On August 21, Minsk region / Tatyana Polezhay - BELTA /. Belarus will reach $5 billion in agricultural exports by the end of 2012. This was reported today to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during his working trip to the Minsk region by Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy, BELTA correspondent reports. The head of state emphasized that Mikhail Rusy is responsible for the fulfillment of this task. "Governors will walk the fields, ministers are responsible for the methodology. And you must focus on controlling these processes and trade, where we still have many problems. We know how to produce, preserve, but we haven't learned to sell yet," the President said. As noted, Belarus is expanding its supply geography, particularly in livestock products. Thus, the first large supplies are directed to China, Japan, and Vietnam. That is, Belarus is gradually entering those markets where New Zealand traditionally operated. In addition, there is an increasing focus on supplying finished products. In this regard, Belarus is entering into sales of products to trading companies, bypassing intermediaries. "We expect to reach $5 billion in export sales of agricultural products by the end of this year," Mikhail Rusy noted. -0-

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