In 2014 foreign investors injected $15.1 billion into Belarus' real economy (except for banks), up 0.7% from 2013, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus.
The primary investors were economic operators of Russia (41.6% of the total investment), the United Kingdom (18.6%), Netherlands (13%), Cyprus (6.2%), Austria (3.5%), and Germany (2.5%). The bulk of investment was channeled into Minsk organizations (74%). Minsk Oblast accounted for 7% of gross foreign investment, Vitebsk Oblast – 6.8%, Gomel Oblast – 5.9%.
Gross foreign direct investment accounted for $10.2 billion, or 67.4% of the total, down $914.6 million from 2013. The source said that the direct investments mainly came as debt instruments (82.1% of the total FDI).
In 2014 accounts receivable for products and services amounted to $7.7 billion, down $517 million from 2013 (6.3%).
Taking into account amounts owed for products and services considerable FDI sums were received from residents of Russia (50.3%), the UK (23.8%), Cyprus (7%), and Germany (3.6%).
Other foreign investments totaled $4.9 billion, or 32.5% of the total gross foreign investment.
In 2014 Belarusian economic operators (except for banks) transferred $6 billion in investment abroad, down 5.6% from 2013. Considerable sums were channeled to economic operators in Russia (37.7% of the total outgoing investments), Netherlands (20.5%), the United Kingdom (18.2%), and Ukraine (13.7%). The bulk of the outgoing investment came from Minsk (73%), Minsk Oblast (9%), and Mogilev Oblast (6.3%).
Direct investments accounted for 70% of the total outgoing investments, down $481.9 million or 10.3% from 2013. Those were primarily debt instruments (98.5% of the total outbound direct investments).
Belarusian companies transferred $1.8 billion worth of other investment abroad, or 30% of the total, up $125.2 million, or 7.5%, from 2013.
Source: BelTA