OREANDA-NEWS. March 15, 2011. Belarus’ international reserves went down 20% in January-February 2011 to USD 4.024 billion as of March 1, 2011 by the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards, according to the National Statistics Committee.

As of March 1, foreign currency reserve assets amounted to USD 1.281 billion, down 32.8% in January-February, the amount of monetary gold reached the equivalent of USD 1.261 billion, down 21.2%, and other assets were at USD 900.7 million, down 5.7%.

Special drawing rights were at USD 580.9 million as of March 1, 2011, up 2.3% from January 1, 2011. Belarus’ IMF reserve position is at USD 0 million, showing no change

In 2010, Belarus’ reserves went down by USD 621.8 million, or 11%, to USD 5.031 billion. In 2011, international reserves are projected to rise by at least USD 1.2 billion.