PRISTINA (Kosovo), December 21 (SeeNews) – The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Kosovo decreased to 400,000 euro ($474,200) in September from 36.5 million euro in the same month of 2016, according to data from the country's central bank.
By comparison, foreign remittances to Kosovo totalled 69.8 million euro in September, up 9% year-on-year.
The biggest volume of inbound investment, 5.3 million euro, originated from Turkey, followed by Switzerland with 3.1 million euro.
The sectors, which attracted the biggest volume of investment by non-residents, were education, health and social and personal services with 17.9 million euro and transport and communication with 1.1 million euro.
In the third quarter of 2017, net FDI inflow to Kosovo rose 10.5% on the year to 201.5 million euro.
The net inflow of FDI into Kosovo declined to a revised 215.7 million euro in 2016 from 308.9 million euro in 2015.
($ = 0.84650 euro)