Grodno Oblast’s international trade expands

        In 2013 enterprises from Grodno region of Belarus penetrated markets of 14 new countries. Merchandise trade reached $4 trillion. Export growth rate was ahead of import growth rate, with the region boasting the country’s second fastest export growth rate after Brest region.
Grodno region traded with 88 countries. The main partners were Russia, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, China, the USA, Lithuania, and Latvia.
        Last year the region’s export of services totaled $291 million, 80% up from 2012 (the country’s best result). This year the most tangible increase is supposed to be secured by exporting more transport and construction services, which share in the region’s total services is as large as about 90%.