Georgia received $814 million of investments in 2010, exceeding the
volume of 2009 ($658.4 million) by 23%, Georgia Online reports.
The six largest investors have a share of 58.1%. Direct investments
from the EU are equal to $248 million, or 30% of all investments.
The main investors are the USA - $135.8 million (16.7%), Turkey -
$91.8 million (11.3%), the Netherlands - $73.4 million (9%), UK -$ 59
million (7.2%), Azerbaijan - $58 million (7.1%), United Arab Emirates
- $55.5 million (6.8%), other states - $341 million (41.9%).
$228.8 million of foreign investments were spent on the extraction and
processing industry, $215.1 million (26.4%) on transport and
communications, $119.3 million (14.6%) on real estate, $107.4 million
(13.2%) on the financial sector and $143.9 million (17.7%) on other
spheres.
Direct investments have a share of 7% of GDP. The indicator in 2009 was 6%.
