PODGORICA (Montenegro), February 21 (SeeNews) – The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Montenegro fell to 327.6 million euro ($371.5 million) in 2018, from 484.3 million euro in the previous year, the central bank said, citing preliminary figures.
Total FDI inflow rose to 843.1 million euro in 2018 from 659.2 million euro in 2017, while FDI outflow grew to 515.5 million euro from 174.9 million euro, the central bank said.
The inflow of investments in companies and banks rose to 337.2 million euro in the period under review, from 228.8 million euro a year earlier, while investments in real estate grew 24% on the year to 182.6 million euro.
FDI inflow in the form of intercompany lending rose to 300.1 million euro in 2018, from 248 million euro in 2017.
($ = 0.881769 euro)