Belarus’ capital investments down 11.2% in Jan-Apr 2021 to Br7.89bn
<p> MINSK, May 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Apr 2021 by 11.2% year on year to Br7.89 billion ($3.13 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 Br2.9 billion ($1.15 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Apr 2021, down 12.1% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br4.06 million ($1.6 billion) in Jan-Apr 2021, down 11.5% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 1.294m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Apr 2021, up 14.5% year on year, including 351,000 square metres of homes (up 16.4%) 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 Br28.716 billion ($11.4bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.436 billion ($4.14bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.319 billion ($6.08bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.5215/$1) </p>
2021-05-18
Primepress
Belarus’ capital investments down 11.2% in Jan-Apr 2021 to Br7.89bn
MINSK, May 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Apr 2021 by 11.2% year on year to Br7.89 billion ($3.13 million at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br2.9 billion ($1.15 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Apr 2021, down 12.1% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br4.06 million ($1.6 billion) in Jan-Apr 2021, down 11.5% year on year.
As much as 1.294m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Apr 2021, up 14.5% year on year, including 351,000 square metres of homes (up 16.4%) built at the expense of soft loans from state-owned banks.
In 2020, Belarus reduced capital investments by 6.8% year on year to Br28.716 billion ($11.4bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.436 billion ($4.14bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.319 billion ($6.08bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.5215/$1)