Foreign investments in the Belarusian economy down almost one third in H1
MINSK. Aug 11 (Interfax) - Foreign investments in the real sector of the Belarusian economy, excluding banking sector investments, in H1 2015, were $5.7 billion, which was 31.2% less than the same period in 2014, the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) said in a statement.
Investments mainly came from Russia, at 39.5% of the total amount followed by Britain (21%), the Netherlands (11.7%), Cyprus, (8.7%) Austria (3.8%).
Direct foreign investments were $4.1 billion, down 30.8%. Residents of Russia invested 47.2% of all foreign direct investment, Britain 27.3%, and Cyprus - 9.9%.
According to Belstat, for the first of 2015, $2.9 billion was sent by organizations in the country (excluding banks) for overseas investments, which is down 8.5% year-on-year. The most significant amounts were received in Russia (40.8% of all investments), Britain (32.1%), Ukraine (11.6%), and the Netherlands (4.6%). The share of direct investments was 88.7% of all investments abroad.