Investments in new construction grew 9.3% in 2020 compared with 2019, investments in machinery (including transport vehicles) declined 8.8%, while other investments declined 10.5%.
New construction accounted for 54.5% of total net investment in 2020, machinery and transport vehicles accounted for 34.4%, and other investments accounted for 11.1% of the total, the data showed.
In the fourth quarter alone, net investment declined by 0.6% compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, to RON37.536 billion. While new construction grew 15.2% on the year in the fourth quarter, investments in machinery dropped 14.5%, and other investments dropped 8.8%.