{"id":584252,"date":"2026-10-02T13:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=584252"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:21:50","slug":"belarus-goods-trade-deficit-exceeded-3-4-billion-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-goods-trade-deficit-exceeded-3-4-billion-in-january-august","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 Goods Trade Deficit Exceeded $3.4 Billion in January\u2013August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus\u2019 goods trade deficit amounted to $3.43 billion in January\u2013August, increasing by $387.9 million in August. However, compared with January\u2013August last year, the deficit narrowed by 1.4%. The data were published by the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian goods exports rose by 22.4% in January\u2013August to $32.3 billion. Goods imports increased by 19.7% to $35.74 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with CIS countries, exports rose by 22.6% in January\u2013August to $23.48 billion, while imports increased by 20.8% to $20.83 billion. The trade surplus with Commonwealth countries amounted to $2.65 billion, up 38.6% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with countries outside the CIS over the same period, exports rose by 22% to $8.82 billion, while imports increased by 18% to $14.9 billion. The trade deficit with countries outside the CIS grew by 12.8% in January\u2013August to $6.09 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian goods exports rose by 18.1% in August to $4.12 billion. Goods imports increased by 22% to $4.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In August, exports to CIS countries rose by 19% to $3.04 billion, while imports increased by 25.6% to $26.3 billion. The trade surplus with CIS countries amounted to $408.6 million in August, 11.1% lower than in the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>In trade with countries outside the CIS, exports rose by 15.9% in August to $1.09 billion, while imports increased by 17.2% to $1.88 billion. The trade deficit with countries outside the CIS grew by 19.1% in August to $796.7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus\u2019 goods trade deficit amounted to $3.43 billion in January\u2013August, increasing by $387.9 million in August. However, compared with January\u2013August last year, the deficit narrowed by 1.4%. The data were published by the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. Belarusian goods exports rose by 22.4% in January\u2013August to $32.3 billion. Goods imports increased by 19.7% to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6abf85c283fb0.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus\u2019 Goods Trade Deficit Exceeded $3.4 Billion in January\u2013August"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584252","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=584252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584256,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584252\/revisions\/584256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}