Volume of direct investments to Ukrainian economy grows

According to data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine for the first half of 2005 volume of direct investments to Ukraine grew by 5.7 percent or by 491.3 M. USD and made up 9,061,000,000 USD. In other words, 192 USD is per one citizen in the country.

Over January-June 2005 foreign investors made direct investments to the tune of 810.9 M., including from the CIS countries 53.2 M. USD, or 6.6 percent of
the total volume. From other countries of the world 757.7 M. USD came. Nonresidents withdrew capital to the tune of 176.3 M. USD.

Investments from Cypriot nonresidents considerably grew by 178.7 M., from Virgin Islands 128.8 M. USD, from the USA by 49.6 M. USD, from Russia by
49.3 M. USD, from the Netherlands by 39.2 M. USD, from Belize by 28.5 M., from UK by 26.7 M., from Poland by 15 M. USD and from Hungary by 14.8 M. USD.

Money investments are the main form of attracting capital, which made up 51.6 percent of the invested volume.