BELARUS

HS Code	Description	Global Imports	Imports from India	India's %age share as supplier	Intra-CIS Imports	%Age Share of CIS Countries as Suppliers to Belarus	Top 5 Suppliers	%age share
27	Mineral Fuels, Oils Etc.	3034.73	-	-	2951.58	97.26	Russia	97.24
							Lithuania	2.25
							Germany	0.16
							Belgium	0.09
							Sweden	0.03
84	Machinery	1202.69	0.833	0.07	526.32	43.76	Russia	39.75
							Germany	20.64
							Italy	9.20
							Ukraine	3.93
							Poland	3.91
85	Electrical Machinery	729.89	0.996	0.14	420.34	57.59	Russia	55.47
							Germany	10.3
							Sweden	6.04
							Poland	5.05
							Italy	2.19
72	Iron And Steel	723.28	0.001	0.00	698.76	96.61	Russia	86.23
							Ukraine	10.16
							Germany	1.11
							Italy	0.63
							Poland	0.25
87	Vehicles, Other Than Railway Or Tramway	586.73	0.093	0.02	173.41	29.56	Areas, nes	37.59
							Russia	28.39
							Germany	17.03
							Sweden	4.47
							Netherlands	2.51
39	Plastics And Articles Thereof	450.98	0.132	0.03	270.909	60.07	Russia	57.76
							Germany	16.3
							Poland	3.94
							Ukraine	2.28
							Italy	1.82
73	Articles Of Iron Or Steel	314.75	0.108	0.03	261.394	83.05	Russia	72.63
							Ukraine	10.35
							Germany	4.12
							Poland	2.92
							Italy	2.33
48	Paper And Paperboard	214.76	0.001	0.00	158.377	73.75	Russia	69.84
							Poland	7.30
							Switzerland	4.1
							Ukraine	3.90
							Germany	3.63
29	Organic Chemicals	205.11	7.002	3.41	135.824	66.22	Russia	54.22
							Ukraine	11.83
							Belgium	5.06
							China	4.89
							Germany	4.60
90	Opt, Photo, Cinematographic, Med/Surgical Instr.; Parts	195.47	0.09	0.05	74.08	37.90	Russia	36.31
							Germany	20.11
							USA	9.48
							Japan	6.62
							Italy	4.10
30	Pharmaceutical Products	188.22	12.028	6.39	54.831	29.13	Russia	22.56
							Germany	12.72
							France	6.48
							India	6.39
							Ukraine	5.95
99	Special Import Reporting Provisions, Nesoi	159.14	0	0.00	70.105	44.05	Russia	42.55
							Areas, nes	24.91
							USA	17.96
							Germany	5.31
							Canada	1.72
76	Aluminum And Articles Thereof	147.50	-	-	111.998	75.93	Russia	73.91
							Germany	11.81
							Poland	3.46
							Slovenia	2.24
							Italy	2.02
40	Rubber And Articles Thereof	140.85	0.29	0.21	104.27	74.03	Russia	71.23
							Germany	5.05
							Viet Nam	4.45
							Ukraine	2.51
							Poland	1.90
38	Miscellaneous Chemical Products	129.59	0.02	0.02	36.708	28.33	Russia	26.48
							Germany	17.77
							France	13.16
							Belgium	8.81
							Netherlands	4.02
17	Sugars And Sugar Confectionery	128.047	0.09	0.07	20.049	15.66	Brazil	49.18
							Cuba	13.70
							Russia	10.72
							South Africa	7.53
							Colombia	6.38
15	Animal/Veg. Fats And Oils Fats Or Waxes	121.556	0.243	0.20	105.909	87.13	Russia	75.8
							Ukraine	10.39
							Germany	6.45
							Poland	1.44
							Netherlands	1.23
32	Tanning, Due, Paint, Putty	118.319	0.11	0.09	54.997	46.48	Russia	42.88
							Germany	13.23
							Italy	8.04
							Poland	4.89
							Lithuania	3.72
24	Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes	115.309	1.553	1.35	85.594	74.23	Russia	71.43
							Germany	8.43
							China	2.13
							United Kingdom	1.51
							India	1.34
19	Preparations Of Cereals, Flour, Starch Or Milk; Bakers' Wares	105.467	-	-	102.751	97.42	Russia	96.7
							Ukraine	0.53
							Slovenia	0.47
							Lithuania	0.36
							Poland	0.33

