Off the wire
• 52 killed in bomb attacks, air strikes against IS in Iraq's Anba  • Israel delays request to release Palestinian hunger-strike prisoner  • 1st LD Writethru-China Focus: China moves to ensure clean air for military parade  • UN special envoy slams air raids in Syria  • Switzerland increases emergency aid to Myanmar by 500,000 CHF  • Myanmar gov't vows to ensure free, fair election  • U.S. stocks open lower on downbeat data  • Singapore PM sends condolences over Trigana crash  • Roundup: 101 insurgents killed, foreign national kidnapped in Afghanistan within 24 hours  • Senior leader urges honest implementation of revised inspection rules  
You are here: 　 Home

FDI in Bulgaria grows 1.9 pct year-on-year in H1

Xinhua, August 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2015, Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) published on its website on Monday.

From January to June 2015, FDI in the Balkan country amounted to 799.6 million euros (some 887.6 million U.S. dollars) or 1.9 percent of gross domestic product, preliminary BNB data showed.

By country, the largest net direct investment came from The Netherlands, which stood at 567.3 million euro, while the largest negative flows were towards Germany, which totaled 301.1 million euros, the BNB said.

Equity receipts from real estate investments of non-residents amounted to 169.8 million euros, while net debt instruments totaled 549.4 million euros, and reinvestment of earnings was estimated at 80.5 million euros, BNB added. Endit