Union programs is the engine of Belarusian and Russian economic integration

Pavel Borodin: Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover will make up 32-35 billion US dollars annually. Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover will make up 32-35 billion US dollars annually, said Union State Secretary Pavel Borodin at press-conference in Vitebsk. Meanwhile, Pavel Borodin reminded, according to the last year results Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover made up 26 and more billion US dollars that is more than the commodity turnover between the states on the whole postsoviet space.

Pavel Borodin: Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover will make up 32-35 billion US dollars annually. Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover will make up 32-35 billion US dollars annually, said Union State Secretary Pavel Borodin at press-conference in Vitebsk. Meanwhile, Pavel Borodin reminded, according to the last year results Belarusian and Russian commodity turnover made up 26 and more billion US dollars that is more than the commodity turnover between the states on the whole postsoviet space.

The tendency to the turnover growth is constantly seen and for the elapsed period of the current year the turnover has increased by 64% in comparison with the same period of the last year.

Its increase is favored by the union programs that are now more than forty, said Pavel Borodin. Owing to them, reminded State Secretary, for the 8 years 5 million working places have been created that is 1, 3 million places for Belarusians and 3, 7 million places for Russians. Among Union programs Pavel Borodin pointed out the importance of such programs as diesel motor industry, agricultural engineering industry and “Cosmos –SG”. Specifying the issue of diesel motor industry Union State Secretary reminded that by now the production of Euro-3 and Euro-4 diesel engine has been organized and the program that will allow manufacturing Euro-5 and Euro-6 diesel engines is being developed. Specifying agriculture engineering industry Union State Secretary pointed out that since last year the appropriate Union program that will allow turning out supercombines as well as high-class tractors and other types of agriculture machinery began to work.