Foreign companies made direct investment in Romania worth EUR 2.74 billion in the first eight months of the year, up 19% over the same period last year.

In the first eight months of the last year, foreign investments amounted to EUR 2.31 billion, according to information from Romania’s National Bank (BNR).

The equity investments, including the reinvested profits, totaled EUR 2.38 billion while the intra-group loans reached EUR 362 million.

Foreign investment amounted to EUR 100.5 million in January, EUR 219.2 million in February, EUR 534.6 million in March, -19.9 million in April, EUR 986 million in May, EUR 303.8 million in June, and EUR 215.1 million in July. In August, the value of foreign direct investment reached EUR 401 million.

Last year foreign direct investment in Romania increased by 25% to just over EUR 3 billion from EUR 2.42 billion in 2014.

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