Foreign direct investments increased in the first eight months of 2019 by 2.84% compared to the same period of last year, to 3,581 billion euros, according to data published Monday by the National Bank of Romania.

“The direct investments of non-residents in Romania amounted to 3.581 billion euros (compared with 3.482 billion euros between January and August 2018), out of which the equity investments (including the estimated net reinvested profit) totaled 2.582 billion euros, and the intra-group loans they recorded the net value of 999 million euros,” it is mentioned in the NBR statement.

Between January and August 2019, the number of newly established foreign capital companies increased by 0.8%, compared to the same period of the previous year, to 3,777 units, according to the data centralized by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC), writes Agerpres .

The 3,777 new companies had a subscribed share capital totaling 16.53 million USD, up 42.6% from January to August 2018.