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Latest Highlights              2022

The Brunei Darussalam’s balance of payments (BOP) recorded a surplus of BND106.6 million in 2022, a decrease compared to BND1,472.8 million in 2021. The current account recorded a surplus of BND4,501.0 million from BND2,110.0 million in 2021. The higher current account balance surplus was due to increase in surplus of trade in goods by 31.8 per cent meanwhile Services Account, Primary Account and Secondary Income Account recorded a deficit.

Meanwhile, the Financial Account recorded a net outflow of BND3,290.7 million in compared to 
-BND160.5 million net inflows in 2021. Increase in outflows of portfolio investment and other investment is the main contribution to this increased.




                                      
More details​...             EXCEL TABLE              


Summary Data

​BND million
​20182019
2020
2021
2022p

Current Account
1,254.9​
1,214.4​748.4
2,110.0
4,501.0​
​Goods ​3,184.1
3,011.6
1,910.7​3,600.3​7,105.3​
​  Exports
​8,734.3 9,831.2​
9,026.5
14,783.4
19,484.0​
​  Imports
5,550.2
6,819.6​7,115.8
11,183.1
12,378.6​
​Services (1,359.8)
(1,621.9)​(1,178.6)
(935.9)
(1,169.5)​
​  Receipts
769.7​
842.8
485.9​269.3​388.2​
​  Payments
2,129.6​
2,464.7​
1,664.5
1,205.2
1,557.7​
​Primary Income
113.1​ 492.6​
499.1
120.5
(506.7)​
​  Receipts
1,347.5 1,402.3​1,268.6
1,288.3
757.4​
​  Payments
1,234.3​ 909.7
769.4​1,167.8
1,267.2​
​Secondary income
(682.5)
(668.0)​(482.9)
(674.9
(925.2)​
​  Receipts
43.1 62.6​64.2
89.3
67.1​
​  Payments
725.6
730.6547.1​764.2​992.3​
​Capital Account
​--​-​
Financial Account
94.6
(623.1)​363.8
(160.5)
3,290.7​
​  Direct Investmen Abroad
-​-​-​
​  Direct Investment in Brunei
697.8
511.0
796.7
275.1
(403.2)​
​  Portfolio Investment Assets
(1,941.6)
1,907.9​1,647.2
(318.7)
628.7​
​  Portfolio Investment Liabilities
--​-​
​  Other Investment Assets
2,940.4​ 384.6​
(728.6)
292.6
1,,196.5​
​  Other Investment Liabilities
206.4​
2,334.1
(241.8)
(140.8)
(1,062.3)​
​  Current+capital-financial account balance
1,160.3 1,767.0384.62,270.5
1,210.3​
​Net Errors and Omissions
(1,179.2) (735.1)​(996.0)
(797.7)
(1,103.6)​
Reserve Assets
(18.9)​ 1,031.9
(611.4)​ 1,4728​106.6​