November 23, MINSK. Belarus and Syria intend to increase mutual trade turnover. This was stated by the co-chairman of the Belarusian-Syrian commission on trade, economic and technical cooperation Dmitry Pantus during the visit of the Belarusian delegation to Syria, BelTA has learned.
“Commodity turnover between our countries is not that big, but we know what goods we will increase it, including deliveries from Syria to Belarus. We discussed how we will work, on what conditions. We will do our best to further strengthen cooperation between our countries," said Dmitry Pantus.Trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Syria is developing against the backdrop of difficult conditions of economic sanctions against Syria, the destruction of transport and social infrastructure, an acute shortage of financial resources from the Syrian government and a decrease in the purchasing power of the country's population. In 2021, the trade turnover between Belarus and Syria amounted to $8.2 million (an increase of 41.3% compared to 2020), exports - $7.6 million (an increase of 47.9%), imports - $0.6 million (an increase of 6. 1%). Positive balance - $7.0 million.
Belarus mainly exports specific goods to Syria, MILK powder , whey, medicines, tractors and truck tractors, and imports OLIVE OIL, fruits and vegetables, nuts, coffee. There is also a joint Belarusian-Syrian commission on trade, economic and technical cooperation, the last meeting of which was held in January of this year.