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Netherlands, China and Canada are main foreign investors in Kazakhstan in first quarter of 2012

Business Materials 10 July 2012 18:29 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 10 / Trend E. Kosolapova/

Netherlands, China and Canada became the main foreign investors in Kazakhstan's economy in the first quarter of 2012, Kazakh National Bank reported on Tuesday.

In January- March 2012 Belgium invested in Kazakhstan $219.1 million ($117.9 million were invested in the first quarter of 2011), British Virgin Islands -$131.5 million ($329.7 million in the first quarter of 2011), Canada - $327.5 million ($337.5 million in the first quarter of 2011), China - $545 million ($281 million in the first quarter of 2011), France - $245.1 million (compared to $433.4 million in the first quarter of 2011), Germany - $109.1 million (compared to $39.4 million in the first quarter of 2011), Japan -$108.7 million (compared to $170.1 million in the first quarter of 2011), Netherlands - $3.021 billion (compared to $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2011), Switzerland - $158.3 million (compared to $140.5 million in the first quarter of 2011), UK -$ 227.8 million ( compared to $188.2 million in the first quarter of 2011), US - $176.4 million (compared to $79.03 million in the first quarter of 2011).

International organizations increased investments in Kazakhstan to $45.3 million in the first quarter of 2012 compared to $0.48 million invested in the first three months of 2011.

In general, foreign investments in Kazakhstan's economy increased from $5.279 billion in January-March 2011 to $5.86 billion in the same period of 2012.

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