The share of major investor countries reached 85% in Georgia

The share of major investor countries in the second quarter of 2012was 85%.According to GEOSTAT (the National Statistics Office of Georgia, the Netherlands with 37% is ranked Number 1, followed by the U.S. with 11%, and Azerbaijanwith 10% enjoying Number 3 ranking.

According to the preliminary data, foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to USD 219 million in Q2 2012 which is a 7 percent increase from the preliminary data for Q2 2011, constituting 88 percent of the adjusted data for Q2 2011.

In the first half of 2012 the FDI amounted to USD 489 million, in accordance with preliminary data evaluation this is 29 percent growth compared to the preliminary data and 7 percent from the adjusted data of the same period of 2011.

Adapted from: Business Грузия