FDI in Bulgaria grows 1.9% year-on-year in the first half

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2015, Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) published on its website on Monday.

From January to June 2015, FDI in the Balkan country amounted to 799.6 million euros (some 887.6 million U.S. dollars) or 1.9 percent of gross domestic product, preliminary BNB data showed.

By country, the largest net direct investment came from The Netherlands, which stood at 567.3 million euro, while the largest negative flows were towards Germany, which totaled 301.1 million euros, the BNB said.

Equity receipts from real estate investments of non-residents amounted to 169.8 million euros, while net debt instruments totaled 549.4 million euros, and reinvestment of earnings was estimated at 80.5 million euros, BNB added.