Flax is considered one of the main crops in Belarusian agriculture, and the country regularly highlights the development of the sector. However, Russian statistics show that Belarus also imports raw materials for its flax industry.
According to Agroexport, an agency of Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Belarus imported 982 tonnes of flax fibre from Russia between January and September.
Russia exported more than 8,100 tonnes of the raw material worth $22.6 million in total, with more than 7,000 tonnes shipped to China.