Guangdong Province expresses its readiness to assist in the sale of
agricultural products produced in the Minsk region on the Chinese
market, BelTA learned from the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.
A delegation of the Minsk region headed by the chairman of the
regional executive committee Semyon Shapiro visited the Guangdong
province. Speech about the readiness of the Chinese province to promote
the sale of agricultural products produced in the Minsk region was held
at the meeting of Semen Shapiro and his colleague of Guangdong Governor
Ma Singju. The Chinese side also expressed an interest in entering the
Industrial Park "Great Stone" of the Association of Lighting Equipment,
asking for assistance in creating the necessary conditions for this. To
develop bilateral ties and implement mutually beneficial projects,
Semyon Shapiro invited Ma Singruya to visit the Minsk region on a return
visit in the near future.
In Guangdong, a number of meetings and negotiations took place
between the heads of enterprises of the Minsk region and representatives
of business circles of China. A promising area of cooperation with
Chinese partners is to expand the supply of meat products. So,
applications for its certification have already been submitted to OAO
Dzerzhinsky Agrocombin, Veles-Meat Ltd. Smolevichi Broiler has begun
export deliveries to the Hong Kong market of poultry and edible offal
products in autumn 2016. A potential source of expansion of cooperation
is supplies to China food products enterprises holding "Myasomolprom."
All milk processing enterprises of the holding received permission to
supply dairy products, including butter, cheese, dried milk whey,
skimmed milk powder, milk steri A topical issue is the search for ways
to increase the competitiveness of these products according to the price
factor in the Chinese market.
The Minsk region is constantly expanding contacts with the
regions of China. With Guangdong Province, which is one of the leaders
in China in terms of growth in gross domestic product, cooperation is
developing dynamically. In 2016 a number of mutual visits were held. For
example, in October 2016 a trade, economic and tourist conference of
the province and the Minsk region was held in Minsk. Negotiations
between the enterprises of the two countries were held with the aim of
establishing direct business contacts.
At the end of March, the Minsk region concluded an agreement on
establishing twin-city relations with the Chinese Chongqing pride. To
increase the export of products to the Chinese market, the Minsk Oblast
Executive Committee regularly sends commercial offers to enterprises in
the embassy of Belarus in the PRC and in the partner regions of the
Moscow region. In 2016, the trade between the Minsk region and China in
monetary terms amounted to $ 832.3 million. Exports of goods from the
Minsk region almost reached the level of $ 295 million, with the largest
share of it accounted for potash fertilizers ($ 291 million). Among the
main export items are fiber linen, leather from animal skins.
Written by belta.by
