13% increase in foreign direct investments for Bulgaria

13% growth was observed in the amount of foreign direct investments in 2012, according to the World Investment Report. Total amount of 1,478 billion euro, which means that Bulgaria continues its recovery after the crisis, its economy is competitive in comparison with other developed countries. Highest growth in FDI attracted notes the service sector: 125%.
Bulgaria managed to maintain a relatively high level of attracted FDI per capita as the main investors in the country Luxembourg - 382 million (26%), Russia - 225 million (15%), Switzerland - 212 million (14%), Germany - 177mln. (12%) and the Netherlands - 168 million (11%) euros.
At the regional level, the report Financial crisis of borrowed capital in the U.S. and Europe, the only region that marks the weak growth of 5% is Africa. For the first time, developing economies have attracted more capital from developed economies - 703 billion (52%) versus 561 billion (42%).

Source: http://bg-daily-news.eu