Azerbaijan, Baku, May 15 / Trend N. Ismayilova /
Great Britain has maintained a leading position in January-April 2010 in terms of investment in Azerbaijan. The share of the total foreign investment amounted to 49.1 percent, the State Statistics Committee said. It has invested 257,91 manat since early 2010.
In January-April, about 90.9 percent (477.3 million manat) invested by foreign countries and international organizations in Azerbaijan's economy, fall to investors from Great Britain, U.S, Japan, Norway, Korea and Turkey.
U.S. investments hit 97.12 million manat (with weight of 18.5 percent), Japanese - 50,96 manat (9,7 percent), Norwegian - 31.55 million (6 percent), French - 923.100 manat (0,2 percent), Turkish - 25.03 million manat (4.8 percent), Korean - 14.78 million manat (2.8 percent), UAE - 390,600 manat (0.1 percent), Saudi Arabia - 1.923 million manat (0.4 percent), Austrian - 495,100 manat (0,1 percent), Russian - 1,94 million manat (0.4 percent), Czech - 1,85 million manat ( 0.3 percent), Italian - 80,300 manat, Swiss - 44,500 manat.
The World Bank invested 34.43 million manat with weight of 6.6 percent, Asian Development Bank - 3.74 million manat (0,7 percent), Islamic Development Bank - 1,820 manat (0,3 percent).
On May 15, the official exchange rate is 0.8036 manat to $1.