Within 11 months from the beginning of this year in the Azerbaijani economy was invested AZN 14.6 billion of investments ( 14.8 %) , of which only 5,463 million or 37.4 % accounted for the private sector, the State Statistics Committee told Turan .
From the state budget to finance investment projects was spent 6 890.6 million manat, and extra-budgetary state funds - 491.6 million manat. Total share of the state accounts for 79.2% of domestic investment , which indicates the dominant role of the state in the economy. The share of domestic investment in the total portfolio amounted to 74.1% .
In the oil and gas sector was invested 4,342.1 mln , up 33.9 % over the comparable period in 2012. The growth rate of fixed capital formation in the non-oil sector was 8.2 %. Total non-oil sector since the beginning of the year was invested 10,250 million manat.
The share of agriculture in the entire investment portfolio is 3.5 % ( 515.8 million manat) , processing industry - 6.2 % ( 903.2 million manat) , transport - 20.3 % ( 2964 million manat) , water and cleaning waste - 6.6% ( 955.6 million manat) , construction - 3.3% ( 475 million manat) , etc. In residential construction was invested 1,082 million AZN.
Foreign investment since the beginning of the year in Azerbaijan's economy amounted to 3,776.5 million manats. Eight countries ( Britain - 1,354.4 million , Norway - 467.6 million, U.S. - 454.6 million , Japan - 346 million , Turkey - 270.5 million , Czech Republic - 258.1 million and France - 150 million manat) provided for 87.4% of the portfolio . - 08D-
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