further economic news, we are on the air at 9:00, see you, belarus and zimbabwe have strengthened cooperation in industry, mogilev manufacturer. economic news, in the studio of alena lopo, good morning! belarus' foreign trade turnover grew by almost 9% last year, exceeding $83 billion. the ministry of economy also notes record export figures since 2012. this indicates the effectiveness of the measures taken. on reorienting

commodity flows to friendly markets. last year, sales grew both in the cis countries, here + 4%, so outside the commonwealth, the rate is 106% compared to the 2022 level. in general, belarusian goods are now present in the markets of more than 150 countries. belarus and zimbabwe have strengthened cooperation in industry; the relevant ministries of the two countries have signed a corresponding document. the memorandum is of a general nature and will be filled with specific... points, taking into account the interests of the two countries. the main goal is to raise bilateral relations to a higher level, expand friendly and mutually beneficial ties. plans include activities to develop international specialization and cooperation of production, development of joint projects and programs and attraction of investments. the mogilev elevator manufacturer is increasing production volumes, last year plus 4%. as a result , 13,000 elevators were produced. the lion's share is over 80%. for export, the main sales market

is russian; in addition, there were supplies to kyrgyzstan, kazakhstan and armenia. to promote the company’s products to new markets, a new brand has been developed and produces higher-class elevators with structural improvements and improved cabin design. dollars and the chinese yon have risen in price, the russian ruble has fallen in price, these are the results of trading on the currency and stock exchange. so, the following rates have been established: a dollar costs 3 rubles 20 kopecks, exchange rate.

brought in more than a quarter of the total revenue of belarusian health resorts. and finally, about some world events, the new development bank created by the brix countries issued bonds worth 6 billion yuan, which is about $850 million on the chinese interbank bond market. the net proceeds from the sale of securities will be used as general the bank's corporate resources to finance infrastructure projects in the brix countries. over the years of its operation, the new development bank. approved more than a hundred projects, totaling more than $33 billion. the american delivery service, in fact the world's largest logistics company, has planned to lay off 12,000 employees. managers and contractors will suffer the most from layoffs; the reduction occurs due to a drop in the organization's income. and with the help of such measures, costs could be reduced by about a billion dollars. at this time currently, the number of employees worldwide is approximately half a million. of

the total number of employees. this was the news of the economy, good mood for you and productivity in business. see you. the morning broadcast on tv channels belarus 1 and belarus24 continues with the program “zone x”, i’m yuri shevchuk. hello. a network of fraudulent call centers has been identified in minsk. gubopik employees, together with investigators, with the forceful support of special forces of the ministry of internal affairs , stopped the activities of an international organized group. under the pretext of conducting investment projects were extorted by scammers from the gullible.

didn’t make it, but this time the scammers’ lair was in minsk, and the belarusian law enforcement officers managed to hit not the small couriers, but the center, where the scammers’ managers sit. this is the painstaking work that was done, including with colleagues.