Business peciliarities in Ukraine and Bealrus
Thus, more than a half of
Belarusians are employed by state-controlled companies, while others are employed mainly
by private Belarusian companies, and less than 2% of Belarusians are employed by foreign
companies.
Export / Import
Belarusian economy is dominated by services as well as industrial production. The majority
of Belarus trade is dominated by products such as tractors, trucks, motorcycles, televisions,
metal-cutting machine tools, earthmovers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators and
synthetic fibers.
In its imports and exports, Belarus depends on Russia, which is its major trade partner.
Russia accounts for 45% of Belarusian foreign trade turnover, followed by the European
Union, the second largest trade partner of Belarus.
At the end of 2011, Russia accounted for 34% of the exports and 54.5% of the imports of
Belarus, while the European Union accounted for 39% and 19%, respectively. Statistics show