{"id":514163,"date":"2026-02-02T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=514163"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:27:56","slug":"merchandise-foreign-trade-deficit-reaches-nearly-7-billion-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/merchandise-foreign-trade-deficit-reaches-nearly-7-billion-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"Merchandise Foreign Trade Deficit Reaches Nearly $7 Billion in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The merchandise foreign trade deficit in 2025 amounted to $6.975 billion. Over the year, it increased by 29.9 percent, according to data published today by Belstat.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian exports last year grew by 2.6 percent to $41.4 billion, while imports of goods increased by 5.8 percent to $48.37 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with CIS countries, exports of Belarusian goods increased by 5.6 percent to $30.46 billion. Imports grew at a faster pace, rising by 7 percent to $28.13 billion. The merchandise trade surplus with CIS countries amounted to $2.335 billion, which is 8.3 percent less than in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Exports outside the CIS declined by 4.9 percent last year to $10.93 billion, while imports increased by 4.3 percent to $20.24 billion. The trade deficit with countries outside the CIS reached $9.31 billion, which is 17.6 percent more than in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Belarusian exports showed a notable increase. They rose by 31.7 percent compared with December 2024 to $4.2 billion. Imports increased by 21.3 percent to $5.18 billion. The foreign trade deficit in December amounted to $975.5 million, which is 7.6 percent more than in December 2024. The December merchandise trade deficit was the largest monthly figure recorded last year.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with CIS countries, Belarusian exports in December grew by 34.1 percent to $3 billion. Imports increased by 22.9 percent to $2.955 billion. The foreign trade surplus with CIS countries amounted to $43.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Exports of goods outside the CIS in December increased by 26.2 percent to $1.2 billion. At the same time, imports from these countries rose by 19.2 percent to $2.23 billion, and the merchandise trade deficit with non-CIS countries amounted to $1.02 billion, which is 11.9 percent more than in December 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The merchandise foreign trade deficit in 2025 amounted to $6.975 billion. Over the year, it increased by 29.9 percent, according to data published today by Belstat. Belarusian exports last year grew by 2.6 percent to $41.4 billion, while imports of goods increased by 5.8 percent to $48.37 billion. In trade with CIS countries, exports of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":497221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6980601285e7c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Merchandise Foreign Trade Deficit Reaches Nearly $7 Billion in 2025"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}