this plantation contains about 6,000 spruce trees, ranging in age from 5 to 10 years. we harvest spruce directly on new year's plantations, somewhere from december 20 to december 31, every year they are cut down here every day, loaded into transport and delivered to christmas tree markets in molodechno throughout the minsk region. the plantations are monitored around the clock using cameras, photos and video recording. those who... cut down the new year's tree themselves will face a fine. next, economic news, we are on the air at 9:00, see you, the conditions for financial support. tion

projects will become more attractive. minsk continues to expand its flight map to russia, a new region will appear on the schedule, and industrial production volumes are declining in the eurozone. we'll tell you about this and more in the next few minutes. you are watching economic news in alain lopo's studio, hello. the level of self-sufficiency of belarus in the main food groups today exceeds 100%. a study by the ministry of economy showed that since 1993, production, for example, of grain has increased by... 20%, milk by a third, and meat by 5%. labor productivity of the military-industrial complex increased more than 19 times. among the countries of the eurasian five, the level of self-sufficiency in all products is the highest - 96%. in the global food safety ranking for 2022, belarus is in fifty-fifth place. the belarusian fund for financial support of entrepreneurs provided about 8 million rubles to small businesses. as loans and leasing. for comparison, last year the amount

was 5.7 million rubles. next year there are plans to increase it to 15 million. this year, the business is demonstrating activity in joining chains with large manufacturers. 170 enterprises have come to the conclusion of such contracts. experts note that the conditions for supporting cooperation projects will become more attractive. the amount of transactions of chelyabensk companies on the belarusian universal commodity exchange has almost tripled over 11 months. the structure of the transaction was dominated mainly by imports from the russian region. the parties discussed strengthening relations during a round table. since the beginning of the year, 154 new entities from chelyabinsk have been attracted to the butb auction. the development of e- commerce is one of the key areas trade and economic cooperation. speaking generally about the participation of russian companies in exchange trading, over 11 months the amount of transactions on industrial consumer goods platforms was 22.5 million. an increase

compared to last year by almost 40%. the russian ruble has risen in price, the dollar and the chinese yuan have fallen in price, these are the results of recent trading on the currency and stock exchange. so, the following rates have been established: the american currency is fixed at 3 rubles 17 kopecks. euro 3.41. for 10 yuan they give 4 rubles 40 kopecks. and for 100 russian rubles 3.52 belarusian a direct flight will again connect minsk and mineralny. water was reported by the russian carrier. the first flight will take place on january 13. during the autumn-winter period, the plane will operate weekly on saturdays, according to the schedule. travel time is 4 hours. the average ticket price from minsk to mineralnye vody is 150 rubles. the flight back will cost less than 96 rubles. the opening of the flight will help increase the mutual flow of tourists, as well as intensify direct contacts between the sanatoriums of the two countries. and finally, about some world events. v

in the eurozone, industrial production decreased, the figure significantly exceeded analysts' forecasts: in october - 0.7% compared to the previous month, eurostat reported. according to the service, in 27 eu countries the figure for the year decreased by 5.5%. the largest decrease was recorded in ireland, 7%. also in malta in the netherlands. the maximum growth was shown by greece (plus 6%), as well as portugal and the czech republic. argentina announced a sharp devaluation of the peso by half. it is noted that thanks to this measure, the official pessa rate in the country will become closer to the market. these are the radical economic policies being promoted by the newly elected president. in addition, the cabinet of ministers of argentina intends to reduce the number of ministries in order to reduce the cost of maintaining the government. their number will be halved . energy transport subsidies will also be reduced, and a number of them will be frozen to reduce budget expenditures.

infrastructure projects. the shock therapy was supported by the imf, to which argentina owes $45 billion. according to the fund, this could stabilize the economy and lay the foundation for sustainable growth. this was the economic news, have a nice day and see you later. the morning broadcast on tv channels belarus-1 and belarus 24 continues. i'm yuri shevchuk. hello. escort is not about us. a gomel resident was detained for organizing intimate services. capital operatives in the field of morals, together with colleagues from petrikov and with the forceful support of the gomel riot police, detained a twenty-five-year-old young man.