Foreign direct investment in Romania in 2018
30.09.2019
The National Bank of Romania, in cooperation with the National Institute of Statistics, conducted the statistical survey regarding the foreign direct investment (FDI). The major goal of the statistical survey was to determine the FDI stock as of 31 December 2018 and the FDI flows during the 2018 financial year into the resident direct investment enterprises.
The FDI Survey was conducted in compliance with the methodological requirements of the International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition (BPM6).
- FDI net flow in 2018 stood at EUR 5 266 million, of which:
- EUR 5546 million enterprises’ equity (equity stakes worth EUR 2973 million, plus reinvestment of earnings worth EUR 2573 million);
- EUR -280 million debt transactions (lending to direct investors exceeded borrowing from direct investors).
- FDI stock as at 31 December 2018 amounted to EUR 81 124 million, of which:
- EUR 57479 million equity positions, including reinvestment of earnings (70,85%);
- EUR 23645 million debt positions (29,15%).
- Income from FDI in 2018
Net earnings from equity participation were EUR 6123 million, representing the net profit of FDI enterprises, tantamount to EUR 8930 million, less the loss of EUR 2807 million of FDI enterprises that incurred losses.
Net income from interest, computed by subtracting the interest received by foreign direct investors on loans granted to their enterprises in Romania from the interest paid by foreign direct investors for the loans received from their enterprises in Romania – either directly or via fellow companies, stood at EUR 672 million.
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A more detailed account of the 2018 FDI survey results and of the methodological framework are available in the electronic publication Foreign Direct Investment in Romania in 2018 available on the NBR website at: Regular publications FDI»»»