{"id":144192,"date":"2025-06-26T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144192\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-trade-deficit-widens","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/144192\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 trade deficit widens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods and services rose by 2.2 percent year on year to $31.7 billion in January-April, said the central bank, citing preliminary data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exports decreased by 0.3 percent to $15.4 billion, while imports rose by 4.7 percent to $16.3 billion. The deficit widened to at $856 million from $92.6 million in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trade in goods rose by 0.1 percent to $26.2 billion with exports down 3.7 percent to $12.1 billion. Imports rose by 3.5 percent to $14.1 billion. The deficit of trade in goods widened by 89.2 percent to $1.98 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trade in services rose by 14.1 percent to $5.4 billion, with exports growing by 14.7 percent to $3.3 billion and imports rising by 13.2 percent to $2.2 billion. The surplus increased by 17.8 percent to $1.1 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\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nazbank_soyuz_by.jpg 1000w\" 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\">Refinance rate rise long overdue \u2013 analyst<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. 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