Belarus The best country in the region for long term partnership
GENERAL INFORMATION Population: 9,5 mln Area: 207,6 ths km 2 Minsk: 2 mln people Minerals Wood Peat Potassium salt Oil Clay Sand
ECONOMY GDP: $ 81.627 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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
OPTICS AND INSTRUMENT More than 40 companies ENGINEERING 70 thousand specialists Export to 35 countries
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: - 5300 workers - 30 million m2 of fabrics per year - 30.000 tons of flax fiber processed per year The market of EEU accounts for 5 % of the global market of garments
BELARUS IN THE INTERNATIONAL RATINGS 50 53 54
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
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
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 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
EMBASSY OF BELARUS IN TURKEY Abidin Daver Sk. No 17 Çankaya, Ankara +90 (312) 441 67 69, +90 (312) 441 67 70 +90 (312) 441 66 74 turkey@mfa.gov.by http://turkey.mfa.gov.by 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