Belarus, Russia cut mutual food supplies by 2.8% to $5.7bn in 2020
<p> MINSK, Mar 10 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia decreased the volume of mutual food supply by 2.8% down to $5.7 billion in 2020. At the same time, the share of the Russian products in the total volume of imports of food products in Belarus increased by 1.8 percentage points to 33.6%, amounting to $1.4 billion in monetary terms. </p> <p> </p> <p> This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus after a video conference meeting of the boards of agrarian departments of the two countries on March 10. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, in 2020, the turnover of agricultural products and foodstuffs of the two countries decreased by 2.8% year on year to $5.7 billion. Exports of Belarusian agricultural products and foodstuffs to Russia in 2020 amounted to $4.3bn, imports from Russia - $1.4bn. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the heads of the agrarian agencies of the Russian Federation and Belarus, Dmitry Patrushev and Ivan Krupko, the drop in trade is temporary and is caused by external factors, primarily the global consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. End </p>
2021-03-11
Primepress
Belarus, Russia cut mutual food supplies by 2.8% to $5.7bn in 2020
MINSK, Mar 10 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia decreased the volume of mutual food supply by 2.8% down to $5.7 billion in 2020. At the same time, the share of the Russian products in the total volume of imports of food products in Belarus increased by 1.8 percentage points to 33.6%, amounting to $1.4 billion in monetary terms.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus after a video conference meeting of the boards of agrarian departments of the two countries on March 10.
As reported, in 2020, the turnover of agricultural products and foodstuffs of the two countries decreased by 2.8% year on year to $5.7 billion. Exports of Belarusian agricultural products and foodstuffs to Russia in 2020 amounted to $4.3bn, imports from Russia - $1.4bn.
According to the heads of the agrarian agencies of the Russian Federation and Belarus, Dmitry Patrushev and Ivan Krupko, the drop in trade is temporary and is caused by external factors, primarily the global consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. End