HS Code	Description	Global Exports	Exports to India	India's %age share in Belarus total exports of the Product Group
31	Fertilizers	643.48	27.06	4.21
54	Mmade Filaments/Yarns And Fabrics	142.50	1.66	1.16
28	Inorganic Chemical	23.07	1.33	5.77
55	M-Made Staple Fibers, Yarns/Fabrics	170.29	1.12	0.66
41	Raw Hides And Skins	68.42	0.85	1.24
85	Electrical Machinery	370.00	0.54	0.15
70	Glass And Glassware	127.27	0.32	0.25
90	Opt, Photo, Med/Surgical Instr.; Parts	150.60	0.16	0.10
30	Pharmaceutical Products	55.88	0.14	0.26
84	Machinery	790.88	0.05	0.01
49	Printed Books, Newspapers, Manuscripts	21.44	0.03	0.14
29	Organic Chemicals	112.44	0.02	0.01
38	Miscellaneous Chemical Products	20.41	0.003	0.01
37	Photographic/Cinematographic Goods	0.13	0.002	1.19

HS Code	Commodity	India's Global Exports	India's Exports to Belarus	Belarus's %age share in India's Exports of the item	Rank in Top 20 of Global Imports of Belarus
30	Pharmaceutical Products	1,400.78	1.91	0.14	11
29	Organic Chemicals	2,105.56	1.84	0.09	9
84	Machinery	1,718.67	0.67	0.04	2
85	Electrical Machinery And Equip.	1,455.33	0.49	0.03	3
24	Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.	212.46	0.45	0.21	19
40	Rubber And Articles Thereof.	528.18	0.13	0.02	14
87	Vehicles O/T Railway Or Tramway	1,122.54	0.12	0.01	5
39	Plastic And Articles Thereof.	1,002.08	0.08	0.01	6
9	Coffee, Tea, Mate And Spices.	687.55	0.07	0.01	-
48	Paper/Paperboard	251.08	0.04	0.02	8
13	Lac; Gums, Resins.	237.38	0.03	0.01	-
50	Silk	272.25	0.02	0.01	-
82	Tools Implements, Cutlery Of Base Metal	233.51	0.02	0.01	-
19	Preparations Of Cereals, Flour, Starch Or Milk	60.68	0.01	0.02	20
28	Inorganic Chemicals	402.15	0.01	0.002
33	Essential Oils And Resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic	233.05	0.01	0.004	-
73	Articles Of Iron Or Steel	1,158.14	0.01	0.001	7
99	Miscellaneous Goods.	1,190.71	0.01	0.001	12


City / Location	Event Name	Date
MinskExpo	WATER & HEAT	20.04 - 23.04 2004
	Technologies, Equipment and Materials for Water production, Treatment, Supply, Disposal and Effluent Treatment. Heat Engineering, Systems of Additional Heating
MinskExpo	WORLD OF GLASS	27.04 - 30.04 2004
	Glass in Buildings. See-through Structures for Walls, Partitions, Facades, Roofs, Canopies, Awnings, Galleries, Green Houses, etc.
MinskExpo	WINDOWS, DOORS & ROOFS	27.04 - 30.04 2004
	Windows, Doors and other Products of Wood, PVC and Aluminum
MinskExpo	COTTAGE, INTERIOR & FURNITURE	27.04 - 30.04 2004
	Architectural Solutions of Cottages and other Buildings. Heating and Air Conditioning Systems. Furniture for Flats and Country Houses. Decorative interior elements.
MinskExpo	AUTOSHOW MINSK	27.04 - 30.04 2004
	Belarusian International Automotive Exhibition
MinskExpo	BEERS MINSK	13.04 - 16.04 2004
	Technologies and Equipment for Manufacturing Beer. Pale, Dark, Wheat and Soft Beer. International Tasting
MinskExpo	COMBIT	11.05 - 14.05 2004
	Printing. Publishing. Advertising
MinskExpo	BELPROMEXPO	18.05 - 21.05 2004
	Technologies, Equipment, Instruments and Tools for the Industry. Technical and Fire safety. Labor Protection
MinskExpo	ENERGY & RESOURCE-SAVING	18.05 - 21.05 2004
	Energy sources, Consumption Meters and Regulators, Energy-Saving Technologies and Equipment
MinskExpo	WELDING AND CUTTING	18.05 - 21.05 2004
	Equipment, Materials, Technologies for Welding Processes. Facilities for Nondestructive Testing
MinskExpo	CHEMISTRY. OIL & GAS	25.05 - 28.05 2004
	Technologies, Equip., Raw Materials and Products for Chemical Industry. Production, Primary Treatment, Transportation and Storage of Oil, Petroleum Products and Gas
MinskExpo	BELAGRO	08.06 - 11.06 2004
	Equipment and Technologies for Agricultural Products Processing
MinskExpo	BUDPRAGRES	07.09 - 10.09 2004
	Labor Mechanization in Construction, Equipment for Dwellings and Building Materials, Cottages, Public Services
MinskExpo	MEDICINE	20.09 - 23.09 2004
	Treatment and Diagnostic Equipment, Medicines, Stomatological Equipment, Diet Products, Medicine Herbs
MinskExpo	FOREST AND FOREST PRODUCTS	28.09 - 01.10 2004
	Forest and Forest Products
MinskExpo	WOODWORKING	28.09 - 01.10 2004
	Equipment and Technologies for Furniture Making and Woodworking Production
MinskExpo	WORLD OF PACKING	28.09 - 01.10 2004
	Technologies, Equipment and Materials for Packing. Labels. Product Coding
MinskExpo	AUTOBELSERVICE	05.10 - 08.10 2004
	Automobiles, Auto Service, Spare Parts, Auto Cosmetics
MinskExpo	TOURBUSINESS	24.11 - 27.11 2004
	International Exhibition for Tourism
MinskExpo	STROYMARKET	26.10 - 29.10 2004
	Building and Finishing Materials. Heating and air-conditioning Systems. Tools. Sanitary Fittings
MinskExpo	BELPRODUCT	30.11 - 03.12 2004
	Food-stuffs, Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Beverages, Equipment for Restaurants, Stores, Bars and Hotels
MinskExpo	PACKAGING AND LABEL	30.11 - 03.12 2004
	Packaging and Label
MinskExpo	INTERSTYLE - INTERMODA	08.12 - 11.12 2004
	Perfumery. Cosmetics. Hairdresser's Equipment and Accessories. Salons. Open Competition of Belarus on Hairdresser's Art
MinskExpo	BELLEGMASH	Feb. 2005
	Equipment and Machines for Textile Industry, Machines for Production of Footwear, Textile Products, Footwear, Clothing
Belexpo	BELARUSMEDICA / BELARUSDENT	Feb. 2005
	International Healthcare Exhibition : Medical Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Laboratory Equipment, Optics, Dental Medicine, Medical Equipment, etc.
MinskExpo	FOOTWEAR. CLOTHES. TEXTILE	Feb. 2005
	Footwear, Clothes, Textile. Fabrics, Yarn, Accessories
MinskExpo	LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING	Feb. 2005
	Equipment for Laundry and Dry Cleaning
MinskExpo	EVERYTHING FOR SEAWING INDUSTRY	Feb. 2005
	Everything for Sewing Industry
MinskExpo	AUTOMATION. ELECTRONICS. ELECTRO.	Mar-05
	Systems of Automatic Control. Instrumentation. Computer Engineering and Information Technologies. Electronics. Components, Technologies, Materials, Equipment
MinskExpo	EXPOBUILDING	Mar-05
	Building Materials, Equipment, Technologies, Tools, Products
MinskExpo	METALLWORKING	Mar-05
	Metal cutting Machines, Metalworking Centres, Control and Measuring Equipment, tools and instruments
MinskExpo	POWDER METALLURGY	Mar-05
	Materials, Technologies and Equipment from Powder Metallurgy

