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Industrial investment on par with 2007 - NSI

Fri, Apr 18 2008 17:48 CET byElena Koinova 102 Views

The investment purse of industrial enterprises in Bulgaria is set to be on a par with 2007, a business poll carried out at the request of the National Statistics Institute (NSI) reveals.

According to the poll, the nominal year-on-year increase of investments this year will be 1.4 per cent.

Private industrial players account for the largest chunk of investments, a total of 78.7 per cent. Nonetheless, they are about to invest by 3.5 per cent less than in 2007, whereas state investments are set to increase by 24.6 per cent.

Energy and water sectors are set to draw the largest share of investments (38.8 per cent) and the increase compared to the year before is at 19.6 per cent.

Owners of component goods enterprises, in turn, plan to curtail investments by 4.8 per cent and account for 36.2 per cent of total investments for the year.

The food and beverage sector is set to attract 12 per cent of total investments this year and the investment goods sectors 5.8 per cent.

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