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Outlook of Foreign Trade of Belarus in 2006
According
to the statistics provided by the State Customs Committee of Belarus,
foreign turnover of Belarus in 2006 totaled $41.3 billion and increased by
29.4 percent over 2005. The trade turnover with the CIS member states
jumped by 27 percent as against 2005 to $22.7 billion (55.1 percent of the
total). The turnover with the countries outside the CIS soared by 32.5
percent to $18.5 billion.
|
Month |
Export |
Import |
|
$ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
$ million |
% as against same period of 2005 |
|
January |
1 384,0 |
145,3 |
1 302,0 |
161,6 |
|
February |
1 439,4 |
122,3 |
1 451,5 |
140,6 |
|
March |
1 634,0 |
121,8 |
1 691,6 |
147,1 |
|
April |
1 493,0 |
114,6 |
1 659,6 |
134,1 |
|
May |
1 588,8 |
130,5 |
1 899,0 |
146,7 |
|
June |
1 743,7 |
131,2 |
1 807,4 |
138,0 |
|
July |
1 741,3 |
130,0 |
1 762,1 |
133,0 |
|
August |
1 943,1 |
142,3 |
2 015,6 |
136,1 |
|
September |
1 759,9 |
117,5 |
2 025,6 |
131,1 |
|
October |
1 768,3 |
125,0 |
1 887,2 |
126,5 |
|
November |
1 612,2 |
114,0 |
1 772,7 |
114,1 |
|
December |
1674,5 |
107,7 |
2193,8 |
126,1 |
|
Total in January-December 2006 |
19782,2 |
124,4 |
21467,9 |
134,5 |
In 2006,
the trade deficit stood at $1.7 billion
(in 2005 the deficit was $57 million). The trade balance with the CIS member
states was in deficit of $5.6 billion (in 2005 the deficit was $3.9 billion)
while the trade balance with the countries outside CIS was in surplus of
$3.9 billion (in January-December 2005 the surplus was $3.8 billion).
Exports
of Belarus totaled $19.8 billion and increased by 24.4 percent as against
2005.
Exports to the CIS grew by 22.1 percent to $8.6 billion. Exports to the
countries beyond the CIS jumped by 26.2 percent to $11.2 billion.
Imports
of Belarus soared by 34.5 percent to $21,5 billion.
Imports from CIS jumped by 30.2 percent to $14.2 billion. Imports from the
countries outside the CIS increased by 43.5 percent to $7.3 billion.
Foreign
Trade with Main Trade Partners
The table
contains data on the total turnover, exports and imports of Belarus to/from
its main trade partners inside and outside the CIS.
|
Country |
Share of the total turnover of Belarus |
Exports, $ million |
January- December
2006 as against
January-December
2005. |
Imports, $ million |
January- December
2006 as against
January- December
2005
|
|
Russia |
47,4% |
6 796,9 |
119,9% |
12 754,3 |
129,5% |
|
Netherlands |
9,0% |
3 489,1 |
145,3% |
220,0 |
136,3% |
|
Ukraine |
5,9% |
1 233,4 |
135,8% |
1 220,8 |
136,6% |
|
Germany |
5,9% |
779,0 |
113,0% |
1 672,8 |
149,1% |
|
Poland |
4,4% |
1 033,3 |
121,1% |
765,5 |
132,1% |
|
UK |
4,0% |
1 474,9 |
131,7% |
184,8 |
128,3% |
|
China |
2,3% |
395,3 |
91,3% |
553,6 |
193,5% |
|
USA |
1,8% |
444,9 |
178,5% |
283,4 |
122,0% |
|
Italy |
1,6% |
172,4 |
107,9% |
498,2 |
126,3% |
|
Lithuania |
1,5% |
432,5 |
121,7% |
170,3 |
119,6% |
|
Latvia |
1,4% |
462,1 |
143,2% |
111,8 |
123,3% |
|
Sweden |
1,2% |
365,7 |
138,9% |
114,8 |
128,9% |
|
France |
1,1% |
202,9 |
73,8% |
270,6 |
153,5% |
|
Brazil |
1,1% |
228,4 |
133,5% |
210,0 |
147,5% |
|
Kazakhstan |
0,8% |
260,0 |
142,3% |
73,3 |
235,8% |
|
Moldova |
0,4% |
95,7 |
93,6% |
81,1 |
112,1% |
|
Uzbekistan |
0,2% |
53,3 |
127,1% |
16,2 |
117,1% |
|
Azerbaijan |
0,09% |
34,4 |
122,8% |
2,7 |
139,4% |
|
Armenia |
0,06% |
19,4 |
151,0% |
4,1 |
193,0% |
|
Georgia |
0,05% |
18,1 |
272,2% |
3,4 |
137,8% |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
0,05% |
17,5 |
270,0% |
1,5 |
75,1% |
|
Tajikistan |
0,04% |
13,5 |
156,8% |
4,4 |
128,2% |
|
Turkmenistan |
0,04% |
14,5 |
33,1% |
1,0 |
95,8% |
Trade
grew substantially
with Russia (by $4 billion), as well as with the Netherlands
(by $1.1 billion), Germany (by $640.2 million), the Ukraine
(by $651.9 million), the United Kingdom (by $395.3 million),
Poland (by $366 million) and with the USA (by $246.9 million).
Trade
with the Russian Federation
in 2006 increased by 26 percent from the same period last year to $19.6
billion. The Belarus’ foreign trade deficit amounted to $6 billion. The
exports rose by 19.9 percent; the imports upped by 29.5 percent.
Trade
with the Ukraine
jumped by 36.2 percent to $2.45 billion. The foreign trade surplus made up
$12.6 million. The exports increased by 35.8 percent and the imports went up
by 36.6 percent.
The
biggest foreign trade surplus in trade with the CIS member states was with
Kazakhstan
($186.8 million) and trade with that country surged by $119.5 million to
$333.3 million.
Belarus
also reported foreign trade surplus in trade with all other CIS member
states.
Belarus significantly intensified trade with Georgia (by $12.4 million to
$21.5 million), with Uzbekistan (by $13.7 million to $69.5 million), with
Kyrgyzstan (by $10.5 million to $19 million), Armenia (by $8.5 million to
$23.5 million) and with Azerbaijan (by $7.2 million to $37.1 million). Trade
with Turkmenistan dwindled by $29.4 million because of a decrease in
exports.
Trade
with countries outside of the CIS accounted for 44.9 percent of the overall
foreign trade of Belarus.
Trade
with the EU member states came to $14 billion (33.9 percent of the overall
foreign trade of Belarus),
with the exports at $9 billion and imports at $5 billion.
Trade
with the WTO member states amounted to $16.6 billion (40.2 percent of the
overall foreign trade of Belarus),
with the exports at $10.1 billion and imports at $6.5 billion.
Note:
the customs statistics does not allow for import of vehicles by natural
persons for personal use and for unorganized import/export of goods from/to
Russia.
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