Foreign trade of Republic of Belarus over
January-November 2006
According to the customs statistics, the foreign turnover of the Republic of Belarus in January-November 2006 totaled $37,4 billion, an increase of 30.8% over January-November 2005. The trade turnover with the CIS member states jumped by 28% as against January-November 2005 to $20,7 billion (55.3% of the total). The turnover with the countries outside the CIS soared by 34.4% to $16,7 billion.
| |
Export |
Import |
| Month |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
| January |
1 382,9 |
145,2 |
1 302,2 |
161,6 |
| February |
1 439,4 |
122,3 |
1 451,8 |
140,6 |
| March |
1 633,8 |
121,7 |
1 692,4 |
147,2 |
| April |
1 493,0 |
114,6 |
1 660,1 |
134,1 |
| May |
1 588,8 |
130,5 |
1 899,8 |
146,7 |
| June |
1 741,6 |
131,1 |
1 807,7 |
138,1 |
| July |
1 740,9 |
130,0 |
1 762,2 |
133,0 |
| August |
1 942,6 |
142,2 |
2 015,9 |
136,1 |
| September |
1 759,9 |
117,5 |
2 026,4 |
131,2 |
| October |
1 768,3 |
125,0 |
1 887,6 |
126,5 |
| November |
1 610,9 |
113,9 |
1 772,3 |
114,1 |
| Total in January-November 2006 |
18 102,2 |
126,1 |
9 278,5 |
135,5 |
In January-November 2006, the trade deficit stood at $1,2 billion (in January-November 2005 there was a $127,1 million surplus). The trade balance with the CIS member states was in deficit of $5,1 billion (in January-November 2005 the deficit was $3,4 billion) while the trade balance with the countries outside CIS was in surplus of $3,9 billion (in January-November 2005 the surplus was $3,5 billion).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus totaled $18,1 billion, an increase of 26.1% as against the same period 2005.
Exports to the CIS grew by 22.2% to $7,8 billion.
Exports to the countries beyond the CIS jumped by 29.2% to $10,3 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.
Imports of the Republic of Belarus soared by 35.5% to $19,3 billion.
Imports from CIS jumped by 31.8% to $12,9 billion.
Imports from the countries outside the CIS increased by 43.6% to 6,4 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-November
2006 as against
January-November
2005 |
Imports, $ million |
January-November
2006 as against
January-November
2005 |
| Russia |
47,6% |
6 187,7 |
120,2% |
11 618,2 |
131,2% |
| the Netherlands |
9,2% |
3 230,4 |
154,8% |
198,3 |
137,9% |
| Ukraine |
6,0% |
1 132,9 |
135,5% |
1 094,8 |
137,1% |
| Germany |
5,9% |
745,1 |
117,9% |
1 443,5 |
150,9% |
| Poland |
4,4% |
957,6 |
124,4% |
681,0 |
131,2% |
| Great Britain |
4,1% |
1 372,9 |
136,2% |
160,3 |
125,6% |
| China |
2,2% |
353,6 |
92,0% |
466,0 |
185,1% |
| the USA |
1,8% |
409,3 |
178,3% |
252,3 |
121,0% |
| Italy |
1,6% |
162,0 |
107,7% |
427,9 |
123,5% |
| Lithuania |
1,5% |
389,0 |
117,2% |
156,8 |
124,7% |
| Latvia |
1,3% |
385,5 |
134,3% |
100,6 |
127,6% |
| Sweden |
1,2% |
339,5 |
158,4% |
99,7 |
125,9% |
| France |
1,2% |
198,3 |
78,3% |
234,8 |
151,0% |
| Brazil |
1,1% |
209,7 |
133,8% |
203,8 |
150,7% |
| Kazakhstan |
0,8% |
238,3 |
144,8% |
60,9 |
230,3% |
| Moldova |
0,4% |
88,0 |
94,5% |
67,8 |
108,4% |
| Uzbekistan |
0,16% |
46,3 |
118,5% |
14,7 |
118,2% |
| Azerbaijan |
0,09% |
31,0 |
129,3% |
2,3 |
129,9% |
| Georgia |
0,05% |
17,2 |
284,1% |
2,9 |
134,3% |
| Armenia |
0,05% |
15,7 |
132,5% |
2,7 |
144,9% |
| Tajikistan |
0,04% |
12,6 |
162,0% |
4,0 |
123,3% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0,04% |
14,6 |
243,8% |
1,3 |
76,5% |
| Turkmenistan |
0,03% |
11,6 |
26,9% |
1,0 |
107,9% |
Trade with Russia grew substantially (by $3,8 billion), as well as with the Netherlands (by $1,2 billion), Germany (by $599,8 million), Ukraine (by $593,1 million), the United Kingdom (by $397,8 million), Poland (by $350,1 million) and with the USA (by $223,5 million).
Trade with the Russian Federation in January-November 2006 increased by 27.2% from the same period last year to $17,8 billion. The Belarus’ foreign trade deficit amounted to $5,4 billion. The exports rose by 20.2%; the imports upped by 31.2%.
Trade with Ukraine jumped by 36.3% to $2,2 billion. The foreign trade surplus made up $38,1 million. The exports increased by 35.5% and the imports went up by 37.1%.
The biggest foreign trade surplus in trade with the CIS member states was with Kazakhstan ($177,4 million) and trade with that country surged by $108,2 million to $299,2 million.
Belarus reported foreign trade surplus in trade with all other CIS member states too. Belarus significantly intensified trade with Georgia (by $11,9 million to $20,1 million), with Uzbekistan (by $9,5 million to $61 million), with Kyrgyzstan (by $8,2 million to $15,9 million) and with Azerbaijan (by $7,6 million to $33,3 million).
Trade with Turkmenistan dwindled by $31,6 million because of a decrease in exports.
Trade with countries outside of the CIS accounted for 44.7% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU member states came to $12,7 billion (33.9% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $8,3 billion and imports at $4,4 billion.
Trade with the WTO member states amounted to $15 billion (40.1% of the overall foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus), with the exports at $9,3 billion and imports at $5,7 billion.
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