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Foreign capital in Azerbaijan increases by 44%

14 June 2012 12:53 (UTC +04:00)

Central Bank of Azerbaijan says this index was formed mainly on the account of direct investments and foreign loans.

(mln. dollar)

Structure of involved foreign capital
	2011, 1st quarter	2012, 1st quarter
Direct investments	819.9	1,161.0
- Oil-gas sector	696.2	967.5
- other sectors	123.7	193.5
Loans and other investments	884.9	1,293.0
- State guaranteed loans	447.3	267.5
- Non-state guaranteed loans	298.3	268.1
-- Oil-gas sector	1.1	-
-- banks	141.7	225.8
-- others	155.5	42.3
- other investments	139.3	757.4
Oil bonus	-	2.0
Total	1,704.8	2,456.0

The total sum of foreign capital as a direct investment was $ 1.2 bn. Share of oil-gas structure made 83.3%.

The investments borrowed as other investments rose 46.1% and their share soared 0.8 percentage points to 52.7%.

According to BOP, $ 511.4 mln on borrowed loans before was repaid. 46.5% of this belonged to banking system, 10.5% - state and state guaranteed loans, 37.4% - oil-gas sector, 5.6% - other institutions and firms.