The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Montenegro
increased by 30.6% on the year to a preliminary 111.8 million euro ($125.1
million) in the first four months of the year, central bank data
indicated.
Total FDI inflow amounted to 134.8 million euro in the first
four months of 2015, down by an annual 0.3%, while outflow totaled 23 million
euro, a decline of 53.6% on the year, the central bank said in a regular
bulletin.
Inflow in the form of equity investments amounted to 71 million
euro through April, including 24.3 million euro that accounted for investments
in companies and 46.7 million euro for investments in real estate.
Inflow
of FDI in the form of intercompany debt accounted for 45.6% of the total four
month inflow or 61.5 million euro.
In the outflow structure, outflow from
residents’ investments abroad amounted to 6.9 million euro through April while
withdrawal of non-resident’s investments amounted to 16.1 million
euro.
In 2014, the net inflow of FDI in Montenegro rose 9.3% to 354
million euro.