The manufacturing companies and companies engaged in financial and insurance activities had the largest investment inflows
Lithuania revealed its largest investment flows. Source: shutterstock.com
The Bank of Lithuania revealed that the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country amounted to €573.1 million in Q3 2019.
The largest investment inflows came from Luxembourg (€143.7 million), Sweden (€126.1 million) and Poland (€121 million). At the same time, the largest negative investment flows came from Hong Kong (-€46.4 million) and Australia (-€34.8 million).
Lithuanian cumulative FDI amounted to €18.2 billion, or 38.2% of GDP, as of 30 September 2019. Along with that, FDI per capita amounted to an average of €6,509 (as of 30 September 2018 – €6,088).
The report says the largest FDI in Lithuania came from Sweden (€3.1 billion), Estonia (€3 billion) and the Netherlands (€2.5 billion).
Since September 2019, companies engaged in financial and insurance activities were predominantly financed by investments from Sweden and Estonia.
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