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Structure of foreign investments

The biggest foreign direct investments in Bulgaria are connected with real estate, financial services and production.
In 2007 the biggest share of investments, 37%, was absorbed by real estate, property rentals and business services. In nominal terms, the investments in this sector last year jumped with 41% compared to 2006 to 2.158 billion euro. Construction attracted 12.4 % of FDI with 706 million euro in 2007, up from 466.4 million euro a year ago.
Financial intermediation absorbed  1.741 billion euro in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2007, up a solid 137% year-on-year. The upside came from the capital hikes performed by local banks and insurance companies and the large volume of intercompany credits.
Investment in the farming sector posted a whopping 229% year-on-year growth to 50.8 billion euro, mainly due to the low base. Farming still accounts for a mere 0.9% of FDI. Investment in the processing industry and in the production and distribution of electricity, heating, liquefied fuel and water recorded declines of 84% and 64% respectively. Since these are preliminary figures, they will most likely be revised upwards. The central bank data shows that the processing industry attracted 128 million euro, down from 804 million in 2006, while power and fuel production attracted 88 million euro, down from 246 million euro in 2006.

Total FDI inflows rose 30.3% to the record-setting 5.687 billion euro in 2007.