Abstract. The article presents data on changes in Belarusian exports during the period of economic restrictions by the Euro-Atlantic countries. The volume of Belarusian trade losses and the main efforts of the republican authorities to stop them are considered. The author also analyzes the trends of foreign trade in goods under the conditions of “export maneuver”. The article assesses the success of measures to change the export of the Belarusian economy’s main sectors. Key incentives for these changes in the face of a growing number of external challenges are also examined.