External debt of Kazakhstan as of January 1, 2001 - $3.272 bln

/IRBIS, Feb 12, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Ministry of Finance, that as of January 1, 2001 external debt of the government of Kazakhstan equaled $3.272 bln. In early 2000 external debt of government equaled $2.899 bln, is said. External debt guaranteed by the government is said to have decreased to $694.6 mln as of January 1, 2001 from $703.9 mln as of January 1, 2000. Following is external debt of the government: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 1 January 1 October 1 July 1 2001 2000 2000 2000 --------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------- EXTERNAL DEBT ($ mln) 3,272.0 2,898.5 3,253.3 3,246.7 including: WB 1,121.6 1,105.7 1,116.1 1,108.0 ADB 329.4 307.6 318.2 310.6 EBRD 45.4 48.6 44.6 46.0 IDB 11.3 9.9 11.2 11.3 Austria 3.3 3.7 3.1 3.4 Sweden 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Eximbank of Japan 211.3 261.8 227.0 243.3 Economic cooperation fund (Japan) 238.8 191.8 219.7 219.8 German credit agency 6.8 5.6 4.7 5.2 Eximbank of Korea 7.1 5.2 4.9 4.0 Foreign commercial banks 294.0 305.7 300.6 292.2 Euronotes 1,000.0 650.0 1,000.0 1,000.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------