Belarus has extended the embargo on goods from Western countries until the end of 2024

December 27, MINSK . Belarus has extended the food embargo on goods from Western countries until December 31, 2024 . This is provided for by Resolution of the Council of Ministers dated December 26, 2023 No. 934, which was published on, BELTA reports.

“To extend until December 31, 2024 inclusive, the effect of paragraphs 1 and 3-5 of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated December 6, 2021 No. 700 “On the application of special measures in relation to certain types of goods,” the document notes.

The resolution also provides for permission to import apples from unfriendly countries from April 1 to July 31, 2024, the government press service noted.

As reported, government decree No. 700 of December 6, 2021 introduced a food embargo on a wide range of goods produced in countries that implement discriminatory policies and carry out unfriendly actions towards Belarus. The import ban applies to a number of goods from the European Union and its member states, the United States of America, CANADA, Norway, Albania, Iceland, North Macedonia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Montenegro, Switzerland.

The list of prohibited goods includes pigs, cattle MEAT , pork , a number of by-products, salted, brine, dried or smoked meat, food FLOUR from meat or meat by-products, MILK and dairy products (with some exceptions), vegetables, except those intended for crops, fruits and nuts, pork fat and poultry fat, fat from cattle, sheep or goats, lard stearin and other animal oils, sausages and similar products, confectionery, SALT and other goods.