OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus' farm output increased 3.2% on the year in January-September 2014 to 96.5 trillion Belarusian rubles (USD 9.052 billion at the official exchange rate), a source in the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) told.

Sales of fattened cattle and poultry reduced 2.6% on the year in January-September 2014 to 1.083 million tonnes, milk output grew 0.4% to 4.761 million tonnes, and egg output went up 2.7% to 2.115 billion units.

The return on sales in the agricultural sector stood at 7.2% in January-August 2014 to compare with 7.4% in January-August 2013.

The share of loss-making agricultural companies in January-August 2014 accounted for 7.1% of the total number to compare with 2.8% in Jan-Aug 2013.

The value of overdue accounts payable in the agricultural sector stood at Br9.437 trillion (USD 885.291 million) as of September 1, 2014, which accounts for 20.33% of the total value of accounts payable in the country.

Accounts payable overdue reduced 0.9% month on month as of August 1, 2014, up 22.5% year on year.