Lending to the agricultural sector stood at almost 13 billion lei (about EUR3 billion) at the end of November, so the increase in nominal terms was almost RON500 million. Lending to the agricultural sector, which accounts for only 7% of the total corporate lending, posted the highest growth rate in terms of lending by sectors.
Lending to the industry saw the second highest growth rate. Companies in this sector had borrowed RON63 billion by the end of November 2015, a 1.6% increase on the year-ago period.
The services sector borrowed merely 0.1% more. The sector accounts for most of the corporate lending, 44% at the end of November or RON83 billion.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)