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2012.03.19 | ALL NEWS

NEWS OF WEEK

● Belarus reports $315.3m foreign trade surplus in Jan 2012 

● EU stays open to negotiations on Belarus’ WTO accession 

● Belarus’ GDP up 3% on year in Jan-Feb 2012 

● Belarus posts 1.5% inflation for Feb, 3.5% - Jan-Feb 

● Belarus eager to pay off old debt with IMF’s $3.5bln loan 

● Belarus’ IMF SDDS foreign exchange reserves up 1.5% in Jan-Feb 2012 to $8.035 bln 

METAL PRODUCTION

● Russia’s Severstal unit to invest 4.7 bln rbl in devt in 2012 

● Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant RAS net loss narrows 62% in 2011 

● Russia’s Mechel suspends Romanian steel foundry due to accident 

● Russia’s UNISTO Petrostal to build 10 bln rbl housing complex 

● Russia’s MMK to increase output of metal products 8% in 2012 

FOREST AND WOODWORKING

● Russia’s Arkhangelsk pulp mill to spend 5 bln rbl on upgrade by ‘14 

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

● Exec: Russia’s Cherkizovo to increase capex 41% in 2012 

● Watchdog seeks diplomatic approval on Georgian mineral water 

● Russia’s grain exports reach 21.2 mln tns through March 1 

● New outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Russia’s Far East 

● Ministry: Grain sales from state fund may start by April 

● Russian ministry to price 2012 intervention grain purchase soon 

● Belarus raises white sugar prices 7.1% 

● Belaruskali to sustain fertilizer transshipment via Klaipeda at 6 million tonnes 

● Belarus seeking new markets for food exports 

● Belarus bans farm imports from Kyrgyzstan, Karelia, Spain’s Maestro de Oliva olives 

● Import ban: Belarus invites Ukrainian vets to visit dairy factories Mar 12-15 

● Belarus chooses designer for state-funded construction projects 

● Belarus’ police investigating business miracles in dairy production 

● Belarus’ farmers caught in illegal fertilizer scheme 

● Belarus’ household consumer spending up 53.4%/yr 2011 to Br2.029 mln 

● Heineken group breweries dominate Belarus’ inland market in Jan-Feb 2012 

● Belarus’ Krinitsa brewery reports January-February beer output up 43.3%/yr to 1.95 million decaliters 

● Belarus okays government contracts for farm products 

● Belarus’ beer output up 28.2%/yr in Jan-Feb to 6.343 mln decaliters