Deficit of Kazakhstan's Current Account for the nine months of 2009 amounted to $ 3,389.1 million

/IRBIS, November 5, 09/ - Deficit of current account of Kazakhstan's payment balance for the nine months of 2009 amounted to 3,389.1 million U.S. dollars, are shown in data published today at the official site of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Thus, in the nine months of the current account deficit of payments balance of republic amounted to $ 285.9 million. Payment Balance Republic of Kazakhstan (USD million) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 months 9 months 2009 2008 2008 ---------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- Current account -3,389.1 6,596.0 6,659.2 Trade balance 9,058.0 33,518.8 28,153.4 Export 29,888.4 71,970.8 56,705.9 Import -20,830.4 -38,452.0 -28,552.5 Services balance -4,270.2 -6,615.7 -5,142.9 Export 3,112.4 4,383.0 3,276.2 Import -7,382.6 -10,998.7 -8,419.0 Balance of wages and investment income -7,637.1 -19,322.5 -15,652.3 Current transfers -539.9 -984.6 -699.1 Account of operations with capital and finance 3,662.1 -4,407.2 -2,309.1 Capital operations account -28.0 -12.8 3.5 Direct investments 7,233.5 10,821.3 7,717.3 foreign direct investment -933.0 -3,826.2 -2,683.7 direct investment in Kazakhstan 8,166.5 14,647.5 10,401.1 Portfolio investments 1,003.8 -9,322.6 -6,185.0 actives 1,475.8 -7,222.7 -5,048.6 obligatory -472.0 -2,099.9 -1,136.4 Average I long term short-term loan -1,704.5 4,275.1 4,019.7 and mortgages actives 72.3 -1,902.9 -975.8 obligatory -1,776.8 6,177.9 4,995.5 Other short-term capital -2,842.7 -10,168.2 -7,864.6 Reserve assets of NBK -273.0 -2,188.8 -4,350.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-11-05]