Belarus exchange targets more Chinese ferrous suppliers

The commodity spot-trading platform for industrial, agricultural and energy products in the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), aims to attract more Chinese firms to its E-commerce marketplace, especially those handling metal products, the exchange declared in a release on its website on March 11.

As of March 1, some 167 Chinese companies, together with 3,703 companies from Russia, 116 from Kazakhstan, 108 from Uzbekistan and 100 from Azerbaijan were accredited with BUCE, according to a report by state-run media Belarusian Telegraph Agency. But after attending the 21th Qingdao International Metal Working Equipment Expo in