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Belarusian agricultural exporters urged to focus on finished products rather than raw materials

ORSHA DISTRICT, 11 July (BelTA) – We need to export predominantly finished products rather than raw materials or semi-finished products, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Pavlinka robotic dairy complex of the Yubileiny agricultural company in Orsha District, BelTA has learned.

"We need to think ahead and focus on finished products rather than raw materials or semi-finished products in terms of export," the president said.

One example is the warehouse stocks of milk powder. The officials in charge of agriculture assured the president that they expect to sell these amounts soon and that the situation does not cause concern.

In response Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an example of a milk powder product made in China: "They buy milk powder. And they press it into a candy form. Why don't we do it?"

Then they add honey or other fillings to such sweets and thus produce a tasty, inexpensive and healthy product which is very popular in the Chinese market. Aleksandr Lukashenko is sure that such sweets, which he himself tasted, could be in demand in Belarus and other countries.

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