Belarus is planning to export about 500,000 tonnes of potatoes in 2011, Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus Mikhail Rusyi said before a session of the CIS Intergovernmental Council for Agriculture on 4 March, BelTA has learned. "In 2010 Belarus exported almost 400,000 tonnes of potatoes," Mikhail Rusyi said. The production of potatoes in the country is projected to expand. Potato is very popular on the market and the price is rather good, he stressed. The construction of potato storage and other facilities is in progress.
