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MINSK, 25 November (BelTA) – In January-October 2025, companies from 61 regions of the Russian Federation concluded transactions on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), which was 11 more than in the previous year, BelTA learned from the BUCE press service.
In terms of volume of exchange turnover, the top five trading participants came from Moscow Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, and Belgorod Oblast, as well as from Tatarstan. Smolensk Oblast and Belgorod Oblast demonstrated the highest growth rates in exchange trade in January-October 2025: 190% and 282% respectively. These figures were cited by Deputy Head of Foreign Economic Relations at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange German Puzyrny during a seminar for Russian business representatives.
The event held at BUCE’s central office was organized at the request of the Federal Resource Center as part of Russia’s program for training managers for national enterprises. The program’s key objectives are to provide the economy with qualified managers, enhance the competitiveness of Russian enterprises and organizations, and develop international cooperation. Accordingly, the seminar focused on the potential of using exchange mechanisms in export-import operations with companies from Belarus and third countries.
“In the structure of exchange transactions involving Russian residents, imports from Belarus dominate. In value terms, they account for 87% of all transactions. Russians actively purchase dairy and meat products, feed additives, flax fiber, lumber, aerated concrete blocks, bricks, and scrap metal on the exchange. Many use the platform on a regular basis. For example, this year 435 Russian participants systematically concluded import deals, compared to 334 last year. As a result, deliveries of Belarusian goods to Russia increased by 17% compared to January-October 2024,” German Puzyrny noted.
Overall, in January-October 2025, Russian residents increased the value of exchange transactions on BUCE by 12%, while the pool of accredited Russian business entities on the exchange expanded by 610 companies.
Founded in 2004, the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange conducted its first trading session in June 2005. BUCE is one of the largest commodity exchanges in Eastern Europe. Its main function is to assist Belarusian enterprises with export and foreign companies with entering the Belarusian market. BUCE sells a wide range of metal, forestry and agricultural products, industrial and consumer goods.
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