Six FEZs operate in Belarus today:
Brest,
Gomel-Raton,
Minsk,
Vitebsk,
Grodnoinvest.
Total number of FEZ resident companies — 419.
Total number of people employed by FEZ residents: 124,000*,
new jobs: 2,400**,
average salary: Br714.
Total output of merchandise and services: Br7.6bn**,
growth: +24.3%.
Foreign merchandise trade: $4.7bn**,
export: +6.6%,
import: -4.4%,
foreign trade surplus: $742.3m.
Main export destinations:
Russia – 66%,
Ukraine – 9.4%,
Kazakhstan – 2.4%,
Non-CIS states – 19.6%.
Profit from selling goods: Br864.6m**,
growth: 44.6%.
Taxes paid to the state budget and extra-budgetary funds: Br580.5m,
growth: 13%.
*as of 1 October 2016;
**hereinafter growth in January-September 2016.
Source: The Economy Ministry, the National Statistics Committee.