Foreign trade in goods
of the Republic of Belarus
January-JuLy 2008
According to the customs committee statistics* in January-July 2008 international trade of the Republic of Belarus amounted to $44.1 billion, up 58.6% over January-July 2007. The trade with the CIS countries totaled $25.1 billion (57% of the total trade turnover), up 61.3% from January-July 2007. Trade with the non-CIS countries ramped up by 55.1% to $18.9 billion.
| |
Export |
Import |
| Month |
$ million |
% as against the same period 2007 |
Month |
% as against the same period 2007 |
| January |
2 524.3 |
178.6 |
2 629.2 |
148.0 |
| February |
2 560.0 |
169.3 |
2 865.5 |
159.0 |
| March |
2 992.3 |
161.2 |
3 220.8 |
157.1 |
| April |
2 867.6 |
156.4 |
3 430.9 |
163.0 |
| May |
3 091.7 |
148.2 |
3 413.6 |
144.5 |
| June |
3 322.7 |
163.9 |
3 773.5 |
158.0 |
| July |
3 333.8 |
156.1 |
4 024.3 |
165.9 |
| A total in January-July 2008 |
20 692.3 |
160.8 |
23 357.7 |
156.7 |
In January-July 2008, Belarus had a foreign trade deficit of $2.7 billion (in January-July 2007 the deficit was $2 billion). The deficit of the trade with the CIS countries came to $7.3 billion (in January-July 2007 the deficit was $3.9 billion). A surplus in the trade with the non-CIS countries reached $4.6 billion (in January-July 2006 a surplus was $1.8 billion).
Exports of the Republic of Belarus were up 60.8% over the same period 2007 to $20.7 billion
Exports to the CIS surged by 52.5% to $8.9 billion
Exports to the non-CIS countries were up 67.8% to $11.8 billion
Imports of the Republic of Belarus increased by 56.7% this year to $23.4 billion
Imports from the CIS countries were up 66.6% to $16.2 billion
Imports from the non-CIS countries were up by 37.9% to $7.1 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 of
Republic of Belarus |
Exports,
$ million |
January-July 2008 over
January-July 2007 |
Imports, $ million |
January-July 2008 over
January-July 2007 |
| Russian |
48.4% |
6 547.0 |
140.4% |
14 758.7 |
168.7% |
| Netherlands |
8.6% |
3 594.5 |
154.4% |
205.7 |
161.5% |
| Ukraine |
6.8% |
1 744.5 |
253.9% |
1 258.6 |
151.9% |
| Germany |
4.6% |
522.4 |
190.7% |
1 484.4 |
123.3% |
| Poland |
4.1% |
1 175.8 |
195.0% |
626.3 |
144.2% |
| Latvia |
3.2% |
1 346.0 |
269.2% |
83.2 |
127.5% |
| Great Britain |
2.6% |
989.0 |
123.5% |
140.8 |
146.4% |
| Brazil |
2.1% |
852.8 |
461.6% |
93.0 |
225.8% |
| China |
2.1% |
208.8 |
64.5% |
703.6 |
180.0% |
| Italy |
1.5% |
202.1 |
180.9% |
462.9 |
136.3% |
| Lithuania |
1.2% |
401.4 |
115.0% |
125.6 |
119.1% |
| Kazakhstan |
0.7% |
204.8 |
97.0% |
113.4 |
121.6% |
| Moldova |
0.5% |
154.3 |
195.6% |
54.4 |
127.4% |
| Uzbekistan |
0.2% |
79.3 |
160.8% |
16.1 |
137.0% |
| Azerbaijan |
0.2% |
68.3 |
146.6% |
3.3 |
244.6% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.07% |
29.9 |
46.4% |
1.4 |
470.4% |
| Tajikistan |
0.07% |
24.5 |
236.4% |
4.9 |
143.4% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0.06% |
24.7 |
219.9% |
3.2 |
230.5% |
| Georgia |
0.05% |
18.9 |
208.7% |
3.7 |
167.9% |
| Armenia |
0.03% |
11.4 |
118.0% |
1.8 |
78.2% |
Belarus increased trade with Russia (up $7.9 billion), Ukraine (up $1.5 billion), the Netherlands (up $1.3 billion), Latvia (up $863.9 million), Poland (up $764.7 million), Brazil (up $719.9 million), Germany (up $529.2 million), Great Britain (up $232.8 million).
Trade with the Russian Federation was up 58.9% from January-July 2007 to $21.3 billion; a deficit reached $8.2 billion. Exports were up 40.4%, imports 68.7%.
Trade with Ukraine was up 98.1% to $3 billion; a surplus came to $485.9 million. Exports were up 2.5 times, imports 51.9%.
Trade with Kazakhstan was up $13.8 million from January-July 2007 to $318.1 million; a surplus was $91.4 million.
Belarus had a surplus in trade with other CIS countries.
Trade with Moldova picked up by $87.1 million to $208.7million; with Uzbekistan by $34.3 million to $95.4 million, Azerbaijan by $23.6 million to $71.6 million. Trade with Turkmenistan was down $33.4 million.
Trade with the non-CIS countries accounted for 43% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus.
Trade with the EU countries was up 55.8% up over January-July 2007 to $13.9 billion (31.4% of the total trade of the Republic of Belarus). Exports increased 66.9% to $9.3 billion, imports were up 37.2% up to $4.6 billion.
Belarus’ major non-CIS trading partners are the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Great Britain, Brazil, 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.
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