60% share of imports, we need to balance this, this is what maxim leonidovich spoke about, plus thishe development of direct scientific personnel potential, because we compete in foreign markets with manufacturers, and accordingly we need to move forward, this science is high technology. today , for example, in revenue, every fifth ruble received is an innovative product, in exports, every third dollar received, or every third ruble received, is high-tech or knowledge-intensive products, and these are products with a high share of added value, and andrei mikhailovich, tell us, you, as a well-known macroeconomist, a person who has scientific work, deals with this in your direct activity, what is the connection? exports with macroeconomic indicators, well, inna viktorovna spoke about the degree of openness, and so the degree of openness of the economy characterizes the relationship with the external sector, and in this we are the absolute leaders among the former cis countries, so if we talk about the total foreign trade turnover, then our foreign trade turnover is 1.3 times greater th

leonidovich, yes, with whom we worked together at the ministry of finance, this was the case, which we understand. yes, next year, if there are several numbers, 42% budget expenditures, this is about 12.5% ​​of gdp, these are social expenditures, and here it must be said that it is important that we do not just scale these figures, yes, there are parameters, there are growth rates of wages, real incomes of the population, they are certainly that means they are maintained, and as you know, such an example, it has been known for a long time, but nevertheless, even in covid, even in covid, yes. those people who were on the front line, which means that the salary level that was included in the five-year plan for doctors was achieved in literally 2 years, which means that we thought what we would do for 5 years, we maintain this level today, but i think that the advantage is not yet that we , roughly speaking, can withstand this and that means we don’t take steps, life is multifaceted, the question is about the need to further update ambulances and school buses. won't be the same. so, th

leonidovich, well, if you look wider, higher, here in the conditions those... global challenges, yesthreats that surround our country from the outside, these are the negative factors you see that would have an impact on our exports, and if we talk about strategic priorities, these are the strategic priorities that should be or are being laid in the progressive foreign trade policy of our country, the most important thing is probably that export has always been a priority of economic policy throughout our sovereign history, socio-economic development programs were built precisely on giving additional impulses for the development of exports, the entire state system , all public administration was built on helping enterprises export their products, and we honestly integrated into the global economy, set ourselves the task of diversifying exports, and therefore entering the european union market, there was even such a formula , when we expected to send 30% of all exported goods to eu countries, 30% to partner countries, today’s main ones are... the cis, well, this mostly applies, of cour

belarus would not allow us quickly turn around and move forward, but the economy of belarus and what maximd now, that at each level a decision was made, at each level a mechanism, or an instrument, was developed. we have worked quite a lot , a truly multipolar world is being formed, and it is the bloc where one of the leading roles is played by our primary ally the russian federation that is being strengthened, that is, this is such a sign of support for our geopolitical field, the field of our allies that have been formed here and... look this evening after the panorama, multi-kilometer queues formed on the western borders of belarus, people record videos and share their impressions on social networks, if belarusian border guards and customs officers work professionally and do not detain people, then the same cannot be said about the actions of the polish side, which does this intentionally. queues for cars at the polish border. stretch for more than 13 km, people stay there for days, and there are no dry toilets, no water, among those waiting are children and pregnant women women, the qu

leonidovich spoke about, plus this is also the development of direct scientific personnel potential,se we compete in foreign markets with manufacturers, and accordingly we need to move forward, this is science, this is high-tech, and today , for example, in revenue, every fifth ruble received is... innovative products, in exports, every third dollar received, or every third ruble received is a high-tech or knowledge-intensive product, and these are products with a high share of added value, and andrei mikhailovich, tell us, you, as a well-known macroeconomist, a person who has scientific work , are involved in this, your direct activities, what is the connection between exports and macroeconomic indicators ? well, inna viktorovna spoke about the degree of openness, and so the degree of openness of the economy precisely characterizes the relationship with the external sector, and so in this we are the absolute leaders among countries of the cis, the former, uh, so if we talk about general foreign trade turnover, then we have more, 1.3 times, foreign trade turnover exceeds the entire g

leonidovich spoke about, that it is necessary to ensure a high level of control, please tell me, isystem, tax administration system ready for these measures ? first, as has already been indicated for individuals and organizations, this will affect... a small number of business entities, for example, an increased income tax rate, it will affect according to ours, according to based on the calculation of about 200 organizations out of 60,000 income tax payers, organizations that we have today. let me remind our viewers that we are talking about the fact that if during the tax period the taxable base for paying income tax exceeds 25 million rubles, then the increased tax rate comes into force. on profit 25, yes, 25%, yes, as for tax administration, today in the information systems of the service, yeah, such a volume of information and data is processed and analyzed that this allows us today exercise not only effective control over the payment of taxes, but we are already moving to the next level, today the tax service is ready to help payers, everyone... this includes individuals and o

leonidovich, well, let’s return to progressive taxation, in fact, if... the changes are supported, yesill appear in our fiscal system, you talked about this and said that this is most likely just the first step, but tell me please, if there are prerequisites for this in our belarusian society, are we ready and what consequences, that is, can occur as a result of this measure, because negative consequences are also possible, negative, i mean attempts... business, to evade taxation , change the residence of our taxpayers, large ones, so as not to pay these increased taxes, what do you think? today the tax system is an objective reality, mainly formed by indirect taxes, vat, and vat, excise taxes, then there are taxes on consumption, our population , if we take the average household, consumes about 70%, the rest goes to savings, this 70% is one way or another the purchase of goods, food, non-food, the purchase of services, in these services, goods , a fairly large share of taxes, and the opposite effect occurs with a significant share of indirect taxes in the system, it is easier to colle