OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus reduced exports of farm products and foodstuffs by 2.2% year on year in January-September 2014 to USD 4.215 billion, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) told.

Imports of farm products and foodstuffs grew 13.2% year on year in Jan-Sep 2014 to USD 3.405 million. Hence, Belarus produced an USD 809.8 million surplus in foreign trade in farm products in Jan-Sep 2014 to compare with a USD 1.303 billion surplus in Jan-Sep 2013.

Farm products and foodstuffs account for 13.1% of Belarus' total foreign trade volume in Jan-Sep 2014 (up 1 percentage points year on year), including exports - 15% (down 0.2 pp), imports - 11.3% (up 1.9 pp).

According to Belstat, Belarus' foreign trade in merchandize reduced 3.6% year on year in Jan-Sep 2014 to USD 58.209 billion, including exports - USD 28.139 billion (down 1.1%), imports - USD 30.07 billion (down 5.8%).