In 2010, Belarus cooperated with non-residents from 181 countries in the sphere of foreign trade in services

February 17, Minsk / Anna Kot - BELTA /. In 2010, Belarus cooperated in the sphere of external trade in services with non-residents from 181 countries. This was announced today at a briefing by Vitaly Kuleshevich, Head of the Main Department of Trade Statistics of the National Statistical Committee of Belarus, BELTA correspondent reports. Last year, the republic provided services to non-residents from 174 countries and received services from non-residents from 134 countries. Exports of services to CIS countries accounted for 28.2% of the total volume of services exports, and imports of services from CIS countries - 29.3%. Compared to 2009, trade turnover with CIS countries increased by 25.8% and amounted to $2.1 billion, exports - by 32.2% ($1.3 billion), imports - by 17% ($0.8 billion). With countries outside the CIS, trade turnover increased by 32.4% and amounted to $5.2 billion, including exports increased by 26.1% ($3.2 billion), imports - by 44% ($2 billion). According to state statistical reporting 12-ves (services) "Report on Exports and Imports of Services", the top eight countries with the largest trade turnover included Russia, Lithuania, Germany, Ukraine, China, the USA, Latvia, and Switzerland. In terms of export and import volumes of services, Russia is Belarus's main trading partner. In 2010, services worth $2 billion were provided to Russian residents, and services worth $0.7 billion were received. According to the National Bank, services exports to Russia amounted to $1 billion, and imports - $0.5 billion. In terms of import volumes, Lithuania ranks second with $283.4 million, which is about 40% of the Russian import volumes. The activity of non-residents from China has also increased. Over the past year, services exports to this country increased 6.3 times, and imports increased 4.9 times. -0-