OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2013. The inflow of foreign investments into the economy of Moldova amounted to USD 336.59 mln. in 2012, 21.8% or USD 93.9 mln. down as compared with 2011; the outflow made up USD 177,38 mln., 18.7% or USD27.91 mln. up, NBM reports.

According to NBM, investments in the capital stock and reinvested net profit were \\$135.79 mln. in 2012, 43% down as compared with USD 238.32 mln. registered in 2011. The inflow of investments in the fixed capital made up USD 204.58 mln., 9.3% up, the outflow growing 36% to USD58.95 mln. In 2012 the reinvested profit amounted to minus USD 9.84 mln against USD 94.42 mln recorded in 2011.

Despite growing investments in the equity capital, the decline in direct foreign investments was explained by lower amounts of reinvested profit because shareholders of a lot of foreign-capital enterprises received dividends that exceeded the profit of 2012. Close to 27.7% of the total inflow of direct foreign investments to Moldova were made by purchases of real estate by non-resident individuals and legal entities.