Belarus ranks first among CIS countries in housing construction per thousand population

October 27, Minsk /Elena Demeshkevich - BELTA/. Belarus holds leading positions among CIS countries in terms of commissioning square meters of total housing area per 1,000 population. This was announced today to journalists by the Head of the Department for User Services of Statistical Information - Press Secretary of the National Statistical Committee of Belarus, BELTA correspondent reports. "Based on the results of 2009, Belarus significantly leads CIS countries in this indicator. This situation has been observed for the past few years," said the representative of Belstat. In 2009, 595 sq.m of total housing area was commissioned per 1,000 population in Belarus. This is 173 sq.m more than in Russia and 4.3 times more than in Ukraine, noted Viktor Mikhno. In Belarus, over the nine months of the current year, 5,078.9 thousand sq.m of total housing area have been commissioned, which is 13% higher than the level of the same period in 2009. Br8.7 trillion of investments were used for the construction of residential buildings in Belarus during the specified period, or 24.1% of their total volume. Br1.5 trillion of investments in fixed assets were used for the construction of engineering and transport infrastructure facilities in residential development areas, or 43.8% of the volume planned for 2010. -0-