{"id":140050,"date":"2025-05-27T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140050\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"foreign-trade-deficit-widens-to-625-million-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140050\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign trade deficit widens to $625 million in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 27, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods and services rose by 1.8 percent year on year to $23.5 billion in January-March, said the central bank, citing preliminary data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exports amounted to $11.4 billion and imports, to $12 billion, with the deficit at $625 million after a surplus of $29 million recorded a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade in goods dropped by 0.6 percent to $19.5 billion with exports down 4.6 percent to $9 billion. Imports rose by 3 percent to $10.4 billion. The deficit of trade in goods doubled to $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade in services rose by 15.3 percent to $4 billion, with exports growing by 14.8 percent to $2.4 billion and imports rising by 16 percent to $1.6 billion. The surplus widened by 12.4 percent to $814.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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