OREANDA-NEWS. July 03, 2014. It declined by 3.1 times in comparison with the same period of the last year. As it was informed in the National Bank, in particular, the inflow of direct foreign investments in the Moldovan economy in January-March 2014 made up USD 55,95 million, and the capital outflow in the same period - USD 39,07 million.

For the same period of the last year, the capital inflow made up USD 93,74 million, while the outflow - USD 41,05 million, respectively. Thus, in the first quarter of 2014, compared with the same period of 2013, capital inflow decreased by 40.3%, while outflow - by 4.8%, accordingly.

According to NBM, in this case, investment in equity capital and reinvested profit in January-March this year, in net terms, amounted to USD 34.12 million vs. USD 50,36 million a year before.

Their net outflow amounted to USD 17,24 million in form of inter-group loans. According to NBM, investments in the charter capital of the banking sector in the first quarter of 2014 amounted to USD 22.66 million, decreasing by 26.2% in comparison with indicators of the same period 2013. Revenue in January-March of this year was mainly due to the additional share issues in the Moldovan banks by their shareholders from Romania, Germany and Italy. At the same time, investments in other sectors have increased for the indicated period by 16.5%- up to USD 23,19 million and were carried out by the companies from Holland, Great Britain, Russia, Italy and other countries.

Overall investments in the equity of the banking and other sectors in January-March 2014 made up USD 45,85 million vs. USD 50,61 million a year before. In the first quarter of 2014, the outflow of capital registered in the amount of USD 39,07 million was mainly due to the repayment of previously contracted loans from the foreign direct investors (USD 36,01 million) and the withdrawal of equity from other sectors (USD 3,06 million). In accordance with the schedule from the loans in the amount of USD 36,01 million to be repaid, actually USD 32,79 million were paid.