Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
The total volume of foreign investments in Azerbaijan’s fixed capital increased by 32.3 percent amounted to 4.26 billion Azerbaijani manats (1.5581 AZN/USD on July 15) in January-June 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, said the report issued by the country’s State Statistics Committee on the results of H1 2016.
Some 88.5 percent (3.77 billion manats) of foreign investments, provided by foreign countries and international organizations for Azerbaijan’s economy, accounted for the investors from the UK, Turkey, Malaysia, Switzerland, Russia, Iran, the US and Japan.
The largest part of foreign investments – 935.1 million manats – in Azerbaijan’s fixed capital was invested in April during the H1 2016, while the lowest (544.1 million manats) – in May.
During the H1 2016, the largest part of foreign investments in total investments in Azerbaijan’s fixed capital was registered in January – 71.5 percent of total investments in fixed capital.
The lowest figure – 49.6 percent was registered in May during the reporting period.
