The industry in Belarus has a good foundation. Machinery manufacturing, electronics, communications, equipment manufacturing, metallurgy, petrochemical, light industry and food industry are relatively developed. Belarus has strong scientific research strength In lasers, nuclear physics, nuclear power, metallurgy, optical, software, microelectronics, nanotechnology and biotechnology technology aspects. The agriculture and animal husbandry is more developed with the production of potato, sugar beet and flax first to restore and exceed the level of the former Soviet Union period. ranking high in the CIS countries. Belarusian economy in the CIS countries.
Belarus has a well-developed highway and railway transportation network. Its road transportation volume ranks No. 4 in Europe, providing road transit transport services to 45 countries. Belarus is also the essential land for oil and gas transportation from Russia to other European countries through pipelines. Every day, Russia transport 150 million cubic meters of natural gas to Germany direction through the territory of Belarus.
Belarus has trading relationship with 175 countries and regions, among which the trade volume with Russia accounts for nearly half of total trade. Besides, the main trading partners of Belarus include Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, UK, China, Italy, America, Lithuania and Frence.