Committee for Economy: Since the beginning of the current year, the export of the Vitebsk region has increased 1.7 times

Russia, Turkey, India, Uzbekistan… This is far from a complete list of countries whose business representatives the industrialists of the northernmost region of Belarus have met with in recent months. The result is real contracts, investments, and expansion of trade markets.

Valentina Glebko, Head of the Foreign Economic Activity Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economics Committee, emphasizes:

– Despite sanctions, trade turnover is growing. Since the beginning of the current year, exports from the Vitebsk region have increased 1.7 times. This positive trend is largely facilitated by the intensification of international cooperation of our industry, the expansion of supply geography, and joint projects with foreign partners. This applies not only to Russian regions but also to other countries. For example, in October, a delegation from the region, led by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Subbotin, visited Uzbekistan. An Agreement on Cooperation in Economic, Scientific-Technical, Cultural, and Humanitarian Spheres was signed with the Khokimiyat of the Kashkadarya Region.

Interestingly, many enterprises in the Vitebsk region have begun to pay special attention to Uzbekistan. They already have established relationships with local business partners and are developing mutually beneficial programs for their expansion and deepening. Economic ties are also strengthening with Russian regions that were not previously on the map of contacts. Cooperation with distant Volgograd and neighboring Pskov region is becoming closer and more multifaceted, according to the regional economics committee. By the way, Vitebsk will soon host numerous participants of the Pskov Region Days on its territory.

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