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This statement was made during a meeting between First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko and Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company David Cote in Minsk on March 12.
Belarus needs to respond swiftly to the changes in the world market trends, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting of the Foreign Ministry on March 4.
Budgets of small and medium-sized towns should be increased due to more active infrastructure development, said Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky at a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers to revise the progress in the implementation of the national comprehensive development programme for regions, small and medium-sized urban settlements for 2007-2010 on March 3.
On March 1, the export duty for crude oil was increased from $100.9 to $115.3 per 1 tonne. The Council of Ministers has adopted relevant Resolution No. 247.
Science-intensive products make up 50% of the trade between Belarus and Saint Petersburg, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a session of Belarus - Saint Petersburg Business Cooperation Council.
The common customs tariff of the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan should be prepared by April 1, 2009. The decision was made at Moscow sessions of the EurAsEC Integration Committee and the Customs Union Commission.
The production of substitutes for imported drug substances should be increased in Belarus, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told media while visiting Nesvizh Medications Plant.
Efforts will be taken in Belarus to keep the annual inflation within the designated range. The statement was made by Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky at a session of the Council of Ministers Presidium on February 24.
The implementation of joint energy projects will be the focus of the cooperation between Belarus and Poland, said Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky as he met with Waldemar Pawlak, Vice Premier and Economy Minister of Poland.
Belarus offers Poland to take part in the privatization of Belarusian companies that are on the 2008-2010 list, Vice-Premier of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov said as he met with Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak. The Polish delegation is in Belarus on a visit, BelTA has learnt.