In monetary terms, Belarus will indeed lose more.
Belarus will lose more from stopping trade with Ukraine, because it exports 12% of its total exports. This was shared by Tatyana Ostrikova, citing indicative figures, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Channel 24.
Belarusian exports to Ukraine
In 2021, Ukrainian exports to Belarus amounted to $ 1.5 billion, while Belarusian export to Ukraine — 4.8 billion dollars. Therefore, the expert noticeably notes that in monetary terms, Belarus will indeed lose more.
Especially considering that exports to Ukraine — this is 12% of all Belarusian exports,
— writes Ostrikova.
Export of gasoline and diesel fuel
Ostrikova also notes that the Belarusian threats to stop exports to Ukraine most likely consisted of something else. This is not about the termination of trade, but about the sale of energy resources. So, obviously, we are talking about gasoline and diesel fuel. «And in essence, our president did not answer these threats, because there is nothing to answer», — emphasizes the expert .
The fact is that out of the $4.8 billion Belarusian about exports to Ukraine 2.4 billion — these are goods 2,710 positions of the Ukrainian classification of goods of foreign economic activity — & # 171; oil and oil products with an oil content of 70% or more & # 187;.