Russia remains Belarus’ main trading partner in 2013

     Russia remained Belarus’ main trading partner in 2013, with bilateral trade totaling almost $39.7 billion. Russia accounted for 49.5% of Belarus’ entire trade. Belarus was among Russia’s six most-important trading partners.
       Belarus-Russia intensive dialogue at the high and highest level allowed the countries to reach fundamental agreements in different areas of bilateral relations such as industry, power engineering, finance, R&D and military and technical cooperation. The sides got down to practical implementation of major integration projects which are designed to branch out into high-quality and competitive products by uniting the potential of the two countries in such key areas as automobile industry, electronics and chemical industry. The implementation of the joint project to construct the Belarusian nuclear power plant with the Rosatom corporation was also continued.