{"id":158018,"date":"2025-10-01T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-deficit-in-goods-trade-widens-to-3-8-billion-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158018\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 deficit in goods trade widens to $3.8 billion in January-August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 1, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarus\u2019 imports of goods outpaced exports with the deficit widening to $3.8 billion in August, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods dropped 0.01 percent year on year to nearly $56 billion in January-August, with exports at $26.1 billion and imports, at $29.9 billion.<\/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_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_grayscale_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\">China accounts for most counterfeit goods imports to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 30, Pozirk. More than 90 percent of counterfeit goods are imported into Belarus from China, with the rest coming from Germany, Lithuania, and other countries, Alaksiej Kurman, head of the National Center for Intellectual Property, has told journalists. Most &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157800\">\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>October 1, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 imports of goods outpaced exports with the deficit widening to $3.8 billion in August, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) said. Belarus\u2019 foreign trade in goods dropped 0.01 percent year on year to nearly $56 billion in January-August, with exports at $26.1 billion and imports, at $29.9 billion. 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