Pavel Borodin: Union State Trade Turnover Grew by 21%

Turnover of the Union State increased by 21% in comparison with 2009. Pavel Borodin Union State Secretary reported on October 19. «Union State trade turnover grew by 21% in 2010. The volume of trade between Belarus and all the CIS countries amounted nearly $ 15 billion in the first half of 2010, with the countries of the Customs Union - 12, 8 billion, with Russia - 12, 5. Thus, the share of Russia's foreign trade of Belarus amounted to almost 50% ", - he said. The secretary also said that trade turnover between Belarus and Russia in 2009 amounted to 23.4 billion dollars; by the end of this year the turnover will be about $ 35 billion. "There are acute issues that would allow us to increase the turnover of 35 billion dollars as we have this year to 350 billion, for example, if we had a common currency", - Pavel Borodin said.

Turnover of the Union State increased by 21% in comparison with 2009. Pavel Borodin Union State Secretary reported on October 19. «Union State trade turnover grew by 21% in 2010. The volume of trade between Belarus and all the CIS countries amounted nearly $ 15 billion in the first half of 2010, with the countries of the Customs Union - 12, 8 billion, with Russia - 12, 5. Thus, the share of Russia's foreign trade of Belarus amounted to almost 50% ", - he said. The secretary also said that trade turnover between Belarus and Russia in 2009 amounted to 23.4 billion dollars; by the end of this year the turnover will be about $ 35 billion. "There are acute issues that would allow us to increase the turnover of 35 billion dollars as we have this year to 350 billion, for example, if we had a common currency", - Pavel Borodin said.