Экспортно-импортный транзитный потенциал Республики Беларусь на прибалтийском направлении

ENThe paper attempts to analyze the possibilities of developing relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Baltic states in the field of ensuring the transit of Belarusian exports and imports. In the first part, special attention was paid to the structure of foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus, as a result of which the main trading partners were identified, the indicators and characteristics of the industrial complex were analyzed, the features of the formed economic system of post-Soviet Belarus were revealed. In the second part of the study, the main attention is paid to the analysis of the importance of trade and economic activity of the Republic of Belarus in the Baltic countries. The assessments of the existing ones are given, and the ways of further development of relations between Belarus and the Baltic States in the field of transport and logistics economic activity are noted. Keywords: belarusian foreign trade turnover, export, import, ports in the Baltic States, transit, Klaipeda, Ventspils, Riga, petrochemical industry, potash fertilizers.