OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2011. Belarus’ international reserves, by on the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards, went down 13.7% in January 2011 to USD 4.343 billion as of February 1, 2011, according to the National Statistics Committee.

As of February 1, foreign currency reserve assets amounted to USD 1.285 billion, down 32.6% in January, the amount of monetary gold reached the equivalent of USD 1.4 billion, down 12.5%, and other assets were at USD 1.082 billion, up 13.3%.

Special drawing rights were at USD 575.8 million as of February 1, 2011, up 1.4% from January 1, 2011. Belarus’ IMF reserve position is at USD 0 million, showing no change

In 2010, Belarus’ reserves went down by USD 621.8 million, or 11%, to USD 5.031 billion. In 2011, international reserves are projected to rise by at least USD 1.2 billion.