OREANDA-NEWS. As at the end of September 2016, the volume of gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Republic of Belarus on the IMF’s SDDS definition increased by USD43.1 million and amounted, according to the preliminary data, to USD4,755 million in the equivalent as of October 1, 2016.

The volume of gold and foreign exchange reserves on the national definition grew by USD60 million, totaling USD5,245.1 million in the equivalent as of the same date.

The receipt of funds from the sale of bonds of the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus denominated in foreign exchange, the purchase of foreign exchange by the National Bank at the JSC "Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange, and revenues from collection of export duties on oil products were conducive to maintaining the level of gold and foreign exchange reserves.