TABLE 8
BELARUS:  VALUE OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, BY MINERAL GROUP1
		2001								2002
		Exports			Imports			Trade		Exports			Imports			Trade
		Value	Percentage		Value	Percentage		balance		Value	Percentage		Value	Percentage		balance
Mineral group		(millions)	of total		(millions)	of total		(millions)		(millions)	of total		(millions)	of total		(millions)
Total, all commodities		7,450.6	100.0		8,286.4	100.0		-835.8		8,020.9	100.0		9,092.3	100.0		-1,071.4
Of which:
Mineral products		1,354.5	18.2		2,277.7	27.5		-923.2		1,680.0	20.9		2,392.5	26.3		-712.5
Products of the chemical
or allied industries		850.5	11.4		715.4	8.6		135.1		827.1	10.3		724.0	8.0		103.1
Articles of stone, cement,
asbestos, mica, glass
and glassware		217.1	2.9		110.9	1.3		106.2		230.7	2.9		121.4	1.3		109.3
Nonprecious metals and
articles of nonprecious
metal		564.0	7.6		154.6	1.9		409.4		663.0	8.3		1,007.8	11.1		-344.8
Other		4,464.5	59.9		5,027.8	60.7		-563.3		4,620.1	57.6		4,846.6	53.3		-226.5
With CIS countries:2
Mineral products		260.5	5.8		2,227.6	38.4		-1,967.1		131.5	3.0		2,320.7	36.9		-2,189.2
Products of the chemical
or allied industries		243.0	5.4		381.2	6.6		-138.2		205.2	4.7		391.3	6.2		-186.1
Articles of stone, cement,
asbestos, mica, glass
and glassware		179.2	4.0		78.3	1.4		100.9		200.2	4.6		85.2	1.4		115.0
Nonprecious metals and
articles of nonprecious
metal		306.2	6.8		43.9	0.8		262.3		341.2	7.8		889.6	14.1		-548.4
Other		3,504.8	78.0		3,065.8	52.9		439.0		3,506.3	80.0		2,608.5	41.4		897.8
Total		4,493.7	100.0		5,796.8	100.0		-1,303.1		4,384.4	100.0		6,295.3	100.0		-1,910.9
With other countries of the
world:
Mineral products		1,094.0	37.0		50.1	2.0		1,043.9		1,548.5	42.6		71.8	2.6		1,476.7
Products of the chemical
or allied industries		607.5	20.5		334.2	13.4		273.3		621.9	17.1		332.7	11.9		289.2
Articles of stone, cement,
asbestos, mica, glass
and glassware		37.9	1.3		32.6	1.3		5.3		30.5	0.8		36.2	1.3		-5.7
Nonprecious metals and
articles of nonprecious
metal		257.8	8.7		110.7	4.4		147.1		321.8	8.8		118.2	4.2		203.6
Other		959.7	32.5		1,962.0	78.8		-1,002.3		1,113.8	30.6		2,238.1	80.0		-1,124.3
Total		2,956.9	100.0		2,489.6	100.0		467.3		3,636.5	100.0		2,797.0	100.0		839.5
1Data may not add to totals shown owing to independent rounding.
2Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Source:  External Trade of the CIS Countries, Statistical Abstract, Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Moscow, 2003.