Previously, the bank estimated the FDI inflow at EUR2.6 billion in 2010.
The revision is largely due to factoring in a net loss of EUR2.2 billion out of equity increase amounting to EUR4.07 billion, according to a joint survey of the central bank and the statistics institute. Net credit from foreign investors totaled EUR396 million in 2010.
In 2010, out of the total FDI equity flow, 96.6% (EUR3.9 billion) went to corporate development, 2.3% (EUR93 million) were destined to mergers and acquisitions and only 1.1% (EUR46 million) to greenfield investment, the survey noted.
Overall FDI stock stood at nearly EUR52.6 billion at the end of 2010, the central bank also said.
Equity stakes, including reinvested earnings, were at EUR35.5 billion (67.6% of net FDI final stock), while total net credit received from foreign investors, intra-group included, reached EUR17.1 billion (32.4% of net FDI final stock).
Broken down by economic activities, 32% of the total FDI stock was recorded in the manufacturing industry, while another chunk of 19.1% went to financial intermediation and insurance sector.
Construction and real estate covered 9% of the total FDI stock at the end of 2010, while trade and informational and communications sectors accounted for 12.4% and 5.9% of the stock, respectively.
The Netherlands was the largest foreign investor in Romania, with total investments reaching 20.7% of the total FDI stock in 2010.
Austria followed on the second spot, with investments amounting to 17.8% of the total FDI last year, followed by Germany, whose contribution was at 12.2% of the FDI stock.