FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2024 was 1.24B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year stood at 1.24 billion euro, the equivalent of 1.2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), statistics from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) showed on November 18.
In the same period of 2023, FDI was 3.38 billion euro, although BNB originally reported 3.17 billion euro, which was revised upward later.
Investment in equity, including in the real estate sector, was 44.5 million euro (compared to 419.3 million euro in January-September 2023) and the BNB figures showed 1.17 billion euro in re-invested earnings (compared to 2.88 billion euro for the first nine months of last year.)
Net receipts from real estate investments by foreign companies recorded a net outflow of 5.8 million euro, compared to a net outflow of 13.2 million euro recorded in the first nine months of 2023.
The central bank data showed 28.9 million euro in investment inflows as debt instruments, recorded as the change in the net liabilities of Bulgarian companies towards their foreign investor owners, compared to a net inflow of 83.5 million euro in the first nine months of 2023. Such financial flows include financial loans, suppliers’ credits and debt securities, BNB said.
By country, the largest direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of 2024 came from Austria (399.1 million euro), the Netherlands (350.9 million euro) and Greece (221.4 million euro). Notable net outflows were recorded towards Luxembourg (-268.3 million euro) and the United States (-254.3 million euro).
According to preliminary figures, Bulgarian investment abroad increased by 416.4 million euro in January-September, compared to 510.4 million euro in the first nine months of last year, BNB said.
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