Belarus’ capital investments down 12.1% in Jan-Mar 2021 to Br5.674bn
<p> MINSK, Apr 16 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Mar 2021 by 12.1% year on year to Br5.674 billion ($2.17 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 Br2.08 billion ($796.3 million) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Mar 2021, down 12.3% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br2.935 million ($1.12 billion) in Jan-Mar 2021, down 13% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 1.127m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Mar 2021, up 17.9% year on year, including 322,000 square metres of homes (up 32%) 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 ($11bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.436 billion ($4bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.319 billion ($5.86bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.6121/$1) </p>
2021-04-17
Primepress
Belarus’ capital investments down 12.1% in Jan-Mar 2021 to Br5.674bn
MINSK, Apr 16 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Mar 2021 by 12.1% year on year to Br5.674 billion ($2.17 million at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br2.08 billion ($796.3 million) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Mar 2021, down 12.3% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br2.935 million ($1.12 billion) in Jan-Mar 2021, down 13% year on year.
As much as 1.127m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Mar 2021, up 17.9% year on year, including 322,000 square metres of homes (up 32%) 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 ($11bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles decreased by 16.4% to Br10.436 billion ($4bn), investments in construction and installation operations – up 1.4% to Br15.319 billion ($5.86bn), housing – up 2.3% to 4.156 million square metres. End (Br2.6121/$1)