OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2012. Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves [calculated under the national methodology] went up 4.2% in January-June 2012 to USD 9.779 billion as of August 1, 2012, according to the National Bank of Belarus (NBB).

In July alone Belarus’ foreign exchange reserves decreased 0.8% on the month by USD 75.2 million.

Foreign exchange reserves decreased 19.3% on the month to USD 4.404 billion as of August 1, 2012.

The amount of precious metals and gems in the NBB reserves increased 16% in January-July 2012 to USD 2.797 billion, of monetary gold amounted to USD 2.228 billion as of August 1, 2012, up 17% from January 1, 2012, of gold on foreign bank accounts was at USD 365 million (up 3%), of other precious metals went up 37% to USD 167.4 million, and of precious stones went up 24.9% to USD 36 million.

Other reserve assets increased 70% to USD 2.579 billion as of August 1, 2012.

In 2011, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves went up 52.6% to USD 9.387 billion.