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[05-02-2008 10:22]: Belarus
Belarus’ Belorusneft’s 2007 exports dn 25.3%/yr to 850,200 tonnes
MINSK, Feb 5 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-owned oil-producing monopoly Belorusneft exported 850,200 tonnes of crude oil in 2007, recording a 25.3% decrease year-on-year, a source in the Statistics Ministry told Prime-Tass. Read
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[05-02-2008 10:20]: Belarus
Belarus to develop bill on electronic signature in 2008
MINSK, Feb 5 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus will develop a bill on electronic signature in 2008, the Communication and IT Ministry said in a statement. Read
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[01-02-2008 10:41]: Belarus
Russian gas price for Belarus may rise slightly
MINSK, Feb 1 (Prime-Tass) -- Russian gas price for Belarus may increase slightly in 2008, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov believes. Read
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[31-01-2008 10:32]: Belarus
NBB says will keep refinancing rate at 10% in 1Q ‘08
MINSK, Jan 31 (Prime-Tass) -- The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) does not plan to reduce its refinancing rate in the first quarter of 2008, NBB Chairman Petr Prokopovich told reporters on Wednesday. Read
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[31-01-2008 10:30]: Belarus
Belarus to build 2,000 MW nuclear plant, 1st unit in ’16, 2nd in ‘18
MINSK, Jan 31 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday signed resolution #1 of the Security Council On Development of Nuclear Power Engineering in Belarus, the press service of the president reported. Read
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[31-01-2008 10:29]: Belarus
Belarusian Potassium Company’s ’07 exports up 12.5%/yr to 11.8 mln tns
MINSK, Jan 31 (Prime-Tass) -- ZAO Belarusian Potassium Company (BPC), the exclusive exporter of potash fertilizers produced by Belarus’ Belaruskaly, based in Soligorsk, and Russia’s OAO Uralkaly, based in Berezniki, exported 11.8 million tonnes of potash fertilizers in 2007, up 12.5% on the year, BPC CEO Vladimir Nikolayenko told a news conference on Thursday. Read
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[30-01-2008 10:30]: Belarus
NBB says Belarusian banks will place eurobonds, launch IPOs in ’08-09
MINSK, Jan 30 (Prime-Tass) -- In 2008 and 2009 Belarusian banks will enter international capital markets by offering eurobonds and lunching IPOs, the chairman of the National Bank of Belarus (NBB), Petr Prokopovich, told reporters on Wednesday. Read
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[30-01-2008 10:27]: Belarus
Belarus says tax burden on entrepreneurs down 2 pct pts in 2007
MINSK, Jan 30 (Prime-Tass) -- Tax burden on Belarusian entrepreneurs decreased more than 2 percentage points in 2007 and will keep falling in 2008, Deputy Tax Minister Vasily Kamenko told a conference on entrepreneurship on Tuesday. Read
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[30-01-2008 10:25]: Belarus
Lukashenko amends regulations on free econ zones, adds incentives
MINSK, Jan 30 (Prime-Tass) -- President Alexander Lukashenko’s ordinance #42 amends some of the previous standard acts regulating the operation of Belarus’ free economic zones and adds benefits, the press service of Lukashenko reported. Read
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[29-01-2008 10:32]: Belarus
Lukashenko alters provisions on excise payments
MINSK, Jan 29 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko has altered by his ordinance #47 the provision on payment of excise taxes for imports of commodities subject to marking with excise duty stamps, the press service of Lukashenko said in a statement. Read
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[29-01-2008 10:30]: Belarus
Belarus’ Minsk-Kristall’s vodka, hard drinks output up 10%/yr in 2007
MINSK, Jan 28 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-owned distillery Minsk-Kristall, Belarus’ largest distillery, produced 3.4 million decaliters of vodka and other hard drinks in January-December 2007, up 10% on the year, a representative in the administration of the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[29-01-2008 10:29]: Belarus
Belarus’ MMZ, Bosch agree joint creation, production of euro-4 engines
MINSK, Jan 29 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-run Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ) reached a partnership agreement with Bosch on joint creation and production of euro-4 compatible diesel engines, the press service of the company reported following a meeting of MMZ administration and a Bosch delegation led by Executive Vice-President Klaus Bohler. Read
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[28-01-2008 10:43]: Belarus
Belgospischeprom’s output dn 1.9%/yr in ’07 to Br2.641 tln
MINSK, Jan 28 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state food concern Belgospischeprom’s output edged down 1.9% year-on-year in 2007 to 2.641 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br), the deputy chair of the concern, Larisa Plisko, told a board meeting on January 25. Read
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[28-01-2008 10:38]: Belarus
Belarus’ Industry Ministry companies’ exports up 13.2%/ yr in 2007
MINSK, Jan 28 (Prime-Tass) -- Exports of companies with the Industry Ministry of Belarus increased 13.2% on the year in 2007 to U.S. $6 billion, Deputy Industry Minister Gennady Sviderski told a board meeting on January 25. Read
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[28-01-2008 10:37]: Belarus
Belarus calls China, South Africa, UAE, EU ’08 export priorities
MINSK, Jan 28 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ export priorities in 2008 will be China, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and the European Union, according to the export development plan for 2008 approved by resolution #83 of the government dated January 22. Read
