Games in foreign investment

CBA set to the site report on the balance of payments in the first half of this year. Foreign direct investment in the local economy was $ 3.9 billion (+ 900 million. 1 July last year).

According to balance of payments data, 85.3% of foreign direct investment in the reporting period is injected into the oil and gas sector. The remaining $ 569 million occurred in the infrastructure projects of non-oil sectors of the economy.

Companies with Azerbaijani capital directly invested in foreign economies $ 367.2 million, of which $ 266.8 million invested in oil and gas. Recall, at the end of last year, foreign direct investment in Azerbaijan's economy in 2013 amounted to $ 6.3 billion. According to experts, most of the foreign investments in Azerbaijan's economy - none other than the flow of funds for the high-ranking officials - monopolists with their own offshore accounts account of their own local companies. Purpose - tell the world about the country's investment attractiveness in the eyes of international partners.

Since the beginning of last year, the structure of the balance of payments of the country changed the CBA with the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the chief financial regulator, the net financial assets in the first half amounted to $ 6 billion 045,600,000. Liabilities were at $ 4 billion 552,300,000. --17D-