OREANDA-NEWS. On March 18, a delegation of Horlad Invest s.r.o. (Czech Republic) led by its CEO Ladislav Horejs visited the head office of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUTB).

The Czech guests held talks with the BUCE representatives - Anatoly Zaretsky, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Vitaly Antipov, Head of Marketing and Analysis, and Evgeny Malyshev, Head of Timber Trading. Given that the Czech company mainly sells timber products and fuel wood, the conversation focused on Horlad Invest's possible participation in timber trading session at the BUCE. The Czech side received detailed information about the peculiarities of exchange auctions organized by the BUCE, the BUCE's guarantees and logistics support of concluded transactions. Horlad Invest representatives were particularly interested in the BUCE's electronic trading system and prospects of using it as a springboard for expansion of the existing list of suppliers.

The talks resulted in an agreement to consider Horlad Invest's accreditation at the BUCE and think of other promising areas of mutually beneficial cooperation.