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“It just came to our notice then. The tugs are coming from Lithuania and Latvia this year. This is a huge flow. If we participate in this flow, the Lithuanian logistics points will not receive about a quarter,” Lukashenko said after hearing the report from the chief of customs, Yuri Senko.
Lukashenko is quoted by the state news agency BelTA.
He recalled that “Belarus and Russia are now discussing the reorientation of Belarusian cargo (petroleum products, potash fertilizers and other goods) from the Baltic direction to the port of Ust-Luga.”
Lukashenko asked Senko how customs evaluated the reorientation of these products and the work of the Belarusian logistics centers in this regard.
“We have created powerful logistics centers. Many services are provided in Lithuania, including for our economic entities and those of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Community. However, as far as I know, we can provide these services to these carriers in Belarus. How do you see the solution to this problem? Lukashenko asked.
J.Senko stated that in January-August this year, the transit of goods through Belarus to the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine decreased by 15%. up to 71 million tons. He explained that this was due to a decrease in the supply of Russian petroleum products to Europe by rail.
“This was influenced, among other things, by Russia, which reduced product exports to Western Europe by 30 percent. Our export and import flows fell 10 percent. Basically, it is the railways,” Senko said.
In his words, “the situation at the border had practically no effect on the car checkpoints, only at the beginning of the pandemic, when there was a general decline in consumer activity both in Europe and in the countries of the CEEA. But all traffic is picking up. “
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