April 20 (SeeNews) - The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bulgaria fell 36.7% to 102.4 million euro ($110 million) in the first two months of the year, compared with the same period last year, the central bank, BNB, said on Thursday.
The FDI inflow was equal to 0.2% of the 2017 GDP forecast by the BNB, the central bank said in a statement.
Real estate investments by non-residents in Bulgaria totalled 900,000 euro in January-February 2017, compared to 4.7 million euro during the same period of last year. The largest inflow of real estate investment came from Russia, 44.6% of the total amount, Kazakstan followed with 23.8% and Austria with 22%.
The largest net direct investment inflow in Bulgaria in January-February 2017 was from the Netherlands, which accounted for 34.3% of the total volume for the period, followed by Malta with 15.7% and Germany with 11.3%.
($ = 0.930 euro)