{"id":138047,"date":"2025-05-14T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"foreign-investment-below-2022-level-despite-7-percent-growth-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138047\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investment below 2022 level despite 7-percent growth in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/dollar-freepik-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(freepik.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Foreign companies invested $3 billion in Belarus\u2019 economy in the first quarter of 2025, 7.1 percent more than in the same period last year, <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2018s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investments have been declining from $3.4 billion in January-March 2022 to $3 billion in the same period in 2023 and\u00a0$2.8 billion in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign direct investment amounted to $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2025, similar to the values recorded in the two previous years. Belarus also invested $1.3 billion abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Bie\u0142stat did not disclose information on the countries of origin and destination of investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fanera_abraziv_by_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Warsaw investigating imports of sanctioned Belarusian plywood<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 12, Pozirk. Polish prosecutors and customs authorities have launched an investigation into customs fraud and violation of the European Union\u2019s sanctions regarding the imports of birch plywood from Belarus and Russia. An unnamed Polish company imported Belarusian birch plywood &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/137665\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, Pozirk. Foreign companies invested $3 billion in Belarus\u2019 economy in the first quarter of 2025, 7.1 percent more than in the same period last year, Pozirk\u2018s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data showed. Investments have been declining from $3.4 billion in January-March 2022 to $3 billion in the same period in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59316,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-138047","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foreign investment below 2022 level despite 7-percent growth in Q1 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 14, Pozirk. 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