1. Perspectives and opportunities in food and agriculture sector in Belarus
Sergei Skvortsov
Commercial counsellor
Embassy of Belarus to Belgium and Luxembourg

2. Agriculture Contributes 7,7% to GDP of Belarus

3. Main Sectors of Agriculture
Breeding - 51,6%
Growing - 48,4%

4. Belarus - Belgium
Cereals
7,2
3,1
(tons, million)
Potato
5,9
3,5
Flax
44,9
67,3
(tons, thousand)
Cattle
4,3
2,5
(million)
Pigs
3,3
6,6
Poultry
45,7
36,7
Milk

5. Belarusian Share in the World
Population
0,2%
Territory
Potato
2,8%
Milk
0,9%
Sugar Beet
0,6%
Meat
0,3%
Source: FAO

6. Share of Food Exports (%)

7. Place in World Exports 3rd in Butter 5th in Milk 6th in Cheeses
7th in Dry Milk
Source: FAO

8. Main Food Products (tons)

10. Main Belarusian Food Exports (US$ million)

11. Belarusian Shrimps

12. English Tee

13. Italian Coffee

14. Belgian Chocolate

15. Agro Production 76,2% - Agricultural organizations (1454 entities)
(18,9% state owned; 2,7% foreign owned; 78,4% private & mixed)
22,1% - Individuals growing and breeding
1,7% - Farmers (2484 entities)

16. Organic Farming
9 farms 600 Ha (2015)  Ha (2030) Law on organic production in 2016

17. Main Problems
Productivity
Crop Capacity
Storage
Processing

18. Productivity / Crop Capacity
Belarus
Belgium
Germany
Crops (100 kg/ha)
30,1
92,1
73,2
Potato (100 kg/ha)
194
461
398
Milk (ton per cow, annually)
4,5
7,5
7,3

19. Processing
1 454 agricultural organizations farmers 807 processing entities

20. Thank you! Contact: be.trade@mfa.gov.by
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