Belarus’ capital investments down 8.3% in Jan-Jul 2021 to Br15.471bn
<p> MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Jul 2021 by 8.3% year on year to Br15.471 billion ($6.2 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 Br5.91 billion ($2.37 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Jul 2021, down 5.4% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br7.825 million ($3.135 billion) in Jan-Jul 2021, down 11.3% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 2.24m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Jul 2021, up 14.9% year on year, including 709,700 square metres of homes (up 27.9%) 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 (Br2.4958/$1) </p>
2021-08-18
Primepress
Belarus’ capital investments down 8.3% in Jan-Jul 2021 to Br15.471bn
MINSK, Aug 17 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced capital investments in Jan-Jul 2021 by 8.3% year on year to Br15.471 billion ($6.2 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br5.91 billion ($2.37 billion) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Jul 2021, down 5.4% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br7.825 million ($3.135 billion) in Jan-Jul 2021, down 11.3% year on year.
As much as 2.24m square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Jul 2021, up 14.9% year on year, including 709,700 square metres of homes (up 27.9%) 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 (Br2.4958/$1)