{"id":572584,"date":"2026-08-31T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=572584"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:51:38","slug":"belarus-foreign-trade-deficit-in-goods-exceeded-3-billion-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-foreign-trade-deficit-in-goods-exceeded-3-billion-in-july","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 Foreign Trade Deficit in Goods Exceeded $3 Billion in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belstat has published data on foreign trade in goods for January-July. Belarus\u2019 foreign trade deficit in goods exceeded $3 billion by the end of July, although it was lower than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In January-July, exports of Belarusian goods increased by 22.9% to $28.14 billion, while imports of goods from abroad rose by 19.3% over the same period to $31.22 billion. As a result, the foreign trade deficit amounted to $3.08 billion in the first seven months, 5.9% less than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with CIS countries, Belarusian exports increased by 23% to $20.42 billion, while imports rose by 20.2% to $18.2 billion. The trade surplus with CIS countries amounted to $2.22 billion, up 52.7% from a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with countries outside the CIS, Belarusian exports increased by 22.6% to $7.72 billion in January-July, while imports rose by 18.1% to $13.02 billion. As a result, the trade deficit with these countries amounted to $5.3 billion, 12.1% more than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Belarusian exports overall increased by 21.7% year-on-year to $4.4 billion. Imports rose by 17.9% to $4.69 billion. The foreign trade deficit in goods amounted to $290.1 million, 20.3% less than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with CIS countries in July, exports increased by 27.6% to $3.35 billion, while imports rose by 17.2% to $2.66 billion. The trade surplus with CIS countries amounted to $689.5 million in July, almost twice the figure recorded in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with countries outside the CIS, exports increased by 6.2% in July to $1.05 billion. Imports rose by 18.8% to $2.03 billion. The trade deficit for July amounted to $979.6 million, 36.3% more than a year earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belstat has published data on foreign trade in goods for January-July. Belarus\u2019 foreign trade deficit in goods exceeded $3 billion by the end of July, although it was lower than a year earlier. In January-July, exports of Belarusian goods increased by 22.9% to $28.14 billion, while imports of goods from abroad rose by 19.3% over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":559247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a954eb386c92.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus\u2019 Foreign Trade Deficit in Goods Exceeded $3 Billion in July"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572584","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=572584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}