OREANDA-NEWS. January 15, 2013. Inventories of Belarusian manufacturing companies grew 4.6% on the month in November 2012 to 22.221 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br) (USD 2.72 billion at the central bank’s rate), a representative in the National Statistical Committee told.

As of December 1, 2012, inventories were at 59.7% of the average monthly output, down from 63.7% on November 1, 2011.

November saw a rise in inventories in a lot of key sectors of Belarusian industries.

Inventories of machines and equipment went up 3.8% on the month to reached 5.646 trillion rubles (USD 660.35 million).

Inventories of food products, including beverages and tobacco goods, reached 5.451 trillion rubles (USD 637.54 million), up 12.7%; of vehicles and equipment up 4.9% on month to Br2.243 trillion (USD 262.34 million).

Inventories of chemical products went up 3.5% 1.598 trillion (USD 186.900 million); Inventories of non-metallic mineral products, including cement, glass and lime totalled 1.081 billion rubles (USD 126.43 million), up 11.7%.

Some industry branches, however, were there to see a month-on-month decrease in their inventories in November 2012: inventories of metallurgic productions and producers of metal goods reached 1.489 trillion rubles (USD 174.15 million), down 5.1%; of electrical facilities, electronic and optical equipment amounted to 1.168 trillion rubles (USD 136.61 million), up 5.7%. Inventories of plastic and rubber goods amounted to 997 million rubles (USD 116.6 million), down 1.8%. Inventories of coke, oil products and nuclear materials stood at 206 billion rubles (USD 24.1 million), down 10.8%; inventories of wood-processing productions and producers of timber products remained unchanged at 208 billion rubles (USD 24.33 million).