Belarus plans to increase food exports to $6 billion

Belarus plans to increase food exports to $6 billion in 2021.

This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Alexei Bogdanov in an interview with the Nedelya program on the STV channel, BelTA informs.

“This year, we plan to reach the level of $6 billion in food exports. According to our plans, by 2025 we must reach EXPORT deliveries in the amount of $7 billion, and we will do this by increasing production. For example, last year we produced 7.8 million tons of MILK, and by 2025 we plan to produce 9.2 million tons. We produce 1.26 million tons of MEAT of all kinds, we plan to produce 1.5 million tons by 2025. To do this, we attract both domestic investments and investors from outside,” said the Deputy Minister.

According to him, negotiations are currently underway with Chinese companies that are interested in investing in the construction of dairy and beef farms.

As for the promising sales markets for Belarus, according to Aleksey Bogdanov, domestic food producers are interested in the Asian market, led by CHINA. “We are actively working with China, and last year China came in third among all buyers of Belarusian food after RUSSIA and Kazakhstan, overtaking Ukraine. In these regions, we want not only to increase the volume of deliveries, but to expand the range and range of products.

We are also interested in the Algerian market, because today it is the number one importer of dry dairy products, and in recent years we have been actively involved in the certification of products for the supply of milk there,” the deputy HEAD of the department said.

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