FDI disbursement increases in 10 months

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Wednesday 10/29/2014 - 15:30

Disbursement of FDI saw a rise of nearly 6 percent to USD 10.15 billion in the first 10 months of the year, according to the latest report of the Foreign Investment Agency under the MPI.

Disbursement offoreign direct investment (FDI) saw a rise of nearly 6 percent to USD 10.15billion in the first 10 months of the year, according to the latest report ofthe Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning andInvestment.The report alsorevealed that the country attracted FDI worth USD 13.7 billion, or over 71percent of the total FDI compared with the same period of last year.

Ofthis total, approximately USD 10 billion came from more than 1,300newly-licensed projects and the remainder from 469 ongoing projects withincreased capital.