OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2009. In 2009 150 actions outlined by six major avenues of the 2006-2010 National Export Development Programme will be carried out in Belarus, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov told a session of the Council of Ministers Presidium. The session was chaired by Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky, reported the Official website www.government.by.

A plan of actions aimed at implementing the programme is adopted every year. The plan stems from proposals of ministries and agencies, oblast executive committees, public organisations. The plan provides for working out and implementing programmes for building up export in all the countries Belarus trades with.

In 2009 the government will use the well-recommended practice of defining a list of exports and the volume for each country. Efforts will be exercised by intergovernmental commissions for trade and economic cooperation. The implementation of the plan of actions meant to establish the EurAsEC Customs Union is important.

Sergei Martynov said, in 2009 for the first time overseas agencies have been assigned targeted volumes of the export of services. Only targeted volumes of the export of commodities were assigned before. The Economy Ministry has been charged with ensuring the fulfilment of the measures meant to build up the export of services.

The second part of the plan provides for developing the export infrastructure: a Belarusian leasing company will be set up, the development of the overseas distribution network and the mechanism for financing export support, including support via Eximgarant of Belarus, will continue.

Enhancement of the competitive ability of Belarusian exports is another avenue, which includes certification of products for compliance with requirements of international standards and European Union directives. The perfection of the legal base regulating foreign trade will continue. The efforts will include the preparation of draft treaties regarding economic cooperation by governments and agencies. Information coverage and awareness efforts include contests Brand of the Year, Best Exporter of the Year, exhibitions and expos.

The progress in fulfilling the outlined plans will be regularly considered by the Interagency Council for Export Development chaired by First Vice Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko. Agendas of the forthcoming sessions have been planned already. The session will table the operation of assembly enterprises and joint ventures abroad, sales of agricultural machines overseas, training and retraining of foreign trade specialists, organization of leasing.