FDI in Bulgaria drops 86.1% in January

18 March 2016

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria dropped 86.1 percent drop in January, compared to the same month of 2015, reaching тВм44.9m. That was just a tenth of a percent of the predicted GDP forecast for 2016, according to the Bulgarian National Bank.

An тВм2.4m worth of real estate investments by non-residents was made in January, a drop compared to the тВм2.9m that was invested in January 2015. The largest inflow of real estate investment was from Russia, (тВм700,000), and Germany, (тВм500,000).