Intra-BRICS trade is booming, driven by the expanded BRICS+ bloc (now including energy-rich nations like Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia) and a strong push for de-dollarization, boosting local currency settlements and new payment systems like CIPS. Key themes include diversifying supply chains, enhancing South-South cooperation, developing local payment systems (NDB, CIPS), and fostering tech/industrial integration to reduce reliance on Western markets, with total intra-bloc trade already exceeding US$1 trillion and growing significantly. Navigate the BRICS business framework. Find news on economic cooperation, the New Development Bank, and joint investment projects. Essential for businesses leveraging the powerful BRICS economic bloc.
Two more Russian companies have obtained the rights to export fish and fish products to Brazil. Russia’s agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said that the rights were granted to Kamchattralflot LLC and Sadko LLC of Murmansk by decision of the Secretariat of Agricultural Protection of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Rosselkhoznadzor will guarantee the delivery of […]
Russia and Turkiye plan to strengthen bilateral cooperation in agriculture with the aim of increasing and diversifying Russian-Turkish trade in agricultural products, according to a protocol from the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission meeting held last Friday (June 27). The meeting assessed the work of the executive committee on bilateral agriculture. Sunflower oil, wheat bran, sunflower meal, […]
Colombia has confirmed it has joined the New Development Bank (NDB), the financial investment arm of the BRICS group. Colombia had requested membership in the NDB in May of this year, amid tensions with the United States over President Trump’s tariff war and Colombia’s joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laura Sarabia, said, […]
Russia’s TMH Energy Solutions, or TMH ES, part of Transmashholding, will supply a batch of diesel generators to the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, currently under construction in Egypt, according to CEO Andrei Vasiliev. He said that “diesel generating backup is an important part of ensuring any nuclear power plant can be used safely, and El Dabaa is no exception. We […]
The Russian State Duma has ratified an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to avoid double taxation of income and capital and prevent tax evasion. The government introduced the bill, No. 930586-8, on May 29. This new agreement replaces an earlier 2011 agreement which applied only to the income of state-owned investment funds. An explanatory […]
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Vladimir Putin has given the annual plenary speech at the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The main basis for his speech was all Russian domestic policy, in which he discussed the Russian Economy, Monetary Policy, Employment, Education, Tax and Funding Policies, Tourism and Recycling, Russia’s Investment Climate, Technological Development and Funding, Digitization, Foreign Trade, Defence […]
Russia’s FESCO transport group has launched a container transport service between Russia and the port of Durban in South Africa, according to German Maslov, vice president of FESCO’s line and logistics division. For exports to South Africa, FESCO organizes shipments from Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg via its own ships to India’s Nhava Sheva port (Mumbai), […]
Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Roman Chekushov has said that the proposed Eurasian Economic Union free trade agreement with Indonesia has seen an initial preliminary agreement signed in St. Petersburg, with plans to sign the full agreement with the participation of all Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries by the end of this year. He […]
The Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with South African Vice President Paul Mashatile in Moscow on Wednesday (June 18) with a push to double trade turnover between the two BRICS nations. The two officials discussed deepening bilateral cooperation across a range of sectors, including energy and agriculture. Mashatile said, “Our markets are open to […]
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with his Ugandan counterpart, Jeje Odongo, in Moscow. Lavrov stated, “We welcome Uganda as a BRICS partner country, and look forward to active cooperation with our Ugandan friends in this new format.” Uganda became a BRICS partner in January this year. Lavrov and Odongo discussed a broad range of […]
Russia is ready to enlarge exports to Indonesia and is interested in joint investment projects, including those in the fuel and energy sector, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said, following meetings with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono. Lavrov stated that “We have underlined our readiness to enlarge exports of Russian products to the Indonesian market, […]
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