In January-February, Belarus increased the export of investment goods by almost 40%

April 27, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. In January-February 2011, Belarus increased its export of investment goods by 39.3% to $543.7 million compared to the same period last year. The growth compared to the same period last year amounted to $153.4 million. BELTA was informed about this by the National Statistical Committee. The increase in supplies was due to the growth in the value of exports of tractors and fifth wheel tractors (by $65.3 million), trucks (by $52.3 million), vehicles designed for the transport of ten or more people (by $7.9 million), road and construction machinery (by $6.4 million), special-purpose vehicles (by $4.4 million). The import of investment goods for the first two months of 2011 increased by 77.7% to $548.6 million (in January-February last year - $308.7 million). This was due to an increase in import purchases of railway and tram cars (by $28.4 million), tractors and fifth wheel tractors (by $17.6 million), equipment for agriculture (by $16.9 million), communication apparatus (by $13.7 million), metal structures of ferrous metals (by $13.3 million). -0-