OREANDA-NEWS. September 3, 2010. Foreign investment inflow in Belarus’ real economy rose 4.4% on the year in January-June to USD 4.416 billion, the National Statistics Committee told.

Foreign direct investments rose 7.2% on the year in the first six months of the year to USD 2.657 billion, accounting for 60.2% of the total.

“Other foreign investments” amounted to USD 1.759 billion, up 0.4% on the year in the first six months, accounting for 39.8% of total foreign investments.

Portfolio investments in the real economy were at USD 0.034 million as of July 1, 2010, down 8.3 times on the year in the first half of the year. They made up just 0.0008% of total foreign investment inflows.

Belarusian transport companies accounted for 50.7% of overall foreign investments, industry for 23.2%, retail and public catering for 15.6%, and business infrastructure for 4.7%.

Investments from Russia accounted for 71.5% of the total, Austria for 9.3%, the Netherlands for 5.9%, Cyprus for 3.8%, and the UK for 3.5%.

Minsk accounted for 76.5% of foreign investment, the Vitebsk Region for 11.1%, Gomel Region for 7.8% and Minsk Region for 1.5%.

Earlier, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Tur said Belarus planned to attract USD 5.6 billion in foreign investments for specific projects, including USD 2.8 billion of capital investments.