Belarus has extended a ban on the export of wheat flour and buckwheat of all types. The decision was adopted by the resolution of the Council of Ministers and will be valid for three months.
Economy
The Governments of Belarus and Russia also spoke today about interaction under Western sanctions. The talks in Moscow were a continuation of the implementation of the agreements of the Presidents during their meeting on March 11.
Moscow and Minsk intend to strengthen cooperation in the Union State. This will be the allies' response to the massive blows of the West on the economies of our countries.
The bilateral cooperation between Minsk and Moscow is discussed by the Prime Ministers today. Roman Golovchenko is holding talks with his counterpart Mikhail Mishustin in the Russian capital.
The agro-industrial complex will not be left without state support. The Government will grant subsidies to several organizations of the agro-industrial complex for the payment of part of the interest on credits.
The 9th Forum of Belarus-Russia Regions will be hosted by our country. It will take place in Grodno on June 23 and 24. Preparations have already begun.
The demand for sugar has increased, but all order are fulfilled smoothly. This was reported by the chairman of the Belarusian Food Industry Concern Oleg Zhidkov.
The consumer price index for goods and services amounted to 101.6% in February as compared to January, and 103.1%, as compared to December 2021, reported the National Statistics Committee.
Belarusbank is expanding measures to reduce the loan burden on customers. Earlier this year, the bank decided to fix the interest rates on real estate loans, issued by March 1, 2022.
More domestic fruit and vegetable products will soon be available on the shelves of our stores. The new varieties of cucumbers will appeal to customers, the technologists are sure.
The next step of the government to preserve stability on the food market of Belarus. A special order of prices for the imported sunflower oil, wheat flour and baby food in dry mixes, canned meat and vegetables was established by the commission for state regulation of pricing under the Council of Ministers.
There are plenty of high-demand products in the stores. This was stated by the Federation of Trade Unions following the results of monitoring.
Visa and Mastercard are no longer valid at the Russian market. The cards of these payment systems issued in Russia will not work abroad or be accepted for payment in foreign online stores.
The agricultural organizations of Minsk Region are ready to carry out spring field work. In case of favorable weather conditions, spring sowing will take no more than 10 days.
The rise in prices that has occurred in the world has not been caused only by the events that are taking place in Ukraine.
New significant facilities will appear in the Minsk Region this year. There are 22 investment industrial projects on the program.
Delegations from Russia studied the potential of local forestry in Minsk Region and discussed joint projects. Also Russian colleagues got familiar with domestic technology: right at the felling site they saw how special mobile programs for cargo tracking and profit control work.
We should not lose resources, but turn them into profit. The consequences of the January hurricane were discussed in detail at the Palace of Independence.
The sowing campaign in the south of Belarus is planned to start tomorrow in Brest Region. This was reported by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The EAEU will create a high-level working group to stabilize economies in the face of sanctions. This is stated in the Telegram channel of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The annual effect of eliminating the remaining internal barriers on the Eurasian market could be about $21 billion, which is just over 1 % of total GDP.
The government is discussing the possibility of detaching payments for energy from the dollar, as well as the possible switching to the fixing of prices in Russian rubles.
The Belarusian government is elaborating a comprehensive plan to support our economy in the current situation. The Council of Ministers has set the following tasks: reorientation of Belarusian exports from the Ukrainian market, new schemes of international payments, import substitution.
The refinancing rate was raised on March 1. Now it is 12% per annum. Before that, the key bank indicator, to which all loans are tied, was 9.












