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Profitability of the Belarusian banks’ own capital in 2001 was equal to 2.6%. For comparison, in 1996 it was equal to 21%, in 1994 – 134%, and in 1993 – 200%. The share of own capital of the banks in GDP of Belarus makes 3%. These figures, as agency Ekopress informs, were reported by the director of the Foreign Economic Ties Department of the National Bank of Belarus Yuri Ulaskin at the assembly of the International BNPA Directors’ Club.

These figures show that the bank system of Belarus is not only small and underdeveloped to guarantee operation of the enterprises, but at present it is in situation when the enterprises have to credit it.

The level of foreign trade activities of Belarusian banks is still low. The level of foreign assets per person is low as well, like in all CIS countries. In Russia it is equal to about 100$ per citizen, in Ukraine – 20$, in Belarus – 30$, while in developed countries these sums are equal to thousands of dollars.

It deepens the problem of bank system of Belarus, Yuri Ulaskin said, in the sphere of support of national export and trade with other countries and demonstrates that the bank system experiences the same problems as the real sector of the economy.