NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
Belarus is one of the key trading partners of Russia in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia remains Belarus' main trading partner.
Foreign trade in goods in 2016 – $26.1 billion
As much as 46.2% or $10.8 billion of Belarus' exports went to Russia. Russia accounted for 55.5% or $15.3 billion of Belarus' total imports.
Belarus exported:
milk and dairy products – $1,745 million
meat and meat byproducts – $678 million
trucks – $484 million
cars and vehicles designed for ten passengers or more – $282 million
tractors and tractor units – $217 million
Belarus imported:
crude oil – $3,958 million
natural gas – $2,547 million
ferrous metals and goods made of them – $1,198 million
cars – $591 million
oil products – $525 million
January 2017 saw a 40-50% increase in the trade between Belarus and Russia.
Source: Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarusian Statistics Committee
