OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2012. Belarus’ international reserves went up 4% in January-July 2012 year on year to USD 8.23 billion as of August 1, 2012 by the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards, according to National Bank of Belarus (NBB).

In June alone, Belarus’ international reserve assets reduced 1.3% on the year by USD 99.3 million as the government and the National Bank had to settle their domestic and external liabilities in foreign currency.

In the meantime, Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves grew 4% year-on-year in January-July 2012 to reach USD 9.762 as of August 1, 2012.

In 2011, Belarus’ reserves went up by USD 2.885 billion, or up 57.4% on the year, to USD 7.916 billion.