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Belarus in figures |
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Customs Union |
Foreign trade with the Customs Union member countries
The volume of foreign trade in goods with the Customs Union member countries in January-February 2012 was USD 6 990 million, of which USD 2 343,2 million accounted for exports and USD 4 646,8 million accounted for imports. Compared to January-February 2011, the value of exports (calculated at current prices) increased by 21,7%, or by USD 418,3 million; the value of imports increased by 47,3%, or by USD 1 491,1 million.
Data on foreign trade in goods with the Customs Union member countries for 2011 and for January-February 2012 are given in the table below:
(USD million)
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Turnover |
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
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2011 |
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January |
2 116,7 |
872,5 |
1 244,2 |
-371,7 |
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February |
2 963,9 |
1 052,4 |
1 911,5 |
-859,1 |
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January-February |
5 080,6 |
1 924,9 |
3 155,7 |
-1 230,8 |
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March |
3 615,9 |
1 237,0 |
2 378,9 |
-1 141,9 |
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April |
3 471,0 |
1 309,0 |
2 162,0 |
-853,0 |
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May |
3 250,7 |
1 291,9 |
1 958,8 |
-666,9 |
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June |
3 324,2 |
1 363,3 |
1 960,9 |
-597,6 |
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July |
3 407,0 |
1 250,1 |
2 156,9 |
-906,8 |
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August |
3 507,8 |
1 269,4 |
2 238,4 |
-969,0 |
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September |
3 378,8 |
1 189,5 |
2 189,3 |
-999,8 |
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October |
3 433,1 |
1 153,8 |
2 279,3 |
-1 125,5 |
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November |
3 625,6 |
1 124,3 |
2 501,3 |
-1 377,0 |
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December |
3 830,8 |
1 203,0 |
2 627,8 |
-1 424,8 |
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January-December |
39 925,5 |
14 316,2 |
25 609,3 |
-11 293,1 |
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2012 |
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January |
3 257,6 |
1 047,2 |
2 210,4 |
-1 163,2 |
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February |
3 732,4 |
1 296,0 |
2 436,4 |
-1 140,4 |
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January-February |
6 990,0 |
2 343,2 |
4 646,8 |
-2 303,6 |
Changes in volume of foreign trade, exports and imports of goods with the Customs Union member countries are reflected below:
(as percent)
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Of corresponding period of previous year |
Of previous month |
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Turnover |
Exports |
Imports |
Turnover |
Exports |
Imports |
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2011 |
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January |
121,1 |
152,6 |
105,5 |
66,7 |
91,9 |
55,7 |
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February |
155,0 |
145,8 |
160,6 |
139,9 |
120,6 |
153,6 |
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January-February |
138,8 |
148,8 |
133,2 |
õ |
õ |
õ |
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March |
163,9 |
146,0 |
175,2 |
122,2 |
117,5 |
124,8 |
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April |
141,0 |
152,9 |
134,5 |
96,1 |
105,8 |
91,0 |
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May |
146,2 |
158,2 |
139,2 |
93,6 |
98,7 |
90,5 |
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June |
138,0 |
162,7 |
124,6 |
102,2 |
105,5 |
100,0 |
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July |
143,3 |
139,9 |
145,5 |
102,3 |
91,7 |
109,9 |
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August |
144,1 |
138,1 |
147,8 |
102,5 |
101,5 |
103,0 |
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September |
130,3 |
120,7 |
136,4 |
96,4 |
93,7 |
97,9 |
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October |
126,0 |
110,6 |
135,8 |
101,6 |
97,0 |
104,1 |
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November |
120,1 |
115,3 |
122,4 |
105,6 |
97,4 |
109,9 |
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December |
119,5 |
126,8 |
116,4 |
105,1 |
107,0 |
104,3 |
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January-December |
136,2 |
137,4 |
135,6 |
õ |
õ |
õ |
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2012 |
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January |
153,9 |
120,0 |
177,7 |
85,0 |
87,0 |
84,1 |
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February |
125,9 |
123,1 |
127,5 |
114,6 |
123,8 |
110,2 |
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January-February |
137,6 |
121,7 |
147,3 |
õ |
õ |
õ |
In January-February 2012 the balance of foreign trade in goods was negative totalling USD 2 303,6 million meaning an increase by USD 1 072,8 million, as compared with January-February 2011.
