Belarus in September 2026: the most important developments in economy
Belarus's economy in September 2026 was marked by a potash exchange with the United States, a harvest campaign and plans with Russia for joint industrial production.
US President Donald Trump said on 21 and 22 September that the United States will keep buying Canadian potash while Belarus would sell at a lower price. Lithuania's prime minister said his government had received no US request to allow transit of Belarusian fertilisers through Lithuania. Lithuania also ordered checks on all grain from Russia and Belarus.
President Alexander Lukashenko set out a domestic agenda in late September covering farming, recycling, trade regulation and health resorts. He said mobilisation is needed for the harvest campaign, noted that a third of the sugar beet area had been harvested and urged a measured approach to farm mergers. He cited the Swiss model for processing secondary raw materials, expects the new minister of antimonopoly regulation and trade to address pricing, and said health resort capacity will grow by 30 percent. He also set tasks for the forestry sector and held a meeting on rental housing, noting a rise in empty rental apartments. Belarus began barley exports and is drawing up a long-term energy strategy.
Belarus and Russia plan joint machine tool and aircraft production, and Belarus offered Russia a role in supplies to the north and in Far East development programmes. The INNOPROM. Belarus expo brought together participants from more than 40 countries. Belarus is among the Eurasian Economic Union leaders in salary growth, and two crypto banks registered in Belarus's Hi-Tech Park.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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