Brunei's Economy Posts Positive Growth In 7 Quarters
Faizan Hashmi Published January 15, 2023 | 03:00 PM
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2023 ) :Brunei's economy increased by 0.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022, rebounding from the past six quarters' negative growth since 2021, official data showed on Saturday.
A growth of 4.6 percent in non-oil and gas sector led to the bounce back of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the quarter, which was valued at 4.6 billion Brunei Dollars (3.5 billion U.S. dollars) at constant prices.
The oil and gas sector declined by 2.
7 percent due to the decrease in oil and gas mining activities and the manufacturing of liquefied natural gas.
In the quarter, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector and the industrial sector declined by 6.3 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively.
The services sector increased by 5.1 percent. Positive growths were recorded in air transport by 249.6 percent, followed by land transport (35.9 percent) and restaurants (31.4 percent). (1 Brunei Dollar equals 0.76 U.S. dollars).
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