Data characterising the volumes of exports and imports in breakdown by the Customs Union member countries are shown in table:
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January- |
January- |
For
reference: January- |
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Foreign trade with the Customs Union member countries (total) |
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turnover |
6 990,0 |
137,6 |
138,8 |
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exports |
2 343,2 |
121,7 |
148,8 |
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imports |
4 646,8 |
147,3 |
133,2 |
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balance |
-2 303,6 |
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of which: |
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Russia |
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turnover |
6 845,5 |
137,1 |
138,6 |
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exports |
2 220,0 |
119,3 |
149,8 |
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imports |
4 625,5 |
147,8 |
132,6 |
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balance |
-2 405,5 |
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Kazakhstan |
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turnover |
144,5 |
162,0 |
148,4 |
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exports |
123,2 |
193,7 |
124,3 |
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imports |
21,3 |
83,3 |
279,7 |
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balance |
101,9 |
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Foreign trade with the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation has a share of over 94,7% in the value of exports and 99,5% in the value of imports with the Customs Union member countries. The volume of foreign trade with Russia in January-February 2012 was USD 6 845,5 million, of which USD 2 220 million accounted for exports and USD 4 625,5 million accounted for imports. As compared with January-February 2011 the value of exports (calculated at current prices) increased by 19,3%, or by USD 358,7 million, while the value of imports increased by 47,8%, or by USD 1 495,4 million.
Negative balance of foreign trade transactions of the Republic of Belarus with the Russian Federation increased from USD 1 268,8 million in January-February 2011 to USD 2 405,5 million in January-February 2012.
The major exports commodities to the Russian Federation are motor vehicles for the transport of goods (in January-February 2012 the deliveries amounted to USD 192,6 million), tractors and trucks (USD 172,3 million), beef (USD 100,4 million), milk and cream concentrated, non-concentrated and in powder (USD 82,7 million), cheese and curd (USD 77,2 million), agricultural machinery (USD 71,2 million), tyres (USD 54,5 million), furniture including medical (USD 53,5 million), ferrous metals (USD 49,2 million), sugar (USD 38,9 million), poultry meat (USD 37,5 million), parts and accessories for motor vehicles and tractors (USD 35,6 million).
The major imports commodities from the Russian Federation are oil including gas condensate (the value of imports was USD 1 494,3 million), oil products (USD 1 115,3 million), natural gas (USD 741,5 million), ferrous metals (USD 224,4 million), electricity (USD 38,2 million), ferrous metal pipes (USD 34,5 million), internal combustion engines (USD 33,8 million), rail and tram cars (USD 29,5 million).
Foreign trade with Kazakhstan. As compared with January-February 2011, the exports increased by 1,9 times while the imports decreased by 16,7%. The value of exports in January-February 2012 was USD 123,2 million; the value of imports was USD 21,3 million.
The balance of foreign trade in goods with Kazakhstan was positive totalling USD 101,9 million as compared with USD 38 million in January-February 2011.
The commodity composition of exports to Kazakhstan is prevailed by agricultural machinery (in January-February 2012 the deliveries amounted to USD 12,9 million), tractors and trucks (USD 10,1 million), tyres (USD 9,2 million), sugar (USD 9 million), oil products (USD 8,9 million), furniture including medical (USD 7 million), beef (USD 6,9 million), milk and cream concentrated, non-concentrated and in powder (USD 6,7 million), motor vehicles for the transport of goods (USD 6,5 million).
The major imports commodities from Kazakhstan include ferrous metals (USD 7,9 million), conveyor belts, driving belts of vulcanized rubber (USD 3,3 million), unwrought aluminium (USD 3 million), wheat (USD 2,8 million).
