Belarusian agricultural companies have prepared 66,700 hectares of land for spring sowing works, or 2.85% of the plan. As of the same day last year only 21,000 hectares were prepared, or 1% of the plan, BelTA was told in the main crop-growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs.
The Brest oblast has prepared around 10% of the areas to be sown with crops, Gomel – 2.9%, Grodno – 2.6%, Minsk around 1%, Mogilev – 1% as well. the Vitebsk oblast is just getting down to...
The Vitebsk oblast will put up 132 idle municipal objects for auction in 2008, BelTA learnt from Larisa Scheglova, the head of the department on auctions and contests of the Vitebsk oblast territorial fund Vitebskoblimuschestvo.
The immovable property list included objects which have been unused for a long time or used inefficiently. Alongside the immovable property the auctions will provide a tenant right for the land ploys these objects occupy in line with Decree #667. The document...
In 2007, the exports of Vitebsk-based Belwest to Latvia amounted to $3 million, up 50% over the past three years. The deliveries to that country are handled by a representative office of the company in Latvia and several Latvian dealers, BelTA was told in the Belarusian embassy to Latvia.
Belarusian footwear has taken its market niche in Latvia. Belwest has developed a network of chain stores and won its customer base. “The sales have been growing and we can say that we have found our...