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Balance of Payments

The Balance of Payments (BOP) is a set of statistics which covers all of the country’s economic events with non-residents (rest of the world). The BOP comprises of 3 sets of accounts, namely the;

Current Account: Summarises transaction with the rest of the world in goods and services, income and current transfers.

Capital Account: Records transactions in capital transfers and non-produced non-financial assets.

Financial Account: Records transactions in external financial assets and liabilities.

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Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
(USD million) 
 
 
 
 
 
CURRENT ACCOUNT (net)
-32.6
-47.5
-70.3
-42.5
-60.3
-46.1
-71.4
-45.8
 
Goods (net)
-67.6
-87.2
-92.4
-86.0
-82.6
-104.2
-108.9
-102.8
Credits 
107.4
88.9
102.3
101.7
125.2
115.3
116.3
121.1
Debits 
-174.9
-176.1
-194.7
-187.7
-207.8
-219.5
-225.2
-223.9
 
 
 
Services (net)
30.8
51.4
36.2
43.6
28.8
57.8
45.6
58.9
Transportation (net)
5.3
-3.5
-8.6
-4.6
3.4
-2.9
-9.5
-11.0
Travel (net)
50.6
61.9
60.1
64.1
51.2
70.8
63.0
66.7
Insurance (net)
-5.4
-5.7
-5.9
-5.4
-6.5
-7.1
-6.5
-6.3
Royalties and license fees (net)
0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.6
-0.1
0.3
0.4
-0.2
Construction (net)
-8.5
-5.7
-6.3
-6.3
-8.2
-5.7
-5.7
-5.7
Government services (net)
-1.1
-1.6
-1.7
-2.8
-0.9
-1.3
-1.3
-0.6
Other services (net)
-12.3
5.9
-4.0
-10.5
-10.6
4.9
5.0
7.9
 
 
 
Income (net)
-8.4
-11.1
-15.5
-12.0
-8.2
-10.1
-10.9
-21.7
 
Current transfers (net)
12.6
-0.6
1.4
11.9
1.7
10.4
2.8
19.8
 
 
 
CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNT
326.6
11.2
55.0
105.0
9.8
50.3
68.5
49.1
 
 
 
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
237.7
0.2
30.8
6.3
0.6
16.9
7.2
2.3
 
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT
88.9
10.9
24.2
98.6
9.2
33.3
61.3
46.8
Direct investment (net)
62.1
30.7
33.6
32.3
41.7
29.8
28.0
28.9
Other investment (net)  
6.2
4.4
-7.7
51.4
-18.2
27.0
21.3
9.9
 
OVERALL BALANCE 
293.6
-30.3
28.1
24.1
-2.6
17.6
-1.2
14.8
 
 
 
Financing of Overall Balance
-293.6
30.3
-28.1
-24.1
2.6
-17.6
1.2
-14.8
Reserve assets  (increase = sign -)
-57.2
17.8
-9.6
-32.4
-2.7
-18.9
1.2
-16.1
Arrears
-236.4
12.6
-18.5
8.3
5.3
1.3
0.0
1.3

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