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This year, Belarusian companies have boosted export of household appliances by 5-10% on average year-on-year. In 2019, they rolled out Br149 million worth of innovative products, which was 4.4 times as much as in 2015. “Speaking about export in general, we are currently at 92-93% [as against the same period of 2019] in U.S. dollar terms, taking into account shipments to third countries,”he added. Companies affiliated with the Industry Ministry currently export to 120 countries. “In the past five years, we have manufactured around 500 new models of TV sets, about 220 new microwave oven models, and more than 50 new refrigerator models,” Sergei Gunko said.

MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Since the beginning of 2020, Belarus' export of household appliances and agricultural machinery has increased, but, in general, export by companies affiliated with the Belarusian Industry Ministry went down, Belarus Deputy Industry Minister Sergei Gunko told journalists on 24 September, BelTA has learned. Bahrain’s top 10 exports accounted for 88.8% of the overall value of its global shipments. Belarus has only small reserves of crude oil and imports crude oil and natural gas from Russia at subsidized, below market, prices. Until late July, supplies of tractors fell short of the rate of 2019. Flax was harvested on the area of 43,100 hectares (88.6% of the area under this crop).