20 May 2004 06:23
Foreign investment down 1.5%
MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax) - Foreign investment in Russia totaled $6.17 billion in the first quarter of 2004, down
1.5% year-on-year, the Federal State Statistics Service reported Thursday.
Foreign direct investment totaled $1.48 billion, or 23.9% of the total, and was up 42.8% from the first quarter of
2003. Investment of $1.06 billion went into capital (17.1%, an increase of 240%), $321 million in loans received from
foreign co-owners (5.2%, down 23.7%) and $81 million in other direct investment (1.3%, a 72.8-fold plunge).
Foreign portfolio investment amounted to $89 million (1.3% of the total, up 400%), including $44 million in stocks
and shares, up 150%, and $45 million in company debt instruments, a 91-fold increase.
Other investments amounted to $4.61 billion (74.7% of the total and down 11.7% year-on-year), including $746 million
in trade loans (12.1%, up 10.1%) and $3.76 billion in other loans (60.9%, down 16.6%). Other investments totaled $103
million (1.7%, up 100%). [RU ASIA EUROPE EEU EMRG ECI MCE LOA CORA DBT STX] me
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