the thirtieth international exhibition fair prodexpo 2024. it will open its doors to manufacturers of food, beverages, ingredients and equipment from nine countries. an extensive business program is also planned. the business program, which was formed this year, allows us to meet and negotiate with a number of russian retail chains, and since the russian market is the main export market for our enterprises. it is important for us, as they say, to get information first-hand. what the russian consumer needs, what changes are taking place in this market and so on. as a result of the exhibition, we expect both the conclusion of new contracts and an increase in applications for products under existing agreements. the belgospischeprom concern will be represented at prodexpo by 11 enterprises on an area of ​​more than 2,000 km. the domestic manufacturer is betting on quality and naturalness. the total number of exhibitors at prodex by 2024 is about a hundred left before the start. less than 3 months,

about 70% of the space in the pavilion is already occupied. with unique photographic equipment, which is almost two century, but which is relevant to this day, is introduced by the exhibition in the historical and cultural museum zapovednik zaslavli. the project called sequence of time presents the art of gum arabica, a technologically complex photographic production that takes several days. the process involves a rare resin, film, glass, canvas.

is applied to paper, dried, and then this mixture turns out to be a liquid jelly, this is applied to the imprint, film, glass on top and exposed to ultraviolet light, then it is washed out, dried , paint is applied, then it all absorbs again, dries again, washes, as a result we get such a positive picture, as if the volume is felt, unlike ordinary printer prints. the technique of gum-arabic photography is capricious, in belarus only a few are engaged in it, at the exhibition, the sequence of time , three authors present their works, the exposition includes 40 works, these are portraits, landscapes and documentary photography. next, economic news, we are on the air at 9:00. see you.

the new price regulation system will be developed by the end of the year. istanbul is gathering the world's best buyers and food industry leaders, and the german auto giant may close one plant. we will tell you about the most notable in the next few minutes. you are watching economic news. i am svetlana lukinyuk in the studio. good morning. the cooperation agreement between the governments of belarus and st. petersburg is being implemented in full. this was announced at a meeting between state secretary of the union state dmitry mesintsev and governor alexander beglov. deliveries to st. petersburg electric buses, buses and road construction equipment of belarusian production contribute to the implementation of large-scale plans for the development of the city's infrastructure. the governor noted the contributions of the belarusian side to the construction of a block in one of the new districts of st. petersburg.

a new price regulation system will be developed by the end of the year, this was announced by the minister of antimonopoly regulation and trade alexei bogdanov. in the economy, everything is constantly changing, external factors influence, and we must promptly respond to the situation, - the minister noted. today , adjustments are being developed to government resolution number 713 on price regulation. so far, we are talking about technical amendments to the document, but the task of drafting a new document has been set for next year. the share of online trade in belarus has grown by more than 8%, although just a few years ago it was only 3%. the number of stores in the online sphere has already reached 30,000, including traditional online stores, marketplaces and various forms of online trade. the number has also increased retail facilities and those involved in public catering. retail turnover for the first half of the year is up 11.5%. these days, istanbul is hosting the world's best buyers and

food industry leaders from more than 160 countries . the exhibition brings together over a thousand participants and the same number of professional representatives of retail chains. belarus also brought its best products. istanbul is one of the priority hubs for expanding sales outlets and selling our products, establishing business and trade and economic ties contacts. the largest part of our export of tourist services comes from ecotourism. so last year it contributed more than 2.5 million dollars to the general fund, this year it has grown by 50% over 5 months. september has been declared the month of ecotourism in the country and it is aimed at a wide variety of social and age groups. now the results of trading on the belarusian currency and stock exchange. so, the following exchange rates have been set: dollar 3 rubles 16 kopecks. for 10 yuan at the auction they gave 4 rubles 45 kopecks. the exchange rate of the russian ruble is 3.57 belarusian rubles for 100 russian. and