Short news - In 2006 foreign direct investment rose by 37.1%

Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in 2006 grew by 37.1% (USD 6 260,527 mln.) at January 1, 2007, and amounted USD 23 150,576 mln. Goskomstat reporting.

Net capital gain for 2006 was USD 4 027,884 mln: invested USD 4 580,517 mln., withdrew - USD 552,633 mln.

Among the Ukrainian regions the figures are: Kiev - USD 5 538,2 mln., Dnepropetrovsk - USD 2 331,9 mln. and Kharkov - USD 1 015,4 mln.

The largest investment amounts on the January 1, 2007 was applied in the financial institutions - USD 2 419 .8 mln., retail and intermediate trade - USD 2 264 mln., real estate transactions - USD 1 773,4 mln., metallurgy and metal processing - USD 1 398,3 mln., food Industry - USD 1 274,6 mln.