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The tendency towards increase in the inflowing foreign capital has emerged in the recent years. For instance, over USD 5 billion of foreign investments were channeled to the Belarusian economy in 2002 – 2005. USD 1.8 billion of foreign investments were attracted in 2005, with the quarter of them being direct foreign investments (about USD 0.5 billion). The five main investor-countries include Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Latvia.
Nearly 3 thousand companies founded with involvement of investors from 77 countries operate in Belarus. 87 investment projects are being implemented in various sectors of economy with the foreign capital participation. Machine-building and metal-working, consumer goods, chemical and petrochemical, woodworking and also trade, communication, transport and medical sectors are most attractive for foreign investors in Belarus.
| Foreign Direct Investment | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| FDI inward flow (millions USD) | 305 | 354 | 1,772 |
| FDI stock (millions USD) | 2,383 | 2,734 | 4,500 |
| Performance Index*, ranking on 141 economies | 117 | 122 | 95 |
| Potential Index**, ranking on 141 economies | 47 | 48 | - |
| Number of Greenfield investments*** | 11 | 21 | 19 |
| FDI inwards (in % of GFCF****) | 3.8 | 3.2 | 12.9 |
| FDI stock (in % of GDP) | 7.9 | 7.4 | 10.0 |
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Note: * The UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance index is based on a ratio of the country's share in global FDI inflows and its share in global GDP. ** The UNCTAD Inward FDI Potential index is based on 12 economic and structural variables such as GDP, foreign trade, FDI, infrastructures, energy use, R&D, education, country risk. *** Green field investments are a form of foreign direct investment where a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing new operational facilities from the ground up. **** Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) measures the value of additions to fixed assets purchased by business, government and households less disposals of fixed assets sold off or scrapped.
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