Business mission of Irkutsk entrepreneurs took place in the Republic of Belarus
The business mission of Irkutsk entrepreneurs with the financial support of the My Business center took place in the Republic of Belarus. The delegation included three companies from the Angara region: IE “Sharpinskaya” (fish products), SPK “Urozhay” (seeds, plant protection products) and NPO “NAVE-TERRA” (biological preparations for yield increase, phosphorus and nitrogen compounds). The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Eastern Siberia, whose activities are related to the promotion of the interests of large and medium-sized enterprises, acted as the operator for organizing the business mission of Irkutsk entrepreneurs.
The mission was aimed at finding new markets for producers of products from the Angara region, in particular, fish products and agricultural products. During the five-day work program, representatives for the exchange, familiarization with products and production culture of Belarusian enterprises within a radius of 50 km from Minsk. Among them are OJSC Agrokombinat Dzerzhinsky in the city of Fanipol (produces 20% of all Belarusian products from poultry meat), LLC Belrosmoreprodukt in the village of Korolev Stan of the Minsk region (production of fish products and seafood), the Vasilek farm in the village of Nakvasy Dzerzhinsky district (diversified economy with meat processing, agriculture, mill production and fish farming). Farm “Vasilek” shared an interesting practice of organizing agritourism, especially within the framework of its production. In the course of getting acquainted with the work and assortment of the Belarusian retail chains “Vitalur” and “Neighbours”, they were checked for signs and conditions for the delivery of products in the Irkutsk region.
The leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus discussed plans for the supply of food and consumption to the Irkutsk region, while the business of the Angara region can sell fertilizers for crop production to the republic. During a visit to the breeding and hybrid department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, which specializes in potato growing and horticulture, we received information about breeding and seed stock of potatoes.
The final stage was a business mission meeting of general and bilateral b2b, especially of Irkutsk and Belarusian business circles in the Minsk branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Belarus. Over twenty entrepreneurs from the Minsk region, as well as companies from the Brest region, presented their products and services via videoconference.
The result of the business mission, special economic agreements of the companies, was an invitation to participate in the summer of 2022 in the key Belarusian agro-industrial exhibition Belagro, plans to conduct a return business mission in the Irkutsk region in 2022 of representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Minsk Region and representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.