Foreign investment for October reaches 131m euros

The amount of foreign investment attracted to Romania in October came to 131 million euros, bringing the indicator to 1.3bn euros after ten months of the year, according to statistics from the National Trade Registry (ONRC). There were 895 new companies established in October, with the total share capital subscribed reaching 2.5 million euros. Most were in Bucharest (292) with the counties of Timis, Bihor and Cluj the next most popular (80, 54 and 37 companies, respectively). As to the registration of trading companies with foreign capital contributions by economic regions, ONRC data show that most were established in the Bucharest-Ilfov region (314), followed by the West (139) and Northwest (134) regions. The lowest number of new companies was registered in the South-West Oltenia region (25), the counties with the lowest number of new companies being Gorj and Teleorman, with one company each. ZF