Belarus reports increase in food exports

Belarus food exports increased by 25.8% to $2.59bn for the period of January-August 2011 year-on-year, according to figures by the National Statistics Committee.

Imports during this period were $1.26bn, a growth of 18.6% compared with the same period one year ago.

The increase in the value of exports and imports can be attributed to higher average prices, which increased by 18.8% for exported food products and by 15.2% for imported products.

The country’s primary food exports were dairy and meat products: milk and milk products totalled 433,100t, an increase of 5.8%, while that of meat and meat products amounted to 160,000t, up 22.9%.

The imports of grain crops were 102,600t (up 22.1%); vegetable oils were 66,300t (up 91.9%); and frozen fish products were 63,300t(down 11.7%).