REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

FDI FLOWS IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE
- 1,327 million Euro for net reinvested earnings (18% of the total FDI);
- 3,703 million Euro for the net credit received from foreign investors (51% of the total
FDI).
Figure 1: The evolution of FDI in Romania -
net inflows (2000-2007)
2008
9200
2007
2006
2005
2004
5213
5183
7250
9059
FDI (Euro mn)
2003
2002
1946
1212
2001
2000
1294
1147
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Source: ARIS INVEST - The Romanian Agency for Foreign Investment
In 2008, the foreign direct investments in Romania increased up to 9,2 billion Euro
according to the Romanian Agency for Foreign Investments (ARIS) statistics.
The FDI stock registered an increase from 5,4 million Euro in 2000 to 42,770 million Euro
in 2007 (figure 2).
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Figure 2: Evolution of FDI stock (Eur bn)
5.4 6.7 7.9 9.9 15
20.2
34.5
42.77
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
FDI stock (Eur bn)
Source: National Bank of Romania, Annual Report 2007, ARIS INVEST
The foreign direct investors equity stakes in the share capital of direct investment enterprises
in Romania represented 74% of the FDI stock in 2007 and the net credit received from
foreign direct investors was 26 % of net flow, including both the medium- and long-term
loans and the short-term loans granted by the foreign investors to the direct investment
enterprises in Romania.
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