OREANDA-NEWS. October 21, 2011. Belarus’ international reserves went down 6.3% in January-September 2011 to U.S. USD 4.716 billion as of October 1, 2011 by the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards, according to National Bank of Belarus (NBB).

As of October 1, foreign currency reserve assets amounted to USD 2.239 billion, 17.4% up on the month, the amount of monetary gold reached the equivalent of USD 1.611 billion, up 0.7%, and other assets were at USD 283.8 million, down 70.3%.

Special drawing rights were at USD 581.7 million as of October 1, 2011, up 2.5% on the month. 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.