General information: directions, tasks and results

The Republic of Belarus pursues a multi-vector foreign economic policy and actively participates in international integration processes.

Belarus is an export-oriented state with a developed industrial sector and agriculture.

In 2025, the foreign trade turnover of the Republic of Belarus reached 90 billion US dollars, which is 4.3 % more than in 2024. Exports of goods amounted to 41.4 billion dollars, representing an increase of 2.6 % compared to the previous year.

The commodity structure of exports includes more than 1,100 items at the four-digit level of the EAEU Common Commodity Nomenclature. The main export items are products of the food industry, mechanical engineering, petrochemicals and metallurgy.

In 2025, Belarusian products were exported to the markets of 151 countries.

The main trading partners of Belarus are Russia, other EAEU and CIS countries, China, the UAE, Türkiye and India. The presence of Belarusian exporters is expanding in the markets of countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Jointly with partners in the EAEU, work is being carried out to expand access to the markets of the ‘far arc’ countries by concluding free trade agreements.

The basis of imports comprises products of mechanical engineering, petrochemicals, the food industry and metallurgy.

In 2025, Belarus exported services worth 11.7 billion dollars, which is 16 % more than the 2024 level.