Migrants' remittances increase by $ 61 million over month

In May, the net inflow of remittances to Kyrgyzstan increased by $ 61 million and comprised $ 199.6 million. Such data were provided by the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan.

It is noted that $ 236 million have been transferred to Kyrgyzstan, and $ 36.8 million were sent from the country. At the same time, most of the money is transferred from Russia — $ 233 million. Note, that such an influx of remittances is the highest indicator for the volumes of transfers over the last year and a half.

Thus, since the beginning of the year, migrants have transferred $ 851.5 million to Kyrgyzstan. $ 156.3 million were sent from the country. Net inflow is estimated at $ 695.6 million.