MINSK, 21 November (BelTA) – In January-October 2025, companies from the United Arab Emirates ranked third after Russia and Poland in agricultural product transactions on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), with deals totaling $39.5 million, up 43% year‑on‑year, BelTA learned from the BUCE press service.
The most popular product group among UAE buyers was essential amino acids, L-lysine sulfate and L-lysine monohydrochloride, which accounted for more than half of Belarus’ agricultural exports to the UAE via the exchange. Significant sales volumes also included skimmed and whole milk powder, as well as cottonized flax fiber. In addition, UAE importers showed demand for sugar beet processing products. Since the beginning of the year, UAE companies have purchased 7,000 tonnes of beet pulp worth $1.1 million at BUCE auctions. Prior to 2025, this product category had not featured in exchange deals with the UAE.
“It is no secret that the United Arab Emirates is a global trade and logistics hub, which ensures the movement of goods and financial flows worldwide. Therefore, cooperation with Emirati importers opens up additional opportunities for Belarusian participants in exchange trading in terms of diversifying sales markets, optimizing logistics, and settling foreign trade transactions. The successful experience of UAE residents in purchasing agro-industrial products at exchange auctions serves as a positive signal for other UAE businesses interested in importing Belarusian goods. As a result, in 2025 eight new UAE companies began using the exchange mechanism to operate on the Belarusian market, bringing the total number of accredited entities from the country to 40,” the BUCE press service said.
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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