Belarusian exports of investment goods fell by 3.2% to $2.93 billion in January-September, according to data from Belstat. The figure had shown growth of 0.1% in the first half of the year, but by January-August the trend had reversed, with a decline of 2.9 percentage points.
Imports of investment goods increased by 4.7% to $3.83 billion in January-September.
Trade in intermediate goods continued to grow. Exports rose by 30.9% to $18.71 billion over the nine-month period, while imports increased by 22.4% to $22.58 billion.
Exports of consumer goods grew by 23.7% to $12.83 billion in January-September. This included a 23.2% increase in food exports to $7.21 billion and a 24.3% rise in non-food goods exports to $5.62 billion.
Imports of consumer goods increased by 18.3% to $13.59 billion in January-September. Food imports rose by 16.9% to $3.59 billion, while imports of non-food goods grew by 18.8% to $10 billion.