Belarus tops CIS in capital investment growth in H1
2011-08-04 10:44:52
Belarus led in capital investment growth among the CIS countries, according to the data of the CIS Intestate Statistics Committee, BelTA has learned.
In H1 2011 Belarus’ fixed capital investments went up 27.6% as against the same period last year. Belarus is followed by Azerbaijan (17.8%) and Tajikistan (11.7%).
Capital investments grew 2.7% in Russia and 0.1% in Kazakhstan. This figure declined in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia by 3.7% and 13.8% respectively.
In H1 2011 the average increase of capital investment in the CIS countries made up 4.9%. The Statistics Committee has no information regarding Moldova, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.