Triple growth of FDI in Bulgaria to €221.4 mln

Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Bulgaria registered triple growth in the first half of 2012, showed preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). From the beginning of the year until the end of June, these amounted to €221.4 mln, or 0.6% of GDP, compared to €63.2 mln, or 0.2% of GDP a year earlier, BNB reported.

The equity capital (remitted/withdrawn instalments in cash and in kind by non-residents in/from the capital and reserves of Bulgarian enterprises and the proceeds/payments from/on real estate deals in the country), attracted in January-June 2012, amounted to €422.1 mln, or €115.9 mln higher than the equity capital attracted in the same period of 2011 (€306.2 million).

Proceeds from investments of foreign persons in real estate for the period amounted to €122.9 mln, compared to €98.1 mln in January-June 2011.

The reinvested profit for the first six months of 2012 (the share of non-residents in the undistributed profit or the corporate loss) is estimated at €34.5 mln, compared to €46.6 mln for the same period of 2011.

By country, the largest FDI in Bulgaria for the first half of 2012 were made by the Netherlands (€163 mln), Switzerland (€122.5 mln) and Russia (€68.9 mln). The largest negative net flows for the period were to Germany (minus €284 mln) and the UK (minus €77 mln).

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