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[28-01-2008 10:34]: Belarus
Belarus’ crude oil refining up 9.1% on year in 2007
MINSK, Jan 28 (Prime-Tass) -- Crude oil processing of Belarus’ two refineries increased 9.1% on the year to 21.363 million tonnes in January-December 2007, Belarus’ Statistics and Analysis Ministry said Monday. Read
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[25-01-2008 10:31]: Belarus
Belarus’ govt orders construction companies to boost exports 9.6 times/yr
MINSK, Jan 25 Prime-Tass) -- Companies with the Construction and Architecture Ministry are supposed to increase exports of services 9.6 times year-on-year to U.S. $1 billion in 2008, Architecture and Construction Minister Alexander Seleznev told a board meeting on Friday. Read
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[25-01-2008 10:27]: Belarus
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan ink package of Customs Union deals
MOSCOW, Jan 25 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have signed a package of nine agreements making the regulatory framework of the Customs Union. Read
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[25-01-2008 10:27]: Belarus
Sidorsky wants EurAsEC customs union, common econ space created asap
MOSCOW, Jan 25 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus wants the Customs Union and the common economic space of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) created as soon as possible, Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky told a session of the EurAsEC Interstate Council in Moscow on Friday. Read
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[24-01-2008 10:40]: Belarus
Belarus’ Minsk-Kristall supplies 1st 1,100-decaliter batch of vodka to China
MINSK, Jan 24 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-run distillery Minsk-Kristall has shipped the first batch of vodka, amounting to 1,100 decaliters, to China, an official in the administration of the distillery told Prime-Tass. Read
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[24-01-2008 10:36]: Belarus
Belarus says 17 trade restrictions used against its commodities
MINSK, Jan 24 (Prime-Tass) -- At present 17 restrictive measures are used against Belarusian traded products, including nine antidumping duties [two are being revised now] and six special restrictions, an official with the Foreign Ministry told Prime-Tass. Read
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[24-01-2008 10:28]: Belarus
Belarus awards 27 companies right to import, process fish in ‘08
MINSK, Jan 24 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ Presidential Administrative Department, which regulates the fish market of the country, has awarded 27 companies the right to import and process fish in 2008. Read
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[23-01-2008 10:30]: Belarus
Russia’s special oil export duty of Belarus to make $111.823/tn Feb 1
MOSCOW, Jan 23 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia’s special customs duty imposed on crude oil supplies to Belarus will reach U.S. $111.823 per tonne starting February 1, 2008, reads a teletype message of Russia’s Federal Customs Service. Read
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[23-01-2008 10:28]: Belarus
Belarus plans to streamline foreign trade, simplify customs routines
MINSK, Jan 23 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus plans to streamline foreign commodity trade and simplify customs procedures, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Tur told the Summit of Directors in Minsk on Wednesday. Read
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[23-01-2008 10:21]: Belarus
Belarus’ Lukashenko simplifies environmental tax computation
MINSK, Jan 23 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko has signed ordinance #27 to simplify environmental tax computation, the press service of the government reported. Read
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[22-01-2008 10:34]: Belarus
JV MKM, UK’s Renfrew Group in talks over motorcycle design for OAO Motovelo
MINSK, Jan 22 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarusian-Austrian joint venture MKM, a special-purpose vehicle established after ATEC Holding GmbH acquired a 99.7% stake in Belarus’ motorcycle and bicycle producer OAO Motovelo, and the UK’s Renfrew Group are in talks over design of a new lineup of motorcycles for OAO Motovelo, Alexei Ivanov with OAO Motovelo supervisory board told Prime-Tass. Read
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[22-01-2008 10:32]: Belarus
Belarus’ Gomselmash signs assembly agreement with Kazakhstan
MINSK, Jan 22 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-controlled manufacturer of farm machines Gomselmash on Monday signed an agreement with Kazakhstan’s OAO Agromashholding to start assembling Belarusian harvesters, a representative with the administration of the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[22-01-2008 10:30]: Belarus
India calls automobiles, potash fertilizers key areas for cooperation with Belarus
MINSK, Jan 22 (Prime-Tass) -- India believes production of automobiles and potash fertilizers are the key areas for mutual cooperation with Belarus, India’s Ambassador to Belarus Rajendra Kumar Tyagi told a news conference on Tuesday. Read
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[21-01-2008 10:39]: Belarus
Belarus’ 2007 industrial output up 8.5% on yr to Br91.504 tln
MINSK, Jan 21 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ industrial output rose 8.5% on the year in 2007 to 91.504 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br), an official with Belarus’ Statistics Ministry told Prime-Tass Monday. Read
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[21-01-2008 10:37]: Belarus
Minsk Bearing Plant’s exports up 22.6% on yr in 2007
MINSK, Jan 21 (Prime-Tass) -- Bearings exports of OAO Minsk Bearing Plant (MPZ) increased 22.6% on the year in 2007 to U.S. $43.6 million, an official with the plant told Prime-Tass Monday. Read
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