Belarus’ capital investments down 6.8% in 2020 to Br28.716bn
<p> MINSK, Jan 18 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-December 2020 by 6.8% year on year to Br28.716 billion ($11.29 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 Br10.436 billion ($4.1bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Dec 2020, down 16.4% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br15.319 billion ($6 billion) in 2020, up 1.4% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 4.156 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in 2020, up 2.3% year on year, including 1.306 million square metres of homes (up 12.1%) 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 ($10.95bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.36bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.5bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.5428/$1) </p>
2021-01-19
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Belarus’ capital investments down 6.8% in 2020 to Br28.716bn
MINSK, Jan 18 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in January-December 2020 by 6.8% year on year to Br28.716 billion ($11.29 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br10.436 billion ($4.1bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Dec 2020, down 16.4% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br15.319 billion ($6 billion) in 2020, up 1.4% year on year.
As much as 4.156 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in 2020, up 2.3% year on year, including 1.306 million square metres of homes (up 12.1%) 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 ($10.95bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.36bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.5bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.5428/$1)