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

/IRBIS, February 4, 2011/ - 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- fourth 2010 quarter 2009 2010 --------------------------------------------- --------- -------- --------- Current account +4,935.6 700.8 -4,248.5 Trade balance +29,014.5 6,531.3 15,158.8 Export +59,724.9 15,225.6 43,972.0 Import -30,710.3 -8,694.3 -28,813.2 Balance of cervices -6,493.2 -1,837.5 -5,777.7 Export +4,171.6 1,054.6 4,286.4 Import -10,664.8 -2,892.0 -10,064.1 Balance of wages -16,580.1 -3,607.5 -12,729.5 The balance of investment income Interest on reserves and assets of the National Fund of Kazakhstan +829.9 229.7 820.9 income from foreign direct investment -14,797.2 -3,080.3 -11,077.2 Current transfers -1,005.7 -385.5 -900.1 Capital account and financial -200.8 -337.0 6,710.2 Balance of capital account +7,882.2 71.0 -29.5 Direct investment +1,248.2 -4,263.9 10,500.8 foreign direct investment -8,528.2 -6,169.2 -3,118.5 direct investment in Kazakhstan +9,776.4 1,905.3 13,619.3 Portfolio investment +8,317.0 6,287.9 2,989.0 assets -7,454.1 -1,443.4 1,851.9 liabilities 15,771.1 7,731.3 1,137.2 The average-and long-term investments -7,868.4 2,576.7 -3,256.5 assets +3,890.9 1,047.0 720.7 liabilities -11,759.3 1,529.8 -3,977.3 Other short-term capital flows (Incl. errors and omissions) -9,779.8 -5,008.7 -3,493.6 Changing the reserve assets of the NBK National Bank of Kazakhstan -4,734.7 -363.8 -2,461.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2011-02-04]