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On the Belarusian Folk Crafts Products
The Belarusian concern "Belkhudozpromysly" consists of 17 enterprises which produce original and unique Belarusian folk crafts, goods and souvenirs like art weaving, embroidery, knitting,
strawplaiting, wickering, leather-braiding, macrame, birch-bark wickering, wood-carving,
marquetry, pottery and ceramics and wood/ceramics painting.
Maintaining and further developing this unique sector of the art industry in the current environment are the main objects of the Concern.
The Concern is wiling to collaborate in the sphere of sale and procurement of raw materials and supplies for their manufacture with business partners form the USA.
Let the beauty created by the workmanship, imagination and creative labor of the Belarusian craftsmen always bring delight and pleasure to people.
For more information about the Concern "Belkhudozpromysly" please visit
www.souvenir.by, or contact the Belarusian Embassy to the USA.
On Growth of GDP in Belarus in January-February
The gross domestic product (GDP) of Belarus made BYR 6,112 billion in comparable prices in January-February 2004, growing by 9.5%.
In January-February specific weight of industrial added value in the GDP made 30%, agricultural added value – 2.2%, construction industry added value – 4.4%, transport and communications added value – 14.4%, trade and catering industry added value – 11.4%.
Industrial production output in January-February made BYR 6.7 trillion (6.8% up).
Over this period fuel industry output surged by 5.7%, ferrous metallurgy by 63.8%, timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry by 11.2%, food industry by 9.3%, construction materials industry by 14.9%, mechanical engineering and metal-working industry by 16%, power engineering by 14.1%, chemical and petrochemical industry by 19.5% and light industry by 9.3%.
Belarusian industrial companies increased production volumes of 353 out of the 572 most important types of produce. As many as 1,590 companies (78.1% of their total number) increased production volumes, while 436 enterprises (21.4%) reduced production volumes.
As many as 608 companies revealed a 20% and higher increment in production output, at 249 companies the figure dropped by 20% and more.
(2,151 Belarusian rubles – U.S. $1)
Belarus’ MTZ Tractor Exports up by 35.6% in January-February to 4,894
The tractor exports of Belarus’ state-owned tractor manufacturer Minsk Tractor Plant
(MTZ) increased by 35.6% in January-February to 4,894 vehicles.
Exports to non-CIS foreign states amounted to 1,001 tractors in January-February (up by 20%).
In 2003 MTZ increased tractor exports by 32% to 21,530 vehicles, including exports to non-CIS foreign states at 8,203 tractors (up by 24%).
MTZ is one of the world’s largest tractor makers and the biggest tractor producer in the CIS. The plant has an annual capacity of up to 50,000 tractors, including 10,000 tractors with the capacity of 100-200 hp. MTZ exports 85% of its output. Russia accounts for 50% of all MTZ’s exports.
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