BelCCI to organize expositions in 25 countries in 2025

The Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) is set to organize expositions in 25 countries in 2025, BelCCI Chairman Mikhail Myatlikov said in an interview to the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.

“In 2024 we held 24 expositions in 18 countries. In 2025 we plan more than 40 events in 25 countries,” Mikhail Myatlikov said.

Belarusian companies will be invited to participate in eight international exhibitions in Africa, and also in exhibitions in the Persian Gulf region. Business delegations are also set pay visits to the states of Southeast Asia. “We are mulling over visits to Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan among others,” Mikhail Myatlikov added.

An important event, the international industrial exhibition Innoprom, will be held at the Minsk International Exhibition Center BelExpo. “Partners from the Russian Federation paid a visit and gave a high assessment of our exhibition center,” Mikhail Myatlikov said. “According to our colleagues, they have not seen anything better in recent years. The organizers promise that there will be a large business program and business delegations from dozens of countries are expected to attend the event.”

Speaking about the results of 2024, Mikhail Myatlikov praised cooperation with Russian regions. Representatives of business circles from Kamchatka Krai visited Belarus to get familiar with the country’s export potential. First of all, the Russian delegation was interested in engineering products and foodstuffs. Close cooperation has been established with Bashkortostan, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and others.

According to Mikhail Myatlikov, cooperation with China is actively developing as well. “The mutual trade was $5.5 billion in 2022, more than $7 billion in 2023, and more than $5.5 billion in January-October 2024,” the BelCCI chairman said. “Today Belarus has air service not only with Beijing. Belavia has recently launched flights to Urumqi.”

The main commodity items which increase the mutual trade are food products (meat and dairy foods), products of the the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom.”

In 2024, a business forum was held as part of the visit of the head of state to Pakistan, and also a number of events were with European partners. A meeting of the Austrian-Belarusian Business Council was also held in Austria, and a delegation of Serbian business representatives visited Minsk.