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Belarusian goods accounted for 55% of the retail turnover of trading organizations in January-September, according to the National Statistical Committee of Belarus (Belstat).
Belarusian products made up 75.8% of food sales and 37.1% of non-food sales.
In the third quarter, the overall share of Belarusian goods increased by 0.4 percentage points. Their share of food sales also rose by 0.4 percentage points, while the share of non-food products increased by 1.2 percentage points.
Over the year, the share of Belarusian goods in overall retail turnover rose by 0.1 percentage points. However, the share of domestically produced goods in food sales fell by 0.4 percentage points, while their share of non-food sales increased by 2 percentage points.
The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) has been tasked with ensuring that Belarusian-made goods account for 58% of retail turnover by the end of the year.
Belstat also provided figures for individual product categories. All eggs sold in Belarus were domestically produced. Belarusian manufacturers accounted for more than 99% of sales of butter, meat and meat products, and sugar. Belarusian cheeses accounted for 96.6% of sales, domestically grown vegetables for 70.6%, potatoes for 89.7%, apples for 44.9%, and fish and fish products for 46.2%.
Belarusian-made products accounted for 69.6% of new passenger cars sold in the country, 30.5% of televisions, 30.6% of refrigerators, 16.3% of washing machines, 17.4% of outerwear and 14.9% of footwear.