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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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[21-01-2008 10:35]: Belarus
Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan to transfer trade powers to supranational body
MINSK, Jan 21 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement in the scope of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) to transfer their trade authorities to a special supranational commission, the head of the foreign trade policy department with the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, Anton Kudasov, told reporters on Monday. Read
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[18-01-2008 10:28]: Belarus
Belarus’ branch of Russia’s Avgust to build crop-protecting agents plant
MINSK, Jan 18 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ ZAO Avgust-Bel, a subsidiary of Russia’s ZAO Avgust, a large producer of crop-protecting agents, will start building a plant to produce up to 7,000 tonnes of agents in February, a representative in the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[18-01-2008 10:25]: Belarus
Lukashenko wants enough Belarus-made medications to meet domestic requirement
MINSK, Jan 18 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko noted the importance of producing enough medications domestically to meet the requirements of the home market, the press service of the president said in a statement following Lukashenko’s visit to the Institute for Pharmacology and Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences on Friday. Read
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[17-01-2008 10:35]: Belarus
Belarus’ Gomel-based Radimich bus assembly sees ‘08 output up 23%/yr
MINSK, Jan 17 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ Gomel-based Car Repair Plant plans to increase assembly of Radimich buses 23% on the year in 2008 to 380 units worth about U.S. $22 million, an official at the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[17-01-2008 10:34]: Belarus
Belarus’ MTZ plant says tractor exports up 30.8% on yr in 2007
MINSK, Jan 17 (Prime-Tass) -- Exports of Belarusian government-owned tractor manufacturer Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) increased 30.8% on the year to 54,603 vehicles in 2007, an official with the plant told Prime-Tass on Thursday. Read
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[17-01-2008 10:32]: Belarus
Belarus’ High-Tech Park to sign deal with Lyons Financial Solutions in 1Q
MINSK, Jan 17 (Prime-Tass) -- The Belarusian Park of High Technologies plans to sign an investment agreement with South Africa’s architectural and construction company Lyons Financial Solutions in the first quarter of 2008, the director of the administration of the park, Valery Tsepkalo, told Prime-Tass. Read
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[16-01-2008 12:29]: Belarus
Belarus’ Neman to launch buses under license deals with Italy, China in ‘08
MINSK, Jan 16 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-run Pilot Plant Neman, based in the Grodno Region, plans in 2008 to conclude license agreements with Italy’s Cacciamali and a company from Chinese Changchun to make small-capacity buses, a source in the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[16-01-2008 10:40]: Belarus
Belarus’ OAO Belsolod’s output up 2.2%/yr to 52,500 tns
MINSK, Jan 16 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ OAO Belsolod, the country’s only producer of malt, reported an increase in output in 2008 of 2.2% year-on-year to 52,459 tonnes. Read
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[16-01-2008 10:35]: Belarus
Belarus may extend range of productions for High-Tech Park residents
MINSK, Jan 16 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus is preparing a draft regulatory act extending the scope of activities for the companies registered in the Belarusian Park of High Technologies, the director of the administration of the park, Valery Tsepkalo, told Prime-Tass. Read
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[15-01-2008 10:28]: Belarus
Belarus’ oil output down 1.1% year-on-year in 2007
MINSK, Jan 15 (Prime-Tass) -- Oil output of Belarus’ state oil production monopoly Belorusneft declined 1.1% year-on-year in January-December 2007 to 1.76 million tonnes, the country’s Statistics and Analysis Ministry said on Tuesday. Read
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[15-01-2008 10:27]: Belarus
Belarus’ imports of hard drinks down, wine up on yr in Jan-Nov ‘07
MINSK, Jan 15 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ imports of hard drinks decreased in January-November 2007 compared with the period in 2006, and imports of grape wine rose, according to preliminary statistics. Read
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[15-01-2008 10:25]: Belarus
Minsk Motor Plant’s engine exports up 31.2%/yr in ‘07
MINSK, Jan 15 (Prime-Tass) -- Engine exports of Belarus’ state-run Minsk Motor Plant, operating under the MMZ brand, increased 31.2% on the year in 2007 to 64,160 units worth U.S. $180.5 million, a rise of 58.1% year-on-year in monetary terms, a source in the administration of the company told Prime-Tass. Read
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[14-01-2008 10:29]: Belarus
Belarus’ GDP up 8.1% on year in 2007 to Br96.048 trillion
MINSK, Jan 14 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ gross domestic product (GDP) reached 96.048 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br) as of January 1, up 8.1% on the year in 2007, an official with Belarus’ Statistics Ministry told Prime-Tass Monday. Read
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[14-01-2008 10:27]: Belarus
Belarus’ juice imports up 27.4% on yr in Jan-Nov
MINSK, Jan 14 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ fruit and vegetable juice imports rose 27.4% on the year in January-November to 54,782 tonnes worth U.S. $38.453 million, up 32.9% on the year in monetary terms, the Statistics Ministry told Prime-Tass. Read
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[14-01-2008 10:26]: Belarus
Belarus’ BelAZ to invest Br350.946 bln in upgrade in ’08-10
MINSK, Jan 14 (Prime-Tass) -- Belarus’ state-run dump truck maker BelAZ plans to upgrade the parent factory in Zhodino and subsidiary Kirov Automobile Plant, based in Mogilev, in 2008-2010, a source in the factory told Prime-Tass. The upgrade will cost the truck producer an estimated 350.946 billion Belarusian rubles (Br). Read
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