Belarus’ capital investments up 1.5% in Jan-Apr 2020 to Br8.075bn
<p> <br> </p> <p> MINSK, May 18 - PrimePress. Belarus increased capital investments in January-April 2020 by 1.5% year on year to Br8.075 billion ($3.3bn 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 Br2.875 billion ($1.18bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Apr 2020, down 4.4% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br4.304 billion ($1.76 billion) in Jan-Apr 2020, up 6.7% year on year. </p> <p> </p> <p> As much as 1.13 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Apr 2020, up 6.1% year on year, including 301,600 square metres of homes (up 7.3%) 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 ($11.4bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.5bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.7bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.4462/$1) </p>
2020-05-19
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Belarus’ capital investments up 1.5% in Jan-Apr 2020 to Br8.075bn
MINSK, May 18 - PrimePress. Belarus increased capital investments in January-April 2020 by 1.5% year on year to Br8.075 billion ($3.3bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus), the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report.
As much as Br2.875 billion ($1.18bn) was spent on buying machines, equipment, and vehicles in Jan-Apr 2020, down 4.4% year on year.
Investments in construction and assembly operations totalled Br4.304 billion ($1.76 billion) in Jan-Apr 2020, up 6.7% year on year.
As much as 1.13 million square metres of new dwelling houses was commissioned in Jan-Apr 2020, up 6.1% year on year, including 301,600 square metres of homes (up 7.3%) 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 ($11.4bn at the rate of the National Bank of Belarus). Spending on machinery, equipment and vehicles increased 11.8% to Br11.087 billion ($4.5bn), investments in construction and installation operations – 3.3% to Br13.938 billion ($5.7bn), housing – 2.4% to 4.062 million square meters. End (Br2.4462/$1)