Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Romania totalled 7.25 billion, euros in 2007, 2.22 billion being capital subscriptions, Romania’s National Bank (BNR) reports.
The reinvested net profit amounted to 1.327 billion euros, namely 18% and the net credit received from the foreign investors totalled 3.703 billion euros, namely 51%.
FDI final balance on Dec 31, 2007 stood at 42.77 billion euros, 31.501 billion euros being share capital (74%) and 11.269 billion euros the net loans from the foreign investors (26%).
FDI mainly went to the processing industry (32.9% of the total), the most attractive branches being the steel and iron industry – 7.5%, the food industry, the drinks and the tobacco industry (5,2%), crude oil, chemicals, rubber and plastics makers (4.4%), transportation means industry (3.6%) and the concrete, glass and ceramics industry (3.5%).
Territorially speaking, most of the FDI went to Bucharest- Ilfov County – 64.3%, 8,3% to the Central Romania, 6.9% to Southern Romania, 5.7% to South East and 5.5% to western Romania.
In terms of FDI balance, the first five foreign investors in Romania, on Dec 31, 2007, were as follows: Austria by 21.4%, compared to 23% in 2006, the Netherlands by 16.3%, than 17.1% in 2006, Germany – 11.7%, France 8.8% compared to 8% in 2006, and Greece by 7.5% the same as in 2006. FDI were allocated contingent on the origin country of the shareholder owning at least 10% of the share capital of the companies the foreign direct investments went to.
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