Belarus’ capital investments down 0.3% in Jan-Jul 2020 to Br15.243bn
<p> MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-July 2020 by 0.3% year on year to Br15.243 billion ($6.2bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as Br5.57 billion ($2.3bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Jul 2020, down 7.1% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br8.1 billion ($3.3 billion) in Jan-Jul 2020, up 5.9% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 1.95 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Jul 2020, up 5.4% year on year, including 554,800 square metres of homes (up 17.9%) built at the expense of soft loans from state-owned banks. </p> <p> </p> <p> In 2019, Belarus increased capital investments by 5.7% year on year to Br27.846 billion ($11.3bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.5bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.7bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.4564/$1) </p>
2020-08-17
Primepress
Belarus’ capital investments down 0.3% in Jan-Jul 2020 to Br15.243bn
MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-July 2020 by 0.3% year on year to Br15.243 billion ($6.2bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br5.57 billion ($2.3bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Jul 2020, down 7.1% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br8.1 billion ($3.3 billion) in Jan-Jul 2020, up 5.9% year on year.
As much as 1.95 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Jul 2020, up 5.4% year on year, including 554,800 square metres of homes (up 17.9%) built at the expense of soft loans from state-owned banks.
In 2019, Belarus increased capital investments by 5.7% year on year to Br27.846 billion ($11.3bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.5bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.7bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.4564/$1)