Over the first half of this year, Belarus earned more than $1 billion (or 134.9% against January-June of 2009 with expected 125%) from goods export. These data were obtained basing on working results of organizations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus for the first six months of this year.
Over the mentioned period, there increased shipments of beef (by 9.9%), pork (by 21.3%), poultry (in 1.9 times), sausage products (in 1.6 times), canned meat (by 21.7%), flax fibre (in 4.7 times). However, the export of dairy products (excluding casein) in value terms increased by 46.2%, reported in the Ministry of Agriculture.
The increase of exports in value terms in 2010 is primarily caused by increase of export prices for main export products. Thus, average export prices in the first half of 2010 compared to January-June 2009 increased: pork — by 6%, beef — by 8%, poultry — by 1.3%, butter — by 68%, cheese and curds — by 37.1%, dry skim milk — in 2.2 times, dry whole milk — in 2 times, casein — by 74,7%, eggs — by 16,2%.
In the structure of goods exports of subordinate organizations of Agricultural Ministry there prevail the following items: dairy products (59.7%), meat and meat products (31.1%), casein (2.5%), eggs (1.3%).
In the ministry they noted that the main foreign trade partner of organizations subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture is Russia.
Russia’s share in total export amounts to 91.5%, Belstat
According to the National Statistics Committee of Belarus, over January-June, 2010 in Russia there was delivered products amounting to $919.6 million (or 144.4% over the same period of last year). The share of Russia in total export amounts to 91.5%.
In past period, organizations of Ministry of Agricultural were selling their products in 65 regions of Russia (64 regions in January-June of 2009), with Moscow as a main purchaser. The share of Moscow city in total exports of the ministry’s subordinate organizations to Russia in January-June of this year is equal to 26.8% (35.6% in 2009).
Among other Russia’s regions, the largest share of export falls on Moscow region (22.1% of exports to Russia), Saint-Petersburg (13.9%), Smolensk region (12%), Bryansk region (4.4%), Nizhniy Novgorod region (1.6%), Voronezh region (1.6%), Leningrad region (1.9%), Kaluga region (1.2%), Kaliningrad region (1% of export to Russia).
Positive balance in trade with Russia amounts to $753.5 millions
Products export to far abroad countries for January-June 2010 amounted to $47.8 million (or 97.7% to January-June 2009), including to the EU countries there were purchased goods cost $43.9 million, what is 102.9% over the same period of last year. The main items of products export to foreign countries are: casein (52.1% of total export), rapeseeds (8.7%), rapeseed oil (8.7%), livestock skins (18.6%).
In the first half of this year, export to African countries rose by 71.7% compared to the similar period of 2009 and amounted to $583.8 thousand. Glubokoe Milk Canning Combine supplied 15.9 tons of canned milk cost $25.6 thousand to Libya, Smorgon Dairy Products and Slutsk Cheese Making Factory supplied 100 and 120 tons of dry skim milk cost $558.2 thousand to Algeria.
Comparing with the same period if last year, export figures to American countries increased by 1.8%. Thus, over six months of this year, export to Mexico totaled $1.1 million and to the U.S. — $570 thousand. Casein export amounts to 97% of total exports of subordinate organizations of the Ministry of Agriculture to American region.
In total, over this period, subordinate organizations were involved in export to 45 countries against 46 in January-June 2009. In general, foreign trade balance of the Ministry of Agriculture over January-June 2010 is positive and amounts $569.5 million, increasing by 51.2% over the same period of last year.
