In January, foreign investment in Bulgaria increased by 64.6% to EUR 158.8 million, according to Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) data.
Most of them, however, are in the form of debt instruments, which is a sign of short-term interest of depositors.
Unlike usual, Britain is the largest foreign capital investor – EUR 58.8 million. Traditional leader, the Netherlands, remains second with EUR 20.8 million, followed by Germany and Liechtenstein with EUR 20.1 and EUR 19.6 million respectively.
Meanwhile, the statistics on the level of foreign direct investment over the past two years have undergone a significant revision. The initial figures for 2017 were for nearly EUR 902 million foreign investments in the economy, and for 2016 – EUR 660 million. However, as a result of the revision, the level in 2016 rose to EUR 1.08 billion, entirely due to reinvested earnings, which increased almost threefold.