OREANDA-NEWS. October 28, 2011. Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves [calculated under the national methodology] went up 1.2% in January-September 2011 to U.S. USD 6.227 billion as of October 2, 2011, according to the National Bank of Belarus (NBB).

The volume of gold and foreign exchange reserves was affected by Belarus’ repayment of foreign and internal commitments in foreign exchange, as well as changes in precious metals prices on the world market.

Foreign exchange reserves had increased 12.7% to USD 3.189 billion by October 1, 2011.

The amount of precious metals and gems in the NBB reserves increased 20.4% in January-September to USD 2.171 billion, of monetary gold amounted to USD 1.611 billion as of October 1, 2011, up 0.7% from January 1, 2011, of gold on foreign bank accounts was at USD 396 million, of other precious metals went down 1.9% to USD 130.3 million, and of precious stones went down 52.4% to USD 33.7 million.

Other reserve assets decreased 43% to USD 867.6 million as of October 1, 2011.

In 2010, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves rose 3% to USD 6.155 billion.