Foreign direct investments in Moldova amounted to $829m by the end of the first half of this year

Foreign direct investments in Moldova amounted to $829m by the end of the first half of this year, head of the department for attracting investments of the Moldovan Organization for Promoting Exports Sergiu Getsiu announced. According to him, in the first half of this year foreign direct investments (FDI) in Moldova totaled $41m compared to $62m in 2003 and $126m in 2002. In 2001 FDI reached $142m. Foreigners invested primarily in the energy sector, transportation and communications, the agriculture sector, the manufacturing industry, trade and the IT-sector. According to global investments report of the UN, FDI in Moldova amounted to $58m in 2003 and $117m in 2002.