Direct investments by non-residents in Romania rose by 34.86% in January 2023, to 1.176 billion euros, compared to 872 million euros in January 2022, according to a statement from the National Bank of Romania.

“The direct investments of non-residents in Romania totaled 1.176 billion euros (compared to 872 million euros in January 2022), of which equity participations (including the estimated net reinvested profit) totaled a net value of 919 million euros, and intragroup loans recorded a net value of 257 million euros,” says the BNR press release.

The number of companies with foreign capital newly established in Romania increased, in January 2023, by 8.9%, compared to the first month of 2022, to 479 units, according to data centralized by the National Trade Registry Office (ONRC), according to Agerpres.

The 479 new companies had a total subscribed capital of 2.31 million dollars, 60.9% higher than that of the companies registered in January 2022, of 1.43 million dollars.

Depending on the fields of activity, the most registrations were registered in January in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (25.68% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (23.8% ) and transport, storage and communications (20.67%).

At the end of January 2023, there were 244,694 companies with foreign participation in the share capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was of 67.97 billion dollars.