{"id":91233,"date":"2024-06-17T23:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"prime-minister-plays-down-foreign-trade-deficit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91233\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister plays down foreign trade deficit"},"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\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/world-trade_1128_pixabay-com-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The prime minister of Belarus, Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, has assured state media journalists that the country&#8217;s foreign trade deficit will be eliminated by the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is no catastrophe. The reasons are prosaic: the world price of oil has gone up. We buy crude oil, and this has increased the cost of imports. Besides, the prices of traditional Belarusian goods have fallen in some foreign markets,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although we have physically increased our exports by almost 10 percent, we have received less money because of lower prices,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, the trend reversed in April and &#8220;prices are starting to rise.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Logo_gray_-236x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Logo_gray_-236x236.png 236w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Logo_gray_.png 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>                        <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\">PM optimistic about Belarus\u2019 economic performance in January-May<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 17, Pozirk. In the first five months of 2024, the government &quot;fully met and surpassed&quot; four of the five key performance indicators, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka has reported to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.2 percent, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/91131\">\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 17, Pozirk. The prime minister of Belarus, Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, has assured state media journalists that the country&#8217;s foreign trade deficit will be eliminated by the end of the third quarter. &#8220;There is no catastrophe. The reasons are prosaic: the world price of oil has gone up. 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