{"id":140921,"date":"2025-06-02T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-deficit-in-goods-trade-widens-to-2-3-billion-in-january-april","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140921\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 deficit in goods trade widens to $2.3 billion in January-April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/export_import_pixabay_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(AbsolutVision \/ pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 imports of goods outpaced exports with the deficit widening to $2.3 billion in April, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods grew 0.02 percent year on year to some $27 billion in January-April with exports at $12.4 billion and imports, at $14.7 billion. The deficit soared 86.5 percent compared to the first four months of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, authorities posted a goods trade deficit of $5.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Import intensity of GDP increases<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 29, Pozirk. The import intensity of GDP rose to 66.9 percent in January\u2013March 2025, the Belarusian National Bank reported. The ratio amounted to 61.1 percent in January and 66.2 percent in January\u2013February. The import intensity of GDP is the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/140462\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 imports of goods outpaced exports with the deficit widening to $2.3 billion in April, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods grew 0.02 percent year on year to some $27 billion in January-April with exports at $12.4 billion and imports, at $14.7 billion. 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