PRIME-TASS. The positive balanced financial result of the activities carried out by enterprises and institutions in Russia that is calculated as a difference between aggregate profit and loss amounted to Rub 1.98 tln in 1Q or 33.1% more in the year-earlier period, data from the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) showed.
In January-March 2011 36,700 enterprises generated profit for a total of Rub 2.35 tln and 23,100 concerns reported losses that reached Rub 379 bln. Compared to 1Q 2010 the portion of loss-making enterprises fell 0.2% to 38.6%.
Among the economic sectors under study the positive balanced financial result in January-March 2011 in the wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair, household items segments totaled Rub 517.6 bln, Rub 504.9 bln in the manufacturing sector, Rub 476.6 bln in natural resources extraction, Rub 211.2 bln in transport and telecommunications (including Rub 75.5 bln in telecommunications), and Rub 190.4 bln in electricity, gas and water production and distribution.
The positive balanced financial result was also recorded in operations with real estate, lease and provision of services (Rub 33.2 bln, including the management of housing operation, negative Rub 4.5 bln), Rub 22.1 bln in the agriculture, hunting and forestry, Rub 5.6 bln in the fishery and fishing sectors, and Rub 1.7 bln in the construction industry.
