In the second quarter foreign direct investment in Ukraine rose to $ 42.85 billion.
Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in the form of share capital on July 1, 2015 amounted to $ 42.85 billion, or $ 1.78 billion, or 4.3% more than in the previous quarter.
This was reported by the State Statistics Service.
Quarterly growth of foreign direct investment recorded for the first time since the beginning of 2014, largely due to the stabilization of the national currency.
Non-residents invested in the second quarter of $ 0.69 billion (in the first – $ 0.35 billion) at the same time seized $ 0.13 billion ($ 0.22 billion) and a positive exchange rate difference was about $ 1.2 billion.
At the same time due to the sharp fall of the hryvnia at the beginning of the year as a whole for the first half of FDI in Ukraine decreased by 6.4% or $ 2.91 billion, including a negative exchange rate difference of $ 3.54 billion.
The share of investments from Russia in the second quarter of 2015 increased from 5.4% to 6.3%, Cyprus – from 28.5% to 28.6%, while the share of investments in Germany decreased from 13.2% to 12, 8%, the Netherlands – from 12.1% to 11.9%.
The volume included in the Ukraine of foreign direct investment per capita in Ukraine the beginning of July this year, returned to the level of $ 1 thousand to $ 0.96 thousand. The previous quarter, which, however, below the $ 1.07 thousand at the beginning of this year and $ 1, 28 thousand – at the beginning of the past.
In 2013, FDI into Ukraine increased by $ 2.86 billion, still a year earlier – to $ 4.13 billion. Foreign investors in 2013, invested in the Ukrainian economy $ 5.677 billion (previous year – $ 6.013 billion), but at the same time seized $ 2.845 billion ($ 1.256 billion ).
However, in 2014 due to the devaluation of FDI fell by $ 11.14 billion, or 19.5%: was invested $ 2.45 billion, $ 1.17 billion were seized and a negative exchange rate difference of $ 12.25 billion.
According to the State Statistics Service, the investments came from 133 countries. The ten major investing countries, accounting for over 83% of total direct investments include Cyprus ($ 12.274 billion), Germany ($ 5.489 billion), the Netherlands ($ 5.108 billion), the Russian Federation ($ 2.686 billion), Austria ($ 2.354 billion), United Kingdom ($ 1.954 billion), British Virgin Islands ($ 1.873 billion), France ($ 1.539 trillion), Switzerland (1.371 billion) and Italy ($ 0.966 billion).
Industrial enterprises are concentrated $ 13.499 billion (31.5%), direct investment, including processing – $ 11.532 billion, mining and quarrying – $ 1.287 billion, in the supply of electricity, gas and conditioned air – $ 0.602 billion.
The companies of metallurgical production, manufacturing of fabricated metal products contributed $ 5.371 billion of direct investment in the production of food, beverages and tobacco – $ 2.497 billion, production of rubber and plastic products, other non-metallic mineral products – $ 1.095 billion, engineering, except for repairs and installation of machinery and equipment – $ 0.826 billion, the production of chemicals and chemical products – $ 0.792 billion.
In the institutions of financial and insurance activities accumulated $ 11.078 billion (25.9% of total) direct investment in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles – $ 5.687 billion (13.3%), organizations engaged in operations with real estate – $ 3.583 billion (8.4%), professional, scientific and technical activities – $ 2.398 billion (5.6%).
According to State Statistics Service , debt of Ukrainian companies on credits and loans, trade credits and other liabilities (debt instruments) to direct foreign investors on July 1, 2015 it amounted to $ 8.8504 billion.
Total foreign direct investment (equity and debt) on July 1, 2015 was $ 51,701,700,000.
The volume of direct investment (equity capital) from Ukraine in the economies of the world on July 1, 2015 amounted to $ 6,254,400,000 including the EU – $ 6.0154 billion (96.2% of total), other countries – $ 0.239 billion ( 3.8%).
