Preliminary assessment of the balance of payments of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the first half of 2010

/IRBIS, August 9, 2010/ - National Bank of Kazakhstan issued a preliminary assessment of the balance of payments of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the first half of 2010. Balance of Payments of the Republic of Kazakhstan (in million USD) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- first first first half-year quarter half-year 2010 2010 2009 --------------------------------------------- --------- -------- --------- Current account 5,659.8 2,834.8 -3,502.0 Trade balance 16,518.3 8,014.8 4,105.3 Export 29,921.2 13,616.8 17,513.3 Import -13,402.8 -5,602.0 -13,408.0 Balance of cervices -2,816.2 -1,410.6 -2,530.6 Export 1,915.5 903.8 2,029.8 Import -4,731.7 -2,314.4 -4,560.4 Balance of wages -7,937.1 -3,725.3 -4,754.1 The balance of investment income 0 0 0 Interest on reserves 179.2 443.8 and assets of the National Fund of Kazakhstan 392.0 income from foreign direct investment -7,236.4 -3,347.0 -3,936.3 Current transfers -105.3 -44.1 -322.7 Capital account and financial -1,311.6 1,443.2 2,005.6 Balance of capital account 3,154.1 2,531.3 5.0 Direct investment 5,519.0 3,200.2 4,040.0 foreign direct investment 410.4 -91.3 -933.6 direct investment in Kazakhstan 5,108.6 3,291.5 4,973.7 Portfolio investment 1,130.1 3,990.9 3,528.9 assets -3,566.0 -822.3 2,624.8 liabilities 4,696.1 4,813.2 904.1 The average-and long-term investments -9,136.5 -6,942.3 -3,209.7 assets 774.2 157.7 -34.1 liabilities -9,910.6 -7,100.0 -3,175.6 Other short-term capital flows (Incl. errors and omissions) -1,978.4 1,336.9 -2,358.,6 Changing the reserve assets of the NBK National Bank of Kazakhstan -4,348.2 -4,278.0 -1,496.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2010-08-09]