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The Council of Ministers has introduced a temporary ban on the export of a wide range of industrial goods both to EAEU countries and outside the union by Resolution No. 128 dated March 19. The main provisions enter into force on March 23, 2026, and will remain in effect until September 22. The document was published today on the National Legal Internet Portal.
The ban applies to exports both outside the EAEU and to member states of the union, with numerous exceptions. It does not cover goods with confirmed Belarusian or Russian origin (certificates or expert assessments), products recognized as “own production” through the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, items included in the Eurasian register of industrial goods for public procurement, as well as goods obtained through processing within the customs territory of the EAEU or produced using raw materials from special economic zones. Temporary exports (including under ATA carnets) of spare parts and specialized equipment for servicing transport are permitted, as are exports for international exhibitions, humanitarian supplies, ship stores, international transit through Belarus, and movements between parts of Russian territory via Belarus. Separate provisions apply to exports to the Russian Federation within the framework of the Union State, as well as to Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan — subject to coordination with authorized bodies.
Exports will also be allowed under one-time licenses issued by the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade in coordination with regional executive committees.
The list of goods subject to export restrictions covers dozens of EAEU commodity classification codes. These include certain medical products and materials (sterile catgut and hemostatic agents, dental cements, ostomy appliances, culture media, diagnostic reagents), industrial refrigeration equipment, machine tools and production lines for metalworking and woodworking, textile and printing industries, pumps, compressors and ventilation equipment, electric generators and transformers, electronic components (including semiconductors and integrated circuits), cable products, automotive and railway equipment, aircraft and drones, as well as vessels and floating structures. The list also includes waste and scrap of certain metals, including stainless steel and tungsten. The full set of codes is specified in the annex to the resolution.
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been instructed to notify the Eurasian Economic Commission of the introduction of this non-tariff measure.
Export restrictions were initially introduced for six months in September 2022. They were subsequently extended in March and September 2023, as well as in April and September 2024, and in March 2025. The previous extension was introduced for six months in September 2025.