MINSK, 19 February (BelTA) – Six new kinds of agricultural products will be available for export via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), the BUCE press service told BelTA.
In particular, those are wheat bran, long-fiber flax seeds, feed corn, fresh potatoes, and two types of yeast-based feed additives. Exchange trading in these commodity items will be conducted twice a week as part of the “Agricultural processing products (export)” trading session.
According to information from BUCE, in 2025 the trade turnover of this segment of the exchange market increased by 21% to $111.7 million. The largest transaction amounts came from export sales of amino acids and flax fiber. Their share in the total volume of agricultural processing products sold abroad was 50% and 27% respectively.
The expansion of the product range is part of a set of measures aimed at developing this promising area of exchange trading, with non-residents of the Republic of Belarus acting as sellers of two of the six items.
“For example, producers from Russia intend to sell feed corn through export exchange trading alongside Belarusian companies. Apart from that, bids are being placed for the sale of Russian potatoes. For producers from the Russian Federation this is an opportunity to enter new markets by gaining access to an extensive database of companies accredited with the exchange. When an exchange transaction is concluded between two foreign companies, it is classified as a transit transaction. Last year the total value of such transactions amounted to approximately $9 million. These were mainly transactions to purchase and sell industrial goods,” the BUCE press service said.
As for the sellers of the other four new products, they are Belarusian enterprises. With the help of the commodity exchange they plan to diversify their supply routes and, in the case of wheat bran, expand their customer base in the Russian market, which is considered a target market.
By the way, the first deal to export long-fiber flax seeds was already made during the trading session on 18 February. A Russian company is the buyer.
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