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Foreign Direct Investments and Expenditure on Acquisition of Tangible Fixed Assets in 2021 (preliminary data)

Published at: 31.08.2022 - 11:00

The foreign direct investments (FDI) in the non-financial sector as of 31.12.2021 amounted to 28 137 million euro at current prices (according to preliminary data).

In 2021 the largest volume of the foreign direct investments was made in Industry sector - 12 210 million euro. Next by FDI volume was Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) - 6 278 million euro.

In 2021, in the structure of FDI by economic activity an increase was observed in the investments made in Information and communication sector, as their relative share increased by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous year. At the same time, the relative share of FDI in Construction sector decreased by 0.7 percentage points in comparison with 2020.

According to preliminary data in 2021 the expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets in all sectors of the economy amounted to 23 048 million BGN at current prices.

The largest volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was in the sector of Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) - 5 908 million BGN, followed by Industry with 5 623 million BGN.

In 2021, in the structure of expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets by economic activity an increase was observed in the investments made in industrial sector, as their relative share increased by 1.2 percentage points compared to 2020 and a decrease in the Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) by 6.9 percentage points.

In 2021 the structure of expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets by kind was changed. The relative share of investments for buildings and construction equipment decreased by 9.8 percentage points compared to the previous year and reached 35.2%. At the same time the expenditure for machines and equipment increased by 2.7 percentage points, for the purchase of land - by 3.1 percentage points and for means of transport - by 2.3 percentage points which formed 28.6%, 9.6% and 14.0% of total investments of tangible fixed assets respectively.

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