this is largely due to the rapid increase in real incomes of the population. wholesale trade is stimulated by industrial activity. in 2023, the maximum production of mining dump trucks, buses, trucks and cars, cement and a number of household appliances over the past 5 years has been achieved. the great stone industrial park has gained one more resident. the belarusian company plans to establish production, as well as design and installation of server equipment for data storage systems for the needs of government and commercial organizations. it is noted that the products are intended only for the domestic market. let me remind you that last year a record number of residents were registered in the park. now there are 120 of them from 15 countries. new lots, growth in exports, the number of customer transactions, the belarusian universal commodity exchange summed up the results of its work last year. so, 2,500 new belarusian foreign companies were involved in exchange trading. as a result, on site today. export

transactions increased by 41% compared to 2022 and the total amount exceeded a billion rubles. the platform for industrial consumer goods, on the basis of which the import substitution service operates, has fully reached the international level; in addition to russian companies, transactions were concluded by residents of moldova, poland, tajikistan, turkey, uzbekistan and switzerland. complete trading on the currency and stock exchange.

where a record number of cars were sold, almost 30 million. experts say the main driver of this demand is impressive discounts from manufacturers and dealers. almost half as many cars were sold compared to china in the usa, but the states remain in second place. the car market in eastern europe grew by more than a quarter. the recovery in demand in the region is being helped by improved supplies. greece is introducing a climate tax for tourists; it will begin to be collected this year. this will replace the existing hotel fees and will apply during the high season, that is, from march to october. on average, tariffs will increase three times. the highest fee is set for five-star hotels - 10 euros per day. the new tax has been called a sustainability price for the climate crisis. authorities they hope this will be a good financial cushion during natural disasters. at the same time, the current tourist tax will remain, which ranges from half a euro to 4 euros per day. this was

the economic news, have a productive day and a good weekend, see you later! morning broadcast on tv channels belarus one and belarus. 24 continues the program zone x, i’m yuri shevchuk, hello. a resident of zhlobin poured gasoline and set his young wife on fire because she had been on the phone all evening. the fairly tipsy husband imagined that his beloved is conducting romantic correspondence with another. doctors reported the incident to the police after a nineteen-year-old girl was taken to hospital with burns. the detectives found out that the day before the victim and her twenty-year-old husband had a get-together. yika

did not let go of the phone, noticing this, the head of the family went into the barn, when he returned, there was a container with fuel in his hands, the jealous man struck a match and threw it towards his wife, when her clothes caught fire, the guy was seriously scared, put out the fire called an ambulance help, the police in his own defense, the detainee added, he could not imagine that everything would turn out this way, nevertheless, he would have to answer for his action according to the law, he was classified as a threat. murder. the release of a review of criminal and emergency incidents will continue. following the instructions of the scammers, the menchan woman lost 80,000 rubles. they called me and introduced themselves as an employee from this connection. they further explained that unknown people had used my passport details and were trying to arrange an installment plan for me. the swindler said that in order to save money, you need to transfer them to a secure account. a bank employee will tell you how to do this. as it

turned out, it was also a telephone scammer. the woman followed all the instructions and transferred over 80,000 rubles to the scammers. a criminal case has been opened for fraud. we remind you, employees. law enforcement officers do not call banks via messenger and do not ask for a loan or assistance in catching criminals. according to a similar scheme, a pensioner from minsk lost 60,000 rubles. they called me and said that someone had opened an account for a large sum and that it was against me a criminal case has been opened. unidentified people over the phone began accusing a resident of the capital of aiding and abetting a fraudster. the man admitted that he keeps money at home, but it’s not his. stolen, and personal savings, making excuses, fell into the trap of swindlers. the interlocutor threatened that the pensioner would be recognized as an accomplice of the swindlers, and his apartment would be searched to find the stolen cash. the men asked how much money he kept at his place of residence, if he didn’t put it away.