Belarus’ capital investments down 10.4% in Jan-May 2021 to Br10.053bn
<p> MINSK, Jun 16 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-May 2021 by 10.4% year on year to Br10.053 billion ($4.043 million 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 Br3.616 billion ($1.45 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-May 2021, down 11.7% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br5.245 million ($2.1 billion) in Jan-May 2021, down 11.1% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 1.498m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-May 2021, up 15% year on year, including 405,500 square metres of homes (up 15.2%) built at the expense of soft loans from state-owned banks. </p> <p> </p> <p> In 2020, Belarus reduced capital investments by 6.8% year on year to Br28.72 billion ($11.6bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.44 billion ($4.2bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.32 billion ($6.2bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.4866/$1) </p>
2021-06-17
Primepress
Belarus’ capital investments down 10.4% in Jan-May 2021 to Br10.053bn
MINSK, Jun 16 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-May 2021 by 10.4% year on year to Br10.053 billion ($4.043 million at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br3.616 billion ($1.45 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-May 2021, down 11.7% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br5.245 million ($2.1 billion) in Jan-May 2021, down 11.1% year on year.
As much as 1.498m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-May 2021, up 15% year on year, including 405,500 square metres of homes (up 15.2%) built at the expense of soft loans from state-owned banks.
In 2020, Belarus reduced capital investments by 6.8% year on year to Br28.72 billion ($11.6bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.44 billion ($4.2bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.32 billion ($6.2bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.4866/$1)