Belarus’ capital investments down 4.3% in Jan-Nov 2020 to Br25.267bn
<p> MINSK, Dec 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-November 2020 by 4.3% year on year to Br25.267 billion ($10.27 billion 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 Br8.92 billion ($3.53bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Nov 2020, down 13.8% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br13.71 billion ($5.43 billion) in Jan-Nov 2020, up 3.3% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 3.485 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Nov 2020, up 6.9% year on year, including 1m square metres of homes (up 13.7%) 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 ($11bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.39bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.52bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.5249/$1) </p> <p> </p>
2020-12-18
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MINSK, Dec 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-November 2020 by 4.3% year on year to Br25.267 billion ($10.27 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br8.92 billion ($3.53bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Nov 2020, down 13.8% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br13.71 billion ($5.43 billion) in Jan-Nov 2020, up 3.3% year on year.
As much as 3.485 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Nov 2020, up 6.9% year on year, including 1m square metres of homes (up 13.7%) 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 ($11bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.39bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.52bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.5249/$1)