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Latest Highlights              2024

In 2024, the current account balance continued to record a surplus amounted at BND2,986.2 million with an increased by 14.4 per cent compared to previous year. This was mainly supported by surplus in Goods account valued at BND4,960.4 million and increase of Primary Income valued at BND655.5 million in 2024.

Meanwhile, the Financial account recorded a net outflow of BND2,406.2 million a decreased compared to 2023 by 2.7 per cent. This was mainly due to Other investments net outflow of BND1,465.3 million in 2024. On the other hand, Direct Investments and Portfolio Investments both shows inflows at BND34.5 million (2023: BND68.6 million and BND975.4 million (2023: -BND363.8 million) respectively.


                                     
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Summary Data

​BND million
​​ 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024p
Current Account748.42,110.04,501.02,611.02,986.2
Goods
1,910.7 3,600.37,105.35,103.24,960.4
  Exports9,026.514,783.419,484.015,094.114,502.3
  Imports7,115.811,183.112,378.69,990.99,841.8
Services-1,178.6
-935.9
-1,169.5
-1,749.3
-1,784.4
  Receipts485.9 269.3388.2456.6547.2
  Payments1,664.51,205.21,557.72,205.92,331.6
Primary Income499.1120.5(509.7)260.6655.5
  Receipts1,268.61,288.3757.41,286.21,335.0
  Payments769.4 1,167.81,267.21,025.6679.5
Secondary income-482.9
-674.9
-925.2
-1,003.4
-845.3
  Receipts64.289.367.177.289.6
  Payments547.1 764.2992.31,080.7934.9
    
Capital Account- ----
    
Financial Account363.8(160.5)3,290.72,473.42,406.2
  Direct Investment Abroad- ----
  Direct Investment in Brunei796.7275.1-403.2
-68.6
34.5
  Portfolio Investment Assets1,647.2-318.7
628.7
-363.8
975.4
  Portfolio Investment Liabilities- ----
  Other Investment Assets-728.6
292.61,196.51,841.21,611.1
  Other Investment Liabilities-241.8
-140.8
-1,062.3
-927.5
145.8
  Current+capital-financial account balance
384.62,270.51,210.3137.6
580.0
    
Net Errors and Omissions-996.0
-797.7
-1,103.6
-1,076.0
-729.3
Reserve Assets-611.4
1,472.8106.6-938.4-149.4