MINSK, 18 June (BelTA) – In January-May 2018, the Belarusian automaker BelAZ increased its exports by almost 58.9% in comparison with the same period a year before, the company told BelTA.
In January-May, the company exported 96% of the output. The growth of supplies to Russia went up by 46.4%, to the CIS countries (excluding Russia) - 3.3 times. The leading consumers of Belarusian quarry equipment among the CIS countries are Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Since the start of the year, the company's products have been delivered to 26 countries, including 18 non-CIS states. For the first time, BelAZ shipped its products to Bangladesh.
“In May, the company sold 116 vehicles, which is BelAZ's monthly record high achievement over the part 3.5 years. In January-May among the bestsellers were haul trucks with a carrying capacity of 110-130 tonnes (40% of the total shipments), those with a carrying capacity of 220-240 tonnes (18%) and 45 tonnes (11%),” the company said.
The public joint-stock company BelAZ is the world's top manufacturer of haul trucks with a large and extremely large carrying capacity as well as other heavy transport equipment used in mining industry and civil engineering industry. In 2017 BelAZ was ranked second among the manufacturers of mining vehicles in terms of heavy-duty haul truck sales.
