November 19 (SeeNews) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bulgaria, calculated according to the directional principle, rose by an annual 2.2% to 826.4 million euro ($944.3 million) in the first nine months of the year, the central bank, BNB, said on Monday, quoting preliminary data.
The FDI inflow was equal to 1.6% of the BNB’s 2018 GDP forecast, the central bank said in a statement.
The largest net direct investment inflow in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year, of 725.5 million euro, came from the Netherlands. Germany and Belgium followed with 90.4 million euro and 82.7 million euro, respectively.
Real estate investments by non-residents in Bulgaria totalled 5.4 euro in January-September, compared to 15.6 million euro during the same period of last year. The largest inflow of real estate investment came from Russia, followed by Ukraine and Germany.
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