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MINSK, 13 February (BelTA) - In 2017 foreign investors injected $9.7 billion into Belarus' economy (except for banks), BelTA learned from the website of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus.

The primary investors were economic operators of Russia (38% of the total investment), the United Kingdom (26.6%), and Cyprus (7.2%).

Foreign direct investment made up $7.6 billion, or 78.5% of the total.

In 2017 Belarusian economic operators (except for banks) transferred $5.5 billion in investments abroad. Considerable sums were channeled into economic operators in Russia (66.9% of the total outgoing investments), Ukraine (17.3%), and the UK (7.6%).

Direct investments accounted for 93.8% of the total outgoing investments.