Belarus Raises Minimum Export Prices for Farm Goods, Formalises Exemptions to Industrial Export Ban
Belarus raised minimum allowable export prices on certain agricultural products from 16 September 2026, requiring open contracts to be renegotiated. The Foreign Ministry also approved the procedure for exempting goods from the temporary industrial export ban, valid until 22 March 2027, while medicine price ceilings rose for only three products.
Belarus adjusted several price and export rules in the week of 17–23 September 2026, according to the weekly legislative review published by the Belarusian business outlet neg.by. Agricultural exporters face higher minimum allowable export prices, pharmaceutical producers received a narrow set of upward revisions to maximum wholesale prices, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs formalised the procedure for exemptions from the temporary ban on exports of selected industrial goods.
Higher price floors for agricultural exports
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food raised minimum allowable export prices on certain products under Resolution No. 74 of 15 September 2026, registered on 16 September 2026 as No. 11-4/904. neg.by flags the change as the main item of the week for agricultural exporters but does not itemise the affected product lines.
Compliance applies retroactively to open positions. Contracts concluded before the effective date and not yet performed must be brought into line with Resolution No. 74, with two exceptions: where payment has been made in full, and where the goods have already been shipped in full or in part. Exporters holding signed but unshipped and unpaid contracts therefore have to renegotiate price terms rather than deliver on the original numbers.
Exemption route for banned industrial exports
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved an administrative procedure regulation by Resolution No. 15 of 15 September 2026, registered on 22 September 2026 as No. 11-1/45274. It covers goods that are temporarily banned from leaving Belarus under Council of Ministers Resolution No. 442 of 1 September 2026, but whose shipment outside the Eurasian Economic Union is allowed as an exception once customs receives a document confirming that the export has been approved by the relevant state bodies or by the administration of a free economic zone.
neg.by notes the procedure is not new and worked in the same format during earlier periods of the export embargo on selected industrial goods. The regulation entered into force on 23 September 2026 and applies until 22 March 2027. The same review records that the ban on exports of selected industrial products from Belarus has been extended and modified.
Medicine ceilings raised for three products
The Ministry of Health reset maximum wholesale prices for selected medicines produced by 10 Belarusian pharmaceutical enterprises under Resolution No. 101 of 17 September 2026, registered on 18 September 2026 as No. 11-4/916. As before, the caps cover individual products rather than full portfolios. Ceilings were raised for only three medicines:
- one product of the Nesvizh Plant of Medical Preparations;
- two products of OAO Fereyn.
All remaining positions keep their earlier ceilings. The higher prices take effect on 1 October 2026, according to neg.by.
Visas, digital infrastructure and licence recognition
Council of Ministers Resolution No. 464 of 14 September 2026 set out the types of Belarusian visas and the procedure for issuing them to foreign citizens and stateless persons. India was added to the list of states whose citizens may obtain an electronic visa to enter Belarus. Separately, the government approved an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on mutual recognition and exchange of national driving licences, signed in Bishkek on 5 June 2026 and approved by Resolution No. 471 of 17 September 2026. Holders will be able to exchange licences without theory or practical tests after obtaining a permanent residence permit, and the agreement will apply once domestic procedures are completed.
Digitalisation measures covered transport, utilities and the budget sector. The Ministry of Transport approved an instruction on how the cost of intelligent transport system maintenance work is formed, assigning technical supervision to RUP Belarusian Road Engineering and Technical Centre (Resolution No. 26 of 15 June 2026). Council of Ministers Resolution No. 468 of 16 September 2026 created a state register of drinking water supply and sewerage systems, with the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services as owner and GPO Belvodokanal as operator, plus new reporting duties for water utilities. Resolution No. 480 of 21 September 2026 provides for a modernised version of the Finance Ministry's automated financial settlements system (ASFR) to be rolled out in 2026–2030 in state institutions that handle accounting and procurement for budget organisations, funded from the republican budget.