The total volume of direct investments in Moldova at the end of Q1 2022 amounted to $4 billion 872.86 million and increased by 1.5% compared to the situation at the end of 2021.
Such data are contained in the materials of the National Bank of Moldova on the international investment position of the country. At the same time, direct investments in equity at the end of March 2022 amounted to $2 billion 935.19 million, which is 1.7% more compared to the situation at the end of 2021, and investments in debt instruments - $1 billion 937, 67 million (+1.1%). In the geographical distribution of direct investments in equity (in the form of participation and accumulated shares), the share of investors from the EU-27 countries (excluding the UK) at the end of Q1 2022 accounted for a majority share of 87.1% ($2 billion 557.9 million), for the share of investors from the CIS - a share of 0.5% of the total accumulated capital ($15.91 million), and for other countries - 12.3% ($361.38 million). An analysis of direct investment - equity capital accumulated as of the end of the 1st quarter of 2022, by industry, shows that the largest volume fell on the following sectors: financial activities and insurance - 32.3% of the total; wholesale and retail trade, repair of vehicles - 25.5%; manufacturing industry - 20.3%; information and communication - 5.6%; transport and storage - 4.4%; electricity and heat, gas, hot water and air conditioning - 3.9%; other industries - 8%. According to the NBM, in the banking sector of Moldova, the largest total volume of direct investments falls on the following countries: Bulgaria, Holland, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Romania, Austria, Greece, Iraq, and in other sectors - on Cyprus, Holland, Romania, France, Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine. // 08.07.2022 — InfoMarket
