Foreign direct investments in Armenian economy grew by 30% in quarter one, 2017

YEREVAN, May 31. / ARKA /. Foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Armenian economy in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to the equivalent of 19.743.2 billion drams, up from 14.987.2 billion drams in the same time span of 2016, an increase of 31%, the National Statistical Service (NSS) reported today.

The largest amount of foreign direct investment came from the island of Jersey (British Crown Domains) – 5.7 billion drams, 4.7 billion drams came from Russia, 3.9 billion drams from Germany, 3 billion drams from Cyprus and 2.1 billion drams from Lebanon. ($ 1 – 482.13 drams). -0-

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