The Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria amounted to EUR 52.9 million (0.2% of GDP) for January 2010, compared to EUR 391.7 million (1.2% of GDP) attracted in January 2009, preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB ) show. The figure represents an 86-percent year-on-year increase.

The attracted Equity Capital (acquisition/disposal of shares and equities in cash and contributions in kind by non-residents in/from the capital and reserves of Bulgarian enterprises and receipts/payments from/for real estate deals in the country) for January 2010 amounted to EUR 3.4 million, which was 6.4% of the foreign direct investment.

It decreased by EUR 85.1 million compared to that attracted in the same period of 2009 (EUR 88.5 million, 22.6% of total foreign direct investment). The receipts from real estate investments of non-residents amounted to EUR 7.7 million compared to EUR 37 million for January 2009.

The other capital, net (the change in the net liabilities of the direct investment enterprise to the direct investor on financial loans, suppliers' credits and debt securities) was positive, amounting to EUR 26.7 million in January 2010, compared to a net other capital amounting to EUR 270.8 million in the same period of 2009.

According to preliminary data, the Reinvested Earnings2 (the share of non-residents in the undistributed earnings/ loss of the enterprise) in January 2010 are estimated at EUR 22.8 million compared to EUR 32.5 million in the same period of 2009.

By country, the largest investments in Bulgaria for the reporting period were those of Greece (27.3% of the total foreign direct investment), the United Kingdom (19.6%) and Germany (11.6%).

According to preliminary data in January 2010 Direct investment abroad increased by EUR 1.9 million compared to an increase of EUR 7.9 million in January 2009.