New construction works grew 7.6% in the first nine months, to RON20.85 billion, accounting for 46.8% of net investments in the country’s economy, while machinery and equipment, including transport vehicles, grew 3.5%, to RON18.64 billion, making up 41.9% of total investments.
Other investments, making up 11.3% of the total, declined 3.8%, to around RON5 billion, the data showed.
BY fields of activity, investments in retail and services accounted for 38.2% of the total in the first nine months, from 35.1% in the same period last year, while investments in the industry sector made up 36.4% of the total, down from 38.5% in the same period last year.
In the third quarter, net investments in the Romanian economy grew 1.7% on the year, to around RON17.78 billion, with 5.3% growth in new construction and 0.5% growth in machinery, while other investments declined 7.9%.