In 2011, Belarus's economy received $18.9 billion in foreign investment.

On February 2, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. In 2011, Belarus' real economy sector (excluding banks) received $18.9 billion in foreign investment, which is 2.1 times more than in 2010. This was reported to BELTA by the Main Department of Consolidated Information and Public Relations of the National Statistical Committee. The main investors in the republic's organisations were entities from Russia (50% of all received investments), the United Kingdom (23.3%), Cyprus (6.6%), and Austria (5.1%). The largest amounts of foreign investment were received by trade organisations (35.6% of all received investments), transport (30.8%), and industry (26.1%). Gross inflow of foreign direct investment amounted to 70.2% of all received foreign investments. Compared to 2010, the gross inflow of foreign direct investment increased 2.4 times. The main form of attracting direct investment was debt instruments (90.8% of the total volume of direct investment). The debt for goods, works, and services within the gross inflow of foreign direct investment for 2011 amounted to $11.6 billion, which is 2.3 times more than in 2010. The largest amounts of gross foreign direct investment were directed to trade organisations (45% of all direct investments), transport (42.8%), and industry (7%). Significant volumes of foreign direct investment, including debt for goods, works, and services, were received from residents of Russia (54.4% of the total volume of direct investment). 30.4% of the gross volume of direct investment came from residents of the United Kingdom, 4.2% from Ukraine, and 2.6% from Cyprus. Other foreign investments (not from direct investors) were received in the amount of $5.6 billion, or 1.6 times more than in 2010. They accounted for 29.8% of the total gross inflow of foreign investments. In 2011, foreign investors invested the largest amounts in organisations in Minsk (76.2%). Organisations in the Minsk region accounted for 9.8% of the gross inflow of foreign investments, and those in the Gomel region - 7%.

Belstat also reported that in 2011, Belarusian organisations (excluding banks) directed $5.5 billion in investments abroad, which is 2.2 times more than in 2010. Significant volumes of investments were directed by organisations of the republic to economic entities of Russia (34.9% of all directed investments), the Netherlands (14.5%), the United Kingdom (14.2%), Austria (10.5%), Germany (8%), and Ukraine (6.5%). The largest amounts of investments abroad were directed by trade organisations (53.7% of all directed investments), industry (36.6%), and transport (9%). Direct investments accounted for 54.7% of all directed investments abroad. Compared to 2010, the volume of directed direct investments abroad increased 2.1 times. The main form of directing direct investments was debt instruments (96.5% of the total volume of direct investments abroad). The volume of direct investments directed abroad, and consequently the total volume of directed investments, includes liabilities for goods, works, and services to a direct investor – a resident of Belarus, which amounted to $2.9 billion in 2011, or 2.1 times more than in 2010. The largest amounts of direct investments abroad were directed by industry organisations (48.8% of all directed direct investments abroad), trade (36%), and transport (14.7%). Significant volumes of direct investments, including liabilities for goods, works, and services, were directed by organisations of the republic to economic entities of Russia (51.7% of the total volume of directed direct investments), the United Kingdom (25.9%), Ukraine (11.9%), Kazakhstan (2.6%), and China (1.7%). Belarusian organisations also directed $2.5 billion in other investments abroad, or 2.2 times more than in 2010. These accounted for 45.3% of all directed investments abroad. In 2011, the largest amounts of investments were directed abroad by organisations from Minsk (67.7%), Minsk Region (13.6%), and Gomel Region (8.8%). -0-

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