
| the Netherlands |
8,8% |
1 925,4 |
99,9% |
107,7 |
131,1% |
| Ukraine |
5,5% |
575,7 |
115,8% |
699,7 |
136,9% |
| Germany |
5,4% |
229,1 |
57,0% |
1 018,9 |
152,0% |
| Poland |
3,9% |
509,2 |
111,6% |
388,8 |
111,0% |
| Great Britain |
3,2% |
660,3 |
90,2% |
79,2 |
97,1% |
| China |
2,6% |
269,2 |
213,1% |
329,3 |
157,2% |
| Latvia |
2,1% |
432,6 |
261,0% |
57,7 |
118,0% |
| Italy |
1,7% |
99,6 |
103,6% |
292,5 |
143,9% |
| the USA |
1,6% |
189,7 |
99,5% |
184,5 |
166,0% |
| Lithuania |
1,6% |
285,8 |
145,3% |
87,1 |
104,2% |
| Kazakhstan |
1,1% |
176,9 |
142,5% |
81,0 |
308,6% |
| Moldova |
0,4% |
67,8 |
154,4% |
34,3 |
93,6% |
| Turkmenistan |
0,3% |
63,3 |
1365,5% |
0,2 |
32,8% |
| Uzbekistan |
0,2% |
42,9 |
193,9% |
8,6 |
114,7% |
| Azerbaijan |
0,2% |
40,4 |
225,9% |
1,2 |
78,0% |
| Tajikistan |
0,05% |
8,3 |
105,1% |
3,3 |
225,3% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0,05% |
10,2 |
176,3% |
1,1 |
119,2% |
| Armenia |
0,05% |
8,5 |
109,2% |
2,0 |
115,4% |
| Georgia |
0,04% |
7,5 |
81,7% |
1,8 |
105,9% |
Trade with Russia grew substantially (by $1.9 billion), as well as with Germany (by $175.8 million), Ukraine (by $266.9 million), Latvia (by $275.7 million), China ($262.6 million).
Trade with the Russian Federation in January-April 2007 increased by 20.6% from the same period last year to $11 billion. The Belarus’ foreign trade deficit amounted to $3.2 billion. The exports rose by 29.1%; the imports upped by 16.4%.
The trade with Ukraine jumped by 26.5% to $1.3 billion. The foreign trade deficit made up $123.9 million. The exports increased by 15.8% and the imports went up by 36.9%.
The trade surplus with Kazakhstan stood at $95.8 million with the trade turnover having surged by $107.5 million to $257.9 million.
Belarus reported foreign trade surplus in trade with all other CIS member states too.
Belarus significantly intensified trade with Uzbekistan (by $21.9 million to $51.6 million), with Moldova (by $21.5 million to $102.1 million), with Azerbaijan (by $22.2 million to $41.6 million), Turkmenistan (by $58.2 million to $63.4 million).
The trade turnover with Georgia fell by $1.6 million following a decrease in exports.
Trade with countries outside the CIS accounted for 44.4% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU member states came to $7.5 billion (32.3% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $4.6 billion and imports at $2.8 billion.
Trade with the WTO member states amounted to $9.9 billion (42.8% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $5.8 billion and imports at $4.1 billion.
The main trade partners of Belarus abroad are the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, the UK and China.
|
