DUSHANBE , May 3, Asia-Plus - Remittances equivalent to more than 56,242,500 U.S. dollars have been made via the open joint-stock company “AgroInvestBonk” in January-March this year, according to information from the bank press service in Dushanbe . 

The source says some 54 million U.S. dollars, 53.3 million Russian rubles and 251,500 euros have been remitted to “Agroinvestbonk” in the first quarter of this year.  

AgroInvestBonk has provided 2,319 loans for a total amount of more than 67.5 million Somonis (equivalent to more than US$21 million) over the same three-month period.  Of this amount, US$5.875 million have been provided in a form of micro loans.    

Balance of deposits in AgroInvestBonk has amounted to 126.9 million Somonis as of April 1 2006 .