Over 2016 in the Minsk region in the real economy (except banks), foreign investors have invested $ 814.4 million, BelTA learned from the Central Statistical Office in the region.
The major investors of the field organizations were subjects of Russian entities (39% of all investments), China (17.1%), Cyprus (13,1%).
Foreign direct investment totaled $ 538.4 million, or 66.1% of the total volume.
With regard to investment from abroad, Minsk region, over 2016 organizations in the region (excluding banks) allocated for this purpose funds in the amount of $ 487.8 million. Significant amounts of investment organizations of the region were sent to Russian economic entities (82.5%) , Singapore (7.3%), Ukraine (6.8%). The share of direct investment accounted for 99.99% of all intended investments abroad.