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5.3 FDI
Belarus -FDI 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
FDI Net (BoP) -1,343 -3,877 -1,308 -1,984 -1,789 -1,546 -1,124
FDI net inflows (BoP)
1,393 4,002 1,464 2,246 1,862 1,652 1,247
FDI net inflows (% of GDP) 2.43 6.48 2.23 2.97 2.36 2.93 2.63
FDI net outflows (% of GDP) 0.09 0.20 0.24 0.35 0.09 0.19 0.26
In 2017 foreign investors injected $9.7bn into Belarus' economy (except for banks), says the National Statistics Committee of Belarus. The primary investors were from Russia (38% of the total investment), the United Kingdom (26.6%), and Cyprus (7.2%). Foreign direct investment made up $7.6bn, or 78.5% of the total. In 2017 Belarusian economic operators (except for banks) transferred $5.5bn in investments abroad. Considerable sums were channeled into economic operators in Russia (66.9% of the total outgoing investments), Ukraine (17.3%), and the UK (7.6%). Direct investments accounted for 93.8% of the total outgoing investments.
16 BELARUS Country Report July 2018 www.intellinews.com