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Azerbaijan among the top five countries investing in Georgia

10 September 2013 14:27 (UTC +04:00)

According to the report of the Centre for Statistics of Georgia, in the second quarter of 2013, 232 million dollars was invested in this country, up 3% from the I quarter and 7 % - in comparison with last year.

During the reporting period, Azerbaijan has invested 22.1 million in Georgia. The first place in this list is taken by Luxembourg (121.1 million dollars).

The following places were occupied by China ($79.4 million), the Netherlands ($ 65 million), Turkey ($38 million), Azerbaijan ($22.1 million dollars), the U.S. ($19 million), Kazakhstan ($13.6 million), Switzerland ($9 million), and the Virgin Islands ($5.4 million).

Note that, 66.3 million dollars of direct foreign investments in the Q2, this year in Georgia, were spent to the energy sector, 59.1 million dollars - the processing industry, 46 million dollars - in transport and communication, 38, 6 million dollars - in construction, 13.1 million dollars - in the financial sector.