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Table 63: Balance of Payments: Quarterly and Calendar Year 2016 and First Quarter 2017

2016 (Rs million)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 2016 2017 1
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
1st Quarter
-2,870 -2,475 -2,171 -727
C. Current Transfers 1,515 4,270 -8,243 -1,584
Credit 1,354 2,154 1,516 2,248 9,455 2,398
Private 161 1,865 1,396 2,022 6,863 2,235
Government -4,385 -4,997 2,592 163
Debit -4,380 289 120 -4,938 -3,982
Private -3,154 -17,698 -3,975
o/w global business -2,957 -4,629 -3,687 -17,559
Government -5 -4,562 -3,679 -59 -11,494 -2,125
-3,099 -2,284 6,468 -7
II. CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 5,268 -139
D. Capital Account -4 -67 -8 -15 24,014 3,019
-4 3,513 8,765 -15 -47
Migrants' Transfers 6,483 -36 -47
E. Financial Account 5,272 -12 -5 116,725 -36
110,759 -67,028 24,050 3,065
Direct Investment -34,406 -12 -5 -66,798 461,949 76,054
Abroad -34,479 3,525 8,770 183,753 -264,699 -120,163
o/w global business 145,165 137,580 96,885 180,844 -264,504 -120,065
In Mauritius 140,448 -56,540 726,648 196,218
o/w global business -69,748 -37,656 -125,609 -47,509 714,229 194,405
-64,498 -37,583 -125,644 -37,117 -238,040 -39,848
Portfolio Investment -59,099 175,236 -35,139 -209,758 -29,771
Assets -57,009 222,494 -10,392 -180,283 -26,831
Equity Securities -9,861 -174,464 -23,524
o/w global business -5,399 172,862 220,075 -9,031 -29,475 -2,939
Debt Securities -4,979 -62,973 -48,779 -11,578 -27,402 -2,340
o/w global business -5,250 -57,807 -39,944 -11,203 -28,282 -10,077
Liabilities -6,202 2,547 -35,734 -13,357
Equity Securities -6,220 -52,709 -31,358 2,654 -34,492 -12,682
o/w global business -51,746 -30,570 -44,885 7,452
Debt Securities 952 -128,637 7,499 3,280
o/w global business 907 -5,098 -8,586 -173,632 3,307
-29,963 0 -475,570 -33,978
Other Investment -64,747 -4,760 -7,802 0 -96,239
Assets -5,166 -8,835 -17,922 0
General Government 0 -6,855 -11,099 -110,759 0 0
Monetary Authorities 0 -110,759 41,628 0
Banks 29,145 -6,917 -10,152 44 -517,474 -51,239
Other Sectors: Long-term -93,915 1,689 2,264 83,752 -517,673 -44,667
o/w global business -94,095 1,693 2,245 -11 276 -44,667
Other Sectors: Short-term 23 1 301,938 -333
Liabilities 34,784 -62,802 -35,982 13,754 -1,045 62,261
General Government -645 -75,232 -206,954 67,057 -19 -5,017
Monetary Authorities -63 67,886 -41,167 4
Banks -3,547 0 0 2,951 333,377 29,847
Other Sectors: Long-term 36,751 -8,817 334,816 35,645
o/w global business 36,868 0 0 -1,449 10,792 36,503
Other Sectors: Short-term 2,288 17,183 13,222 -11 -26,227 1,782
-5,776 -92,452 -220,348 535 -4,890 837
Reserve Assets -1,406 -7,892 576 0
Monetary Gold 565 -92,471 -220,348 0 99 -1
Special Drawing Rights -510 37 172 -1,808 -22,012 241
Reserve Position in the Fund -4,425 0 597
Foreign Exchange 0 12,430 170,972 -5,132 0
Other Claims -2,551 1,965
-202 -187
III. NET ERRORS AND OMISSIONS 33 10

-28,857 -22,517

38,473 191,096
38,810 191,252

2,983 2,570

-8,280 -3,354
-2,035 0
0
22

69 5
-6,336 -3,359

0 0

1,134 -1,908

1 Preliminary estimates.
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Research and Economic Analysis Department.