FDI in Bulgaria in 2015 was 1.58B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2015 stood at 1.58 billion euro, the equivalent of 3.5 per cent of the gross domestic product, statistics from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) showed on February 17. A year earlier, FDI was 1.29 billion euro, but the original amount reported by BNB last year was 1.18 billion euro, which was revised upward later.
Investment in equity, including in the real estate sector, stood at 1.13 billion euro (compared to 577.2 million euro in 2014) and re-invested earnings accounted for 644.1 million euro (versus 167.1 million euro the previous year).
Receipts from real estate investments by foreign companies totalled 72.5 million euro, compared to 119.9 million euro during in 2014.
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