.Belarus' delegation to attend Customs Union conference.

    MINSK, July 12 (Itar-Tass) - Belarus' governmental delegation led by
Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich will take part in the international
conference "From the Customs Union to the Common Economic Space: Business
Interests", the press service of Belarus' Council of Ministers that will
open in Moscow on Tuesday told Itar-Tass.
    The conference organized by business unions of Russia, Belarus and
Kazakhstan will focus on economic activity rules within the framework of
the Customs Union as well as business prospects entailed by the creation
of a common economic space.
     Since the launch of the Customs Union Belarus' bilateral trade with
Kazakhstan and Russia increased by over 20 percent to 29 billion dollars.
In January-May Belarus' trade with its Customs Union partners grew by 47.2
percent to 15 billion dollars as against the same period of 2010.
    Along with this the three countries' economic relations experience
certain problems. For instance, as a result of the strong financial crisis
in Belarus most importers, in fact, forfeited their opportunities to buy
foreign currency at the official exchange rate and prices of import goods
significantly increased.