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Top ten investing countries in Azerbaijan determined

27 September 2010 10:48 (UTC +04:00)

According to State Statistical Committee, Great Britain invested AZN 505 038.8 thousand capital in Azerbaijanâ€™s economy during the same time, up 30.8% compared with a year ago.

The second place was taken by USA and US investment in Azerbaijan increased by 71.3% to AZN 223 960.6 thousand.

Japan ranked third. Japanese investors invested AZN 117 157.8 thousand capital, Norwegian investors invested AZN 72 643.6 thousand and Turkish invested AZN 63 801.3 thousand in Azerbaijanâ€™s economy, during the same period.

Note that foreign investments in Azerbaijanâ€™s economy accounted AZN 1 103.1 mln in January-July, 2010, up 31.5% from year earlier.

Top ten investing countries in Azerbaijan

№	Countries	January-August, 2010 (thousand, AZN )	Share in total (%)
1.	Great Britain	505 038.8	45.8
2.	USA	223 960.6	20.3
3.	Japan	117 157.8	10.6
4.	Norway	72 643.6	6.6
5.	Turkey	63 801.3	5.8
6.	Republic of Korea	21 654.6	2.0
7.	France	20 448.5	1.8
8.	Czech	5 068.0	0.5
9.	Saudi Arabia	3 359.3	0.3
10.	Russia	1 937.2	0.2