Belarus-China trade at $3.72 billion in 5M 2023

MINSK. June 29 (Interfax) - Mutual trade between Belarus and China reached $3.72 billion in January-May 2023, Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said.

"In January-May 2023, trade between our countries reached $3.72 billion. China has become the second largest trade partner of Belarus, and Belarus is China's important trade partner in the Eurasia region," the Belarusian state-run news agency BelTA quoted the Chinese ambassador as saying.

Belarus and China have seen their trade and economic cooperation stand the difficult test of the Covid-19 pandemic, also being exposed to a number of external negative factors over the past few years, with mutual trade repeatedly reaching all-time highs, demonstrating strong resilience and great potential, he said.

In particular, Belarus-China annual trade was at $5.8 billion at the end of 2022, growing by 33% from the previous year. China's imports from Belarus were up 65.4% year-on-year.