Foreign investors continue their plans, they invested 417 million Euro in January 2009

Automotive industry, financial sector and real estate continued to attract foreign investments despite negative facing markets profile.

Foreign investment as share capital firms in Romania were in the first months of this year almost 417 million euro, according to official data of the National Trade Registry.

Authorities estimated that direct foreign investment will halve this year, from more than 9 billion euro in 2008 to 4.7 billion euro in the global financial crisis, but will climb to 5.4 billion euro in 2010.

The value of foreign investments as the share capital of companies registered in Romania last year totalized 3.9 billion euro, 62.5% more compared to 2007.

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