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26 February 2019, 12:33

Belarus' crop exports up by 16% in 2018

MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) - Belarus' crop exports reached $500 million in 2018, up by 16% over 2017, Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, told the media ahead of the third international forum “Agriculture in Belarus”, BelTA has learned.

“We did a great job last year. The exports of crop products totaled $500 million, up by 16% as against 2017. Thus, for the past three years we ramped up exports from $380 million to $0.5 billion. We set this task when we conducted the first forum, and we met this goal,” Aleksei Bogdanov said.

Drivers behind the export growth were fresh vegetables ($187.5 million, up by 6% from 2017), flax ($19.6 million, up by 21%), pears and apples ($18.7 million, up by 47%). “Our export of flax fibers to China went up by 51% in physical terms,” Aleksei Bogdanov said. Potato exports decreased by 28%.

The third international forum “Agriculture in Belarus” in Minsk has been organized by the Produkt.BY magazine with the support of the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus. The mission of the forum is to help Belarusian agricultural industry advance technologically, find new markets, product niches, partners and customers. The event has brought together representatives of agribusiness from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and other countries.

Leading domestic and foreign experts in feed production, rapeseed processing, potato growing and horticulture, representatives of science, financial institutions are set to discuss the principles of precision farming, husbandry, innovation horticulture, agricultural chemistry, organization of manufacturing processes, management, digitalization, means of monitoring and navigation.

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