the fate of the finalists, who will reach the super final , do not forget to vote, start at 20:45, hockey dynamo minsk after the new year's break will host khabarovsk amur as part of the khl regular championship, the meeting at the minsk arena starts today at 19:30, live broadcast on the belarus 5 tv channel let me remind you that at the moment dmitry kvartalny’s team is in eighth place in the western conference with 42 points, tigers. occupy ninth place in the east with a total of 46 points. further on our morning broadcast, we will tell you about economic news and developments in 9:00 successful day.

comfortable conditions for the payer, a unified property tax has been introduced, a loan with an interest rate of 4% is available to belarusians, we will tell you how the minsk national airport served 2.5 million passengers in 2023. you are watching economic news with you, i am olga kalairova, good morning. maintain positions in traditional markets, expand presence and gain a foothold in promising ones, as well as ensure the utilization of production capacities of enterprises and increase sales volumes. approved the strategy for development and improvement of work industry distribution network for 2024-2025 . last year, the positive dynamics of mutually beneficial cooperation with foreign countries was maintained; the ministry of industry’s exports will reach an estimated $6.5 billion and exceed the maximum level in a decade by more than 7%. the main task of the ministry of industry in the next period will be the formation of a progressive product group that meets international standards. networks. coal purchases through butb

increased by 15% compared to 2022. last year, almost 700,000 were sold through the exchange tons the main buyers are enterprises in the cement, metallurgical and sugar industries. moreover, cement factories accounted for about 80% of sales. suppliers are mainly russian companies. last year , coal industry enterprises from the kaliningrad, kemerovo, rostov and chelyabinsk regions regularly participated in exchange trading. region, also from the republic of khakassia, in terms of transaction volume, kemerovo companies took first place. comfortable conditions for payers, introduced in belarus from the beginning of the year a single property tax is not a new tax, but a simplified way of paying land and transport taxes on real estate, in a single payment to one budget account at the individual’s registration address, previously paid separately for each tax for each property. the ministry of taxes and taxes noted that from

january 1 it is impossible to pay property taxes using the details specified in the notices handed in in previous years. more detailed information can be found on the ministry's website. belarusbank launches new loan for consumer needs with a rate of 4%. it will be issued for 3 years, and the rate will be fixed for the entire loan term. belarusians can use this service to purchase goods from domestic producers. from furniture, refrigerators and ceramic tiles it happened. the maximum loan amount depends on the applicant’s solvency, but cannot exceed 300 basic units; the loan itself is issued by non-cash transfer to the sellers’ account. minsk national airport has calculated passenger traffic for the past year. airport terminal served about 2.5 million passengers, which is almost 430 thousand more than in 2022. this result can be considered a kind of record for the last four. in pre-pandemic 2019

, the airport served more than 5 million. the increase in passenger traffic was facilitated by attracting new airlines to minsk. now there are 11 of them. these are air carriers from russia, china, uae, uzbekistan and azerbaijan. in the near future , the russian company azimot is expected to resume flights on the minsk mineral waters route, as well as the opening of a new chinese directions. but in the last hours of 2023 , the airport received flights from istanbul, moscow,

and a gas pipeline from russia to china, with a length of about 300 km. previously, gazprom stated that the volume of blue fuel supplies in 2023 will amount to almost 23 billion cubic meters, while the forces of siberia plan to reach full capacity in 2025. by then , exports could reach 38 billion cubic meters. thus, gazprom will be able to fulfill all contractual obligations to the chinese oil and gas concern. that was the news economy. i wish you success in business and good mood. see you.