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Belarus’ foreign merchandise trade amounted to $59.3583 billion in January-July 2026, BelTA learned from the website of the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

Belarus’ real salaries grew by 7.5% year-on-year in January-June 2026, the press service of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus told BelTA.

Belarus plans to increase the export of food products and agricultural raw materials to $12 billion by 2030. The matter was discussed at a Belarusian-Pakistani business forum, which was co-chaired by Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksandr Yakovchits and President of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sardar Tahir Mehmood, the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

Trade union organizations in Grodno Oblast continue to provide prompt support to healthcare workers whose property was damaged by recent severe weather and emergencies. The Grodno Oblast Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Healthcare Workers told BelTA how the social protection system and the principle of solidarity work in practice.

The implementation of the head of state’s instructions on intensifying trade and economic cooperation with countries of the African continent was discussed in the Council of the Republic, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian diplomats took part in the forum Business Meeting on Cooperation between Enterprises of Liaoning Province and the Republic of Belarus, held in Shenyang, the capital of China’s Liaoning Province, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in China.

Belarus and Algeria have the potential to agree on the implementation of numerous projects, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf in Minsk on 6 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus’ foreign merchandise trade amounted to $50.2915 billion in January-June 2026, BelTA learned from the website of the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin and Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov held an informal meeting on 23 February to discuss current issues on the bilateral agenda, BelTA learned from the government’s press service.

Unilateral restrictive measures violate the principle of fairness, which should be at the heart of transformation of global trade and economy, Belarus’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva Larisa Belskaya said at the 78th session of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Council, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.