Foreign direct investment in Romania in 2019
30.09.2020
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 net flows during the 2019 financial year, net income from FDI in 2019, as well as the FDI stock as at 31 December 2019 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 2019 stood at EUR 5173 million, of which:
- EUR 5021 million enterprises’ equity (equity worth EUR 2238 million, plus reinvestment of earnings worth EUR 2783 million);
- EUR 152 million debt transactions with foreign direct investors and non-resident fellow companies (debt less claims).
- FDI stock as at 31 December 2019 amounted to EUR 88304 million of which:
- EUR 61352 million equity positions, including reinvestment of earnings (69.5 percent);
- EUR 26952 million debt positions in relation to foreign direct investors and non-resident fellow companies (debt less claims) (30.5 percent).
- Income from FDI in 2019 amounted to EUR 7040 million, out of which:
Net earnings from equity were EUR 6346 million, representing the net profit of profitable FDI enterprises, tantamount to EUR 9232 million, less the loss of EUR 2887 million of FDI enterprises that incurred losses.
Net income from interest, computed by subtracting from the interest received by foreign direct investors on lending to their enterprises in Romania, the interest paid by foreign direct investors for the borrowing from their enterprises in Romania – either directly or via fellow companies, stood at EUR 694 million.
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A more detailed account of the 2019 FDI survey results and of the methodological framework are available in the electronic publication Foreign Direct Investment in Romania in 2019 available on the NBR website at: Regular publications FDI»»»