CURRENT DATA

Main socio-economic indicators of the Republic of Belarus
for January-April 2008

 

January-April
2008

In % of January-April
2007

April 2008  in % of

April
2007

March
2008

Gross Domestic Product (estimation)1),
bln. rubles

34408,9

110,4

õ

õ

Industrial output, bln. rubles

39985,1

113,3

112,2

94,0

Consumer goods production,
bln. rubles

7574,8

115,6

115,9

95,8

        food

3693,4

116,1

112,6

94,5

        non-food

3402,3

114,9

119,9

96,9

Capital investments1), bln. rubles

8104,5

124,4

137,6

90,5

Dwellings put in place, thsd. square metres of total space1)

1377,9

108,5

101,3

20,8

Agricultural output (estimation), bln. rubles

3244,1

106,5

õ

õ

Freights shipped by general purpose transport, mln. tons

75,2

110,4

107,0

103,9

Freight transport turnover, mln. tons/km

18918,5

108,9

106,2

99,0

Retail turnover, bln. rubles

14504,1

120,5

119,9

101,5

Number of registered unemployed with state
employment agencies (end of period), thsd. persons

47,1

93,8

93,8

96,5

         in per cent of
         economically active
         population

1,0

 

 

 

Consumer price index

õ

105,31)

114,8

101,2

Producer price index for industrial output

õ

104,51)

114,2

102,0

       of wich for capital goods

õ

105,01)

114,6

102,3

 


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1)  End of period to December of previous year.
 

 

 

Q1
2008

In per cent of Q1
2007

March 2008 in per cent of

March
2007

February
2008

Foreign trade turnover 1), mln. US

16784,5

162,2

158,0

111,0

                     exports

8017,2

169,0

157,1

109,1

                     imports

8767,3

156,5

158,9

112,7

                     balance

-750,1

 

 

 

Paid services rendered to households, bln. rubles

2856,3

111,6

õ

õ

Real disposable money incomes

õ

110,7

106,8

103,1

Gross average monthly wages and salaries

 

 

 

 

                     nominal, thsd.rubles

775,8

122,4

122,3

106,1

           real          

õ

108,3

108,0

105,3

Labour productivity (measured using Gross Domestic Product), %

õ

109,4

õ

õ

Number of employed, thsd.persons

4455,1

101,0

õ

100,6

 

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Volumes of GDP production, industrial output, capital investments, agricultural output, retail turnover and paid services, rendered to house holds are given at current prices, the indices are given at constant prices.

1) Volumes of foreign trade and indices are given in actual prices.