November 13 (SeeNews) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Romania increased by 1.34% on the year to an estimated 3.352 billion euro ($3.904 billion) in the first nine months of 2017, the country's central bank, BNR, said on Monday.
Revised BNR figures show that FDI had reached 3.307 billion euro during the prior-year period.
During the first nine months of 2017, equity investment amounted to 3.238 billion euro and inter-company lending recorded a net value of 114 million euro, the BNR said in a statement, citing provisional data.
FDI into Romania increased 18% last year, reaching 4.08 billion euro - its highest value since 2008, when it totalled 9.5 billion euro. In 2009, FDI slumped to 3.49 billion euro due to the global economic crisis.
($= 0.8584 euro)