BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/11/2006

Belarus posts foreign investment for 9 months

RBC, 27.11.2006, Minsk 09:16:25.Foreign investment in Belarus's real sector (excluding banks) totaled $2.8bn in January-September 2006, which is 2.5 times above the previous year's figure for the same period, the Belarusian Economy Ministry said.

Direct foreign investment accounted for 18.7 percent of the total, having increased by 49.1 percent from a year earlier. Investment was mainly raised in credits and loans from direct investors (80.2 percent of the total). The greatest amounts were raised to finance commercial activities supporting market operation, industry, commerce and catering.

Source:

http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20061127091625.shtml

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