Belarus. The best country in the region for long term partnership

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1 Belarus The best country in the region for long term partnership

2 GENERAL INFORMATION Population: 9,5 mln Area: 207,6 ths km 2 Minsk: 2 mln people Minerals Wood Peat Potassium salt Oil Clay Sand

3 ECONOMY GDP: $ mln GDP (PPP) per capita: $ 18,882 GDP by sectors 3rd Belarus on Global Market 4th 6th 35% 27% 4th 4th 8th 8% 6th 6th 12% 10% 8% Industry Agriculture Transport Construction Trade other ~ $ 420 (gross) ~ $ 270 (net) 70% urban population 99,7% literacy rate 4,5 mln economically active population

4 MAIN BRANCHES OF ECONOMY Mechanical engineering Petrochemical complex Agro-industrial complex and Food industry Woodworking industry IT-industry Construction materials Optics and instrument engineering Textile and garments

5 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Exports: 60% of production production equipment of complete cycle 30% of dump trucks market 10% of the tractor market 17% of the harvester market tractors harvesters dump trucks buses construction machinery

6 PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX Production volume: $ 6.5 billion Exports: $ 4.5 billion Types of products: petroleum products potash and nitrogen fertilizers polyester fibers and filaments acrylic fibers fiberglass high-density polyethylene car tires Belneftekhim BNH Petrokimya (Istanbul)

7 AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND FOOD INDUSTRY 8 % GDP 4,3 mln heads 9 million ha of land Exports: $ 5 billions 1300 agricultural organizations 2000 farms > 43 % No 6 land used for agriculture in the world production of cheese No 4 No 8 in the world production of milk in the world production of butter

8 FOREST AND WOODWORKING INDUSTRY 9 million ha of forests = 40% territory Reserves: 7,7 billion m 3 5 million m 3 produced annually Woodworking, pulp and paper industry saw timber furniture plywood cellulose MDF, HDF

9 2 nd place in the world IT-INDUSTRY 930 companies UN IT rating: 48 th place High-tech Park 5 th place in the world among messengers Guinness book record breaker, more than 30 awards TOP-5 in App Store Why Belarus? Two words SMART PEOPLE" Cliff Reeves, Microsoft

10 MANUFACTURING OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 1500 companies 130 types of products Exports: $ 1 billion Construction of housing in 2015: Belarus - 5,1 million m 2 EEU 99,2 million m 2 Main types of products of Belarus: Cement (5 million tons) Reinforced concrete (3,5 million m 3 ) Wall materials (export: $120 million) Ceramic tiles (27 million m 2 ) Flat glass (35 million m 2 ) Basic construction materials

11 OPTICS AND INSTRUMENT More than 40 companies ENGINEERING 70 thousand specialists Export to 35 countries

12 TEXTILE AND GARMENTS 47 % of EEU production facilities are located in Belarus 1600 companies 26 % of the world production of flax Volume of the external trade between the countries of EEU and third countries in 2015: Imports: $11,4 billion. Exports: $0,7 billion. EEU import customs tariffs: fibers and yarns: 3-5% fabrics and clothes: 8-15% Orsha Linen Mill: workers - 30 million m2 of fabrics per year tons of flax fiber processed per year The market of EEU accounts for 5 % of the global market of garments

13 BELARUS IN THE INTERNATIONAL RATINGS

14 OPEN ACCESS TO THE MARKETS OF EEU Population 8th in the world GDP (PPP) 5th in the world GDP $ 4,1 trillion Trade turnover $ 511,1 billion 1 by the extraction of petroleum and gas 2 by the production of fertilizers and total length of railroads 3 by the production of electricity and wheat 4 by the production of coal, iron, steel and meat

15 BELARUSIAN-TURKISH COOPERATION Visa-free regime More than 20 bilateral agreements Business support: Intergovernmental Economic Commission (co-chairmen: Vladimir Makei и Numan Kurtulmuş) Belarusian-Turkish Business Council BelCCI-DEIK Bilateral Working Groups in different sectors

16 TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION Turnover (USD million) Exports Imports Belarusian Exports: steel, synthetic fibers and filaments, chemical fertilizers Turkish Imports: agricultural products, filaments and fabrics, automotive and agricultural machinery spare parts and components

17 EMBASSY OF BELARUS IN TURKEY Abidin Daver Sk. No 17 Çankaya, Ankara +90 (312) , +90 (312) (312) Trade and Economic Service of the Embassy: project support finding business partners organizing group or individual business trips data base of commercial offers and investment offers on the web-site of the Embassy