This is almost a third (28%) less than it was in pre-war January, when Belarus managed to sell goods to the EU for $ 5.1 billion.

Liberty analyzes the latest data from the European Statistics Office.

What Belarusian goods are still bought in the EU

In the first place, wood and wood products - for a month Belarus sold to the EU this product for 104 million euros.

And this product is the leader among sales in the EU for all months of this year.

In second place are base metals - 68 million euros in April.

In third place - mineral products (32.7 million euros in April), in fourth place - the category of "various industrial goods" (26 million euros).

Which countries in the EU buy the most Belarusian goods

The EU leader in buying Belarusian goods is Poland.

In April, they sold them to this country for 127 million euros.

In second place is Lithuania - for 125 million euros, in third place - Latvia (39.7 million euros).

Moreover, during the war, Poland did not reduce, but increased imports from Belarus: 124 million euros in January against 127 million euros in April.

Lithuania reduced exports by 21 million euros, or 14%.

Latvia has increased imports from Belarus by 11 million euros.

But during this time, Germany has reduced the purchase of goods from Belarus by 2.5 times.

During the war, sales of Belarusian goods to the European Union fell by a third

And what does Belarus buy from the EU?

Exports from the EU to Belarus also fell by a third: in January they amounted to 435 million euros, and in April to 302 million euros.

Belarus buys the most chemical products - 82.3 million euros in April.

In second place - cars and mechanical devices (57 million euros in April).

This includes, among other things, parts for Belarusian products.

The third category of goods that Belarus buys the most in the EU is vehicles and transport equipment (25.8 million euros in April).

EU countries where Belarus buys the most:

• Poland - 82.6 million euros in April

• Lithuania - 51 million euros in April

• Germany - 50 million euros in April

Sanctions against Belarus for supporting the Russian war in Ukraine

Alexander Lukashenko admitted that rockets were fired at Ukrainian territory from Belarus.

At the same time, Belarusian servicemen were not sent to Ukrainian territory.

In an interview with Svaboda, US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher said that "Lukashenka's regime is an accomplice of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, because it allowed Russia to attack from Belarusian territory."

On February 26, sanctions against Russia and Belarus were announced by Canada and the Council of the European Union.

The list includes 20 Belarusian officials and servicemen.

15 legal entities and 8 individuals were included in the US sanctions list.

On February 28, the ambassadors of the European Union imposed visa sanctions on 22 high-ranking Belarusian officials.

Maladzyechna's Mebeline factory has gone into disrepair, as the Swedish company IKEA has closed its business in the country.

IKEA has worked closely with a number of manufacturers and factories, including government.

Among them are the state "Minsk Furniture Center" from Maladzyechna, Mogilev textile manufacturer "Mogatex", Minsk watch factory "Luch" and others.

In March, the European Union banned the export of wood products produced or exported from Belarus.

The Ministry of Forestry has stated that it is forced to send products from Europe to Asia.

Due to the difficulties of doing business in the region, Booking.com and Airbnb travel accommodation services do not operate in the country during travel and trips.

The Danish transport and logistics company Maersk announced the cessation of cargo transportation to Belarus on March 4.

Other companies of a similar profile, DHL and FedEx, have announced their withdrawal from the Belarusian market.

On March 5, the Finnish company OLVI announced the beginning of the closure of its business in Belarus, where the company owns Lida Beer.

While 840 employees of the plant will be paid, the closure of the business will be gradual.

On March 6, the Republic of Korea imposed sanctions.

They introduced export control measures against Belarus, believing that it "significantly contributes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

On March 8, sanctions were imposed by Japan.

Assets of individuals and legal entities that have come under the new restrictions are frozen.

Supplies of dual-use goods to Belarus and exports to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus and Integral are prohibited.

The World Bank has suspended all programs in Belarus.

The bank noted that it had not approved new loans to Belarus since 2020.

The restrictions affected the sports industry.

Belarusian national teams of different ages have been barred from participating in international hockey, handball and basketball tournaments.

The Belarusian national team was not admitted to the 2022 Paralympic Games.

Against the background of sanctions, the rating agency Fitch lowered the long-term sovereign credit rating of Belarus to the CCC, which means a real possibility of default.

The American financial company American Express has suspended the provision of services in the country.

No business transactions are possible on her cards now.

On March 9, the European Union approved the disconnection of three Belarusian banks from SWIFT.

These are Belagroprombank, Dobrabyt Bank and the Development Bank.

On April 16, a complete ban on crossing the border with Belarus by Russia and Russia will be introduced.

The decision of the European Union, published in the official journal, says that the EU in accordance with the sanctions prohibits the import and transit of goods by road from Belarus and Russia to the European Union.