OREANDA-NEWS. April 09, 2012. The net flow of foreign direct investments in Moldova's economy increased by 38.8 per cent up to 274 million dollars in 2011 against the previous year, thus stimulating the economy of the country, according to data put out by the National Bank of Moldova (BNM).

This growth is due, to a great extent, to an increase in subscribed capital and reinvested income. In 2011, the inflows of foreign direct investments in the national economy amounted to 431.80 million dollars, up by 19.2 per cent against the year before. The biggest inflows were recorded in the social capital - 187.24 million dollars. At the same time, the income reinvested by non-residents was estimated at 94.42 million dollars. The foreign investors' loans stood at 142.87 million dollars.

The outflows of direct investments were determined by repayments worth about 70 million dollars, carried out by resident enterprises on the loans previously offered to the latter by foreign investors. The withdrawals from the social capital were estimated at 43 million dollars.

After the 2009 crisis, the foreign investments increased 1.9-fold. Yet, they are far from reaching the maximal historical level recorded before the crisis, respectively 711 million dollars.

The stock of foreign direct investments reached 3.16 billion dollars on 31 December 2011, of which the capital and reinvested income shares amount to about 2.4 billion dollars. The foreign direct investments per capita were almost 900 dollars.