Minsk companies attracted more than $ 2.9 billion of foreign investments in H1. The direct investments made up 75% of the total volume, $42,100 were portfolio investments, and about one-fourth of the total amount were other investments, it was learned from the Minsk Central Statistics Bureau. 

The most attractive areas for foreign investments include transportation (62.9% of the total volume of investments), general business activities (16.3%), commerce and public catering (11%), industry (3.3%) and communications (1.9%). 

The companies of Minsk received investments from 58 countries. About 78% of them (more than $2.3 billion) came from the CIS. The investments from accounted for 99.9% of the CIS investments. 

The other anchor investors in the Minsk economy in H1 were ($183.3 million or 6.2% of the total volume of investments), the ($172.5 million or 5.8%) and ($156 million or 5.3%).

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