Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In the first half of 2014, $7.3 bln was invested in Azerbaijan’s economy, up 38.3% from previous year.
State Statistical Committee told APA that 11.2% of investments made financial loans to economy, 53.1% direct investments, 35.7% portfolio and other investments.
Direct investments made $3.9 bln, up 30.2% by contrast to a year earlier. Of this, $3.3 bln or 85.3% was directed to oil and gas sector.
The residents were presented $815.5 mln loan, of which 46.5% made state-guaranteed loans.