{"id":150824,"date":"2025-08-13T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150824\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bielstat-foreign-investment-up-2-4-percent-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150824\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: foreign investment up 2.4 percent in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Foreign companies invested $4.2 billion in Belarus\u2019 economy in the first half of 2025, 2.4 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>Foreign direct investment amounted to $3.2 billion in January-June, climbing 3.2 percent year on year. Belarus also invested $2.5 billion abroad, 3.8 percent less than in the first half of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign investments in Belarus\u2019 economy dropped 10.4 percent last year to $6.9 billion.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BEROC predicts Belarusian economy to cool in medium term<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 12, Pozirk. The BEROC think tank has presented a forecast saying that the Belarusian economy will slowly cool down in the medium term if there are no strong external shocks. The think tank anticipates a prolonged period before the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/150761\">\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>August 13, Pozirk. Foreign companies invested $4.2 billion in Belarus\u2019 economy in the first half of 2025, 2.4 percent more than in the same period last year, Pozirk\u2018s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data showed. Foreign direct investment amounted to $3.2 billion in January-June, climbing 3.2 percent year on year. Belarus also invested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63996,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-150824","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>Bie\u0142stat: foreign investment up 2.4 percent in H1 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 13, Pozirk. 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