FDI net flows in 2023 stood at EUR6.748 million, of which EUR6.996 million enterprises’ equity (of which equity capital worth EUR2.070 million and reinvestment of earnings worth EUR4.927 million); -EUR248 million debt transactions with foreign direct investors and non-resident fellow companies computed as debt (EUR1.096 million) less claims (EUR1.344 million).
FDI position on December 31, 2023 amounted to EUR118.231 million, of which EUR84.759 million equity positions, including reinvestment of earnings (71.7%); EUR33.472 million debt positions in relation to foreign direct investors and non-resident fellow companies (debt less claims) (28.3%).
Non-resident’s income from FDI in 2023 amounted to EUR11.865 million, of which Net earnings on equity were EUR10.764 million representing the direct investors’ share in the net profit, tantamount to EUR14.354 million of FDI enterprises, less their share in the loss, EUR3.590 million, of FDI enterprises.
Net income from interest, computed by subtracting from the interest received by foreign direct investors on lending to their enterprises in Romania, the interest paid by foreign direct investors for the borrowing from their enterprises in Romania – either directly or via fellow companies, stood at EUR1.101 million.
In 2024, the National Bank of Romania carried out a revision of the FDI statistics for the years 2021 and 2022, as part of the benchmark revision, which is coordinated at the European Union level every five years.