OREANDA-NEWS. April 20, 2011. Belarus’ international reserves went down 25.2% in January-March 2011 to USD 3.761 billion as of April 1, 2011 by the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards, according to the National Statistics Committee.

As of April 1, foreign currency reserve assets amounted to USD 1.338 billion, down 29.9% in January-March, the amount of monetary gold reached the equivalent of USD 1.4 billion, down 12.5%, and other assets were at USD 437.9 million, down 54.2%.

Special drawing rights were at USD 585.5 million as of April 1, 2011, up 3.1% 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.