The total volume of direct investments in Moldova at the end of the first half of 2023 amounted to $5 billion 282.76 million, up by 6.8% (+$336.06 million), compared to the situation at the end of 2022.
Such data are contained in the materials of the National Bank of Moldova on the country's international investment position. As noted, at the same time, direct investments in equity at the end of June 2023 amounted to $3 million 372.8 million (+9.7%, compared to the situation at the end of 2022), while debt instruments amounted to $1 billion 909.96 million (+2%). In the geographical distribution of direct equity investments (in the form of participations and accumulated shares), EU investors accounted for $2 billion 860.6 million of investments at the end of H1 2023 (+8.6%, compared to the end of 2022), or 84.8% of the total volume, investors from the CIS accounted for $33.97 million (up 3.9 times compared to the end of 2022), or 1% of the total accumulated capital, and other countries accounted for $478.23 million (+10.7%), or 14.2% of the total volume. An analysis of direct investment - equity capital accumulated at the end of H1 2023, by sectors, shows that the largest volume of direct investments was in the following sectors: financial activities and insurance - 35% of the total volume; wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles - 25.6%; manufacturing industry - 18.1%; information and communication - 4.9%; transportation and storage - 4.5%; electricity, heat, gas, hot water and air conditioning - 2.8%; real estate operations - 2.1%; agriculture, forestry and fishing - 1.8%; construction - 1.2%. // 03.10.2023 - InfoMarket.