Mr. Tara Singh, Ambassador
Embassy of India, 71,Posalkovaqya Street 1, Minsk
Tel: 00-375-17/2629970/6293999/7739 Fax: 00-375-17-2629799
E-Mail: ambsdr@indenb.minsk.by

Mr. Andrei M. Chernetsky, Charge d' Affaires
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus, 163, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-3
Tel: +91-11-24694518 Fax: +91-11-24697029
E-mail : india@belembassy.org

Population	9.9 million
Per Capita Income	1360 USD
GDP	14.3 billion USD
GDP %age Growth	4.70%

Year	1 998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003
EXPORTS
India's Total Export	33,218.72	36,822.49	44,560.29	43,826.73	52,719.43
Exports to Belarus	1.61	2.36	4.05	2.15	5.91
%Growth		46.05	71.93	-46.94	174.85
%Growth in India's Exports		10.85	21.01	-1.65	20.29
%Share in total exports	0	0.01	0.01	0	0.01
IMPORTS
India's Total Import	42,388.71	49,738.06	50,536.46	51,413.29	61,412.13
Imports from Belarus	0.32	1.54	2.09	4.95	7.1
%Growth		381.53	35.45	137.07	43.32
%Growth in India's Imports		17.34	1.61	1.74	19.45
%Share in total imports	0	0	0	0.01	0.01
INDIA'S TRADE BALANCE
with Belarus	1.29	0.81	1.96	-2.8	-1.19
with World	-9,169.99	-12,915.57	-5,976.16	-7,586.56	-8,692.70

YEAR	GLOBAL IMPORTS	IMPORTS FROM INDIA	INDIA'S %AGE SHARE IN TOTAL IMPORTS OF BELARUS
1998	8,549.28	22.11	0.26
1999	6,673.73	17.44	0.26
2000	8,492.41	22.01	0.26
2001	8,286.36	13.75	0.17
2002	9,092.32	20.72	0.23
2003	11,504.91	28.55	0.25

http://president.gov.by/
Minstat/en/main.html	Official statistical database of Belarus. The web site provides main socio-economic statistical data. The site provides links to the web sites of the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
http://www.cci.by/	This resource provides a list of trade events to take place in the country, legal services, foreign trade services and exhibitions.