The amount of transactions of enterprises of the Southern Federal District of Russia on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange for January — July increased by 1.8 times to $13.6 mln. The number of participants from the district increased from 250 to 281. Dry milk, butter, meat, lumber are supplied from Belarus, and non-ferrous metals, coal, film, packaging and electrical equipment are purchased. Enterprises of the Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai are especially active in trading, where the exchange turnover has increased more than 2 times. Let us recall that BUCE was established in 2004 and is one of the largest commodity exchanges in Eastern Europe, promoting exports and entering foreign markets.