The foreign direct investments (FDI) in the non-financial sector as of 31.12.2022 amounted to 29 251 million euro at current prices.
In 2022, the largest volume of the foreign direct investments was made in Industry sector - 12 822 million euro. Next by FDI volume was Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) - 6 837 million euro.
The investments made in Information and communication sector are 3.1 percentage points more compared to the previous year, and in the Construction sector they decrease by 0.4 percentage points.
The expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets in all sectors of the economy amounted to 27 741 million BGN at current prices.
The largest volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was in the sector of Industry - 7 115 million BGN, followed by Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) with 6 917 million BGN.
In the structure of expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets, an increase was observed in the investments made in industrial sector, as their relative share increased by 1.5 percentage points compared to 2021 and a decrease in the Service sector (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transport, communication and services; Accommodation and food service activities) by 0.5 percentage points.
During the reporting year, the structure of expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets by kind was changed. The relative share of investments for buildings and construction equipment decreased by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous year and reached 34.9%, machines, production equipment and apparatus also decreased by 0.1 points, for the purchase of land - by 1.4 points, and for means of transport - by 0.3 points, forming respectively 28.0%, 8.3% and 13.7% of the total volume of investments in of expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets. At the same time, funds invested for other expenses increased by 2.3 points and reached 15.1%.
