Inflow of foreign portfolio investments in the economy
increases from year to year. This fact is confirmed by positive
change in the amount of securities issued by the Belarusian joint
stock companies and distributed outside the territory of the Republic
of Belarus. Totally, over 40 billion of securities of 600 Belarusian
issuers were distributed to foreign investors from 40 countries
for the period from January 01, 1997 to April 01, 2006.
 Changes in Distribution of Shares of the Belarusian Joint Stock Companies outside the Territory of the Republic of Belarus
| Year |
Amount of distribution (BYR million) |
Growth (reduction) as against preceding period, % |
| 1997 |
228,8 |
100 |
| 1998 |
266,3 |
116,4 |
| 1999 |
1165,1 |
437,5 |
| 2000 |
6041,4 |
518,5 |
| 2001 |
15912,5 |
263,4 |
| 2002 |
39706,4 |
249,5 |
| 2003 |
67213,8 |
169,3 |
| 2004 |
57739,6 |
85,9 |
| 2005 |
64400 |
111,5 |
| january-march 2006 |
2105,6 |
3,3 |
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