Foreign trade of Republic of Belarus over
January-December 2006
According to the customs statistics, the foreign turnover of the Republic of Belarus in January-December 2006 totaled $41,3 billion, an increase of 29.4% over January- December 2005. The trade turnover with the CIS member states jumped by 27% as against January-December 2005 to $22,7 billion (55.1% of the total). The turnover with the countries outside the CIS soared by 32.5% to $18,5 billion.
| Month |
Export |
Import |
| $ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
| January |
1 384,0 |
145,3 |
1 302,0 |
161,6 |
| February |
1 439,4 |
122,3 |
1 451,5 |
140,6 |
| March |
1 634,0 |
121,8 |
1 691,6 |
147,1 |
| April |
1 493,0 |
114,6 |
1 659,6 |
134,1 |
| May |
1 588,8 |
130,5 |
1 899,0 |
146,7 |
| June |
1 743,7 |
131,2 |
1 807,4 |
138,0 |
| July |
1 741,3 |
130,0 |
1 762,1 |
133,0 |
| August |
1 943,1 |
142,3 |
2 015,6 |
136,1 |
| September |
1 759,9 |
117,5 |
2 025,6 |
131,1 |
| October |
1 768,3 |
125,0 |
1 887,2 |
126,5 |
| November |
1 612,2 |
114,0 |
1 772,7 |
114,1 |
| December |
1674,5 |
107,7 |
2193,8 |
126,1 |
| Total in January-December 2006 |
19782,2 |
124,4 |
21467,9 |
134,5 |
In January-December 2006, the trade deficit stood at $1,7 billion (in January- December 2005 the deficit was $57 million). The trade balance with the CIS member states was in deficit of $5,6 billion (in January-December 2005 the deficit was $3,9 billion) while the trade balance with the countries outside CIS was in surplus of $3,9 billion (in January-December 2005 the surplus was $3,8 billion).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus totaled $19,8 billion, an increase of 24.4% as against the same period 2005.
Exports to the CIS grew by 22.1% to $8,6 billion.
Exports to the countries beyond the CIS jumped by 26.2% to $11,2 billion.
Imports of the Republic of Belarus soared by 34.5% to $21,5 billion.
Imports from CIS jumped by 30.2% to $14,2 billion.
Imports from the countries outside the CIS increased by 43.5% to $7,3 billion.
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- December
2006 as against
January-December
2005. |
Imports, $ million |
January- December
2006 as against
January- December
2005 |
| Russia |
47,4% |
6 796,9 |
119,9% |
12 754,3 |
129,5% |
| Netherlands |
9,0% |
3 489,1 |
145,3% |
220,0 |
136,3% |
| Ukraine |
5,9% |
1 233,4 |
135,8% |
1 220,8 |
136,6% |
| Germany |
5,9% |
779,0 |
113,0% |
1 672,8 |
149,1% |
| Poland |
4,4% |
1 033,3 |
121,1% |
765,5 |
132,1% |
| UK |
4,0% |
1 474,9 |
131,7% |
184,8 |
128,3% |
| China |
2,3% |
395,3 |
91,3% |
553,6 |
193,5% |
| USA |
1,8% |
444,9 |
178,5% |
283,4 |
122,0% |
| Italy |
1,6% |
172,4 |
107,9% |
498,2 |
126,3% |
| Lithuania |
1,5% |
432,5 |
121,7% |
170,3 |
119,6% |
| Latvia |
1,4% |
462,1 |
143,2% |
111,8 |
123,3% |
| Sweden |
1,2% |
365,7 |
138,9% |
114,8 |
128,9% |
| France |
1,1% |
202,9 |
73,8% |
270,6 |
153,5% |
| Brazil |
1,1% |
228,4 |
133,5% |
210,0 |
147,5% |
| Kazakhstan |
0,8% |
260,0 |
142,3% |
73,3 |
235,8% |
| Moldova |
0,4% |
95,7 |
93,6% |
81,1 |
112,1% |
| Uzbekistan |
0,2% |
53,3 |
127,1% |
16,2 |
117,1% |
| Azerbaijan |
0,09% |
34,4 |
122,8% |
2,7 |
139,4% |
| Armenia |
0,06% |
19,4 |
151,0% |
4,1 |
193,0% |
| Georgia |
0,05% |
18,1 |
272,2% |
3,4 |
137,8% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0,05% |
17,5 |
270,0% |
1,5 |
75,1% |
| Tajikistan |
0,04% |
13,5 |
156,8% |
4,4 |
128,2% |
| Turkmenistan |
0,04% |
14,5 |
33,1% |
1,0 |
95,8% |
Trade with Russia grew substantially (by $4 billion), as well as with the Netherlands (by $1,1 billion), Germany (by $640,2 million), Ukraine (by $651,9 million), the United Kingdom (by $395,3 million), Poland (by $366 million) and with the USA (by $246,9 million).
Trade with the Russian Federation in January-December 2006 increased by 26% from the same period last year to $19,6 billion. The Belarus’ foreign trade deficit amounted to $6 billion. The exports rose by 19.9%; the imports upped by 29.5%.
Trade with Ukraine jumped by 36.2% to $2,45 billion. The foreign trade surplus made up $12,6 million. The exports increased by 35.8% and the imports went up by 36.6%.
The biggest foreign trade surplus in trade with the CIS member states was with Kazakhstan ($186,8 million) and trade with that country surged by $119,5 million to $333,3 million.
Belarus reported foreign trade surplus in trade with all other CIS member states too.
Belarus significantly intensified trade with Georgia (by $12,4 million to $21,5 million), with Uzbekistan (by $13,7 million to $69,5 million), with Kyrgyzstan (by $10,5 million to $19 million), Armenia (by $8,5 million to $23,5 million) and with Azerbaijan (by $7,2 million to $37,1 million).
Trade with Turkmenistan dwindled by $29,4 million because of a decrease in exports.
Trade with countries outside of the CIS accounted for 44.9% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU member states came to $14 billion (33.9% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $9 billion and imports at $5 billion.
Trade with the WTO member states amounted to $16,6 billion (40.2% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $10,1 billion and imports at $6,5 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.
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