Perspectives and opportunities in food and

agriculture sector in Belarus

Sergei SkvortsovCommercial counsellorEmbassy of Belarus to Belgium and Luxembourg

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Industry

Commerce

Taxes

Construction

Transport & Communications

Agriculture

Mining

Other

Agriculture Contributes 7,7% to GDP of Belarus

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Breeding - 51,6% Growing - 48,4%

Main Sectors of AgricultureCereals

14%

Potato10%

Vegetables9%

Technical plants4%

Berries1%

Other growing11%

Other breeding1%

Eggs3%

Cattle & poltry24%

Milk24%

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Belarus - BelgiumCereals 7,2 3,1 (tons, million)

Potato 5,9 3,5 (tons, million)

Flax 44,9 67,3 (tons, thousand)

Cattle 4,3 2,5 (million)

Pigs 3,3 6,6 (million)

Poultry 45,7 36,7 (million)

Milk 6,6 3,5 (tons, million)

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Belarusian Share in the World

Population 0,2%

Territory 0,2%

Potato 2,8%

Milk 0,9%

Sugar Beet 0,6%

Meat 0,3%

Source: FAO

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84.5

15.5

Other exports Food products

Share of Food Exports (%)

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Place in World Exports

3rd in Butter

5th in Milk

6th in Cheeses

7th in Dry Milk

Source: FAO

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Pork

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Main Food Products (tons)

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Main Belarusian Food Exports (US$ million)

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Belarusian Shrimps

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English Tee

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Italian Coffee

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Belgian Chocolate

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Agro Production• 76,2% - Agricultural organizations (1454

entities) (18,9% state owned; 2,7% foreign owned; 78,4% private & mixed)

• 22,1% - Individuals growing and breeding

• 1,7% - Farmers (2484 entities)

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Organic Farming

9 farms

600 Ha (2015) 100 000 Ha (2030)

Law on organic production in 2016

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Main Problems

Productivity Crop Capacity

Storage Processing

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Productivity / Crop Capacity

Belarus Belgium Germany

Crops (100 kg/ha) 30,1 92,1 73,2

Potato (100 kg/ha) 194 461 398

Milk (ton per cow, annually)

4,5 7,5 7,3

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Processing

1 454 agricultural organizations

2 484 farmers

807 processing entities

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