$1.2bn investments in 11 months

Romania attracted nearly $1.2bn (1.02bn euro) foreign investments in the first eleven months last year, the data supplied by the National Trade Registry Office show. Also during the same interval, a number of about 6,000 new companies with foreign capital contributions were established, i.e. 13% less compared with the same time in 2002. The share capital subscribed in the new companies was worth $55.7 million, 35.5% lower than in the same time in 2002. The share capital subscribed in the new companies was worth $55.7 million, 35.5% less than in the corresponding period of 2002. A number of 496 foreign capital contribution companies were registered in November last year, most of which, 139, in Bucharest. The total number of foreign capital contribution companies in Romania had reached 96,340 by the end of November last year. ZF