OREANDA-NEWS. March 29, 2011. Belarus’ capital inflow under the capital and financial account in the balance of payments reached USD 7.416 billion in 2010, down 10.7% on the year, a representative in the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) stated.

This included net direct investment inflows in Belarus, which fell 26.7% year-on-year to USD 1.307 billion. The balance of portfolio investment swung to a surplus of USD 1.186 billion in January-December 2010 from a surplus of USD 18.8 million in 2009.

Financial derivatives [options, forward contracts, futures, swaps] were at nil, no change was registered.

The surplus of other investment reached USD 4.78 billion in January-December 2010, compared to the USD 6.341 billion surplus logged in 2009. The balance of commercial loans came to a surplus of USD 1.1 billion, which compares to the surplus of USD 657 million in January-December 2009.

Net errors and omissions fell to USD 268.2 million from USD 531.1 million. The positive value means unaccounted capital inflow or unaccounted exports.

In 2009, the surplus of capital and financial account in the balance of payments almost doubled to USD 8.302 billion from USD 4.287 billion in 2008.