In January-October 2014, Belkoopsoyuz purchased Br1.3 trillion worth of products from the public, which is 12.3% more than in the same period last year, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press secretary of Belkoopsoyuz, Tatyana Lyashkevich.
In January-October 2014, Belkoopsoyuz purchased Br1.3 trillion worth of products from the public, which is 12.3% more than in the same period last year, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press secretary of Belkoopsoyuz, Tatyana Lyashkevich.
According to operational data, over ten months, Belkoopsoyuz purchased Br1.9 trillion worth of products and raw materials, which amounted to 112.8% compared to the same period in 2013. Br1.3 trillion of this amount was paid to the public.
This year, specialists note a good harvest of fruits and berries (101.5 thousand tons purchased), and consumer cooperation organisations have increased their procurement volumes by 10.8%. 26.6 thousand tons of potatoes and 42.3 thousand tons of vegetables were procured, with purchases of these crops also exceeding last year's volumes.
The procured agricultural products are maximally represented in retail outlets across the country. In January-October of the current year, consumer cooperation organisations participated in 3.9 thousand fairs, and over 38 thousand market and trade site visits were organised in regional and district centres, and other settlements. For the storage of agricultural raw materials during the off-season, 141 fruit and vegetable storage facilities with 403 chambers have been prepared, of which 236 are equipped with controlled atmosphere storage systems (capacity of 13.1 thousand tons).
In addition, in January-October, the volumes of secondary raw materials purchased from the public increased: ferrous metal scrap by 18%, non-ferrous metal scrap and cullet by twofold, and secondary polymer raw materials by a quarter.
News of Belarus (BELTA)