According to the commercial attache of Lithuania in Minsk of Vidmantas of Verbickas, the Belarusian authorities do not allow the smuggling across their borders, but there are three legal ways to take advantage of the Belarusian market to mitigate the effects of the embargo, according to the portal "Opinion".

These include the sale of raw materials and semi-finished products to the Belarusian refineries, manufacturing working on orders Belarusian companies and their trademarks and the establishment of a joint business with Belarusians. However, verbickas warned that the sanctions of the Russian Federation will not last forever and should not be the primary motivation for investment in the economy of Belarus.

"Belarusian agriculture to an even greater extent than the rest of the economy, belongs to the state. The purchase price for raw materials and other things fall into the sphere of state regulation, therefore, the relocation of production will not provide or supply of raw materials", - summed up verbickas.

The portal Agro2b.ru reportedthat the introduction of a food embargo from Moscow has sharply increased the demand for Norwegian salmon in Belarus. Providers believe that the fish comes to the factories of Belarus, there is already processed and legally appear on the shelves of Russian stores, as Belarusian products.