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Transnational_issues of Belarus

Disputes - international:as of January 2007, ground demarcations of the boundaries with Latvia and Lithuania were complete and mapped with final ratification documentation in preparation; 1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing border security
Illicit drugs:limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; new anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards; few investigations or prosecutions of money-laundering activities

Belarus Quickstats

  • Population: 9,724,723 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 207,600 sq km
  • Density: 49 /km² (142nd)
  • GDP (total): $79.13 billion (64th)
  • GDP (per capita): $7,700 (78th)
  • Literacy: 99.6%

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  • Currency: rouble (BYR)
  • Dial code: +375

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Belarus Internet

  • Usage: 3,394,400
  • Penetration: 35.1 %
  • Top Domain: .bo

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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