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The Netherlands is the largest gross foreign investor in Bulgaria

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Companies from offshore zones have invested in Bulgaria over 4.3 billion euros for the period from 1990 until the end of March 2020. This is 9.4% of the volume of foreign investment in the country. EUR 45.981 billion is the total amount of foreign investments in the country since the Bulgarian National Bank maintains statistical data on them.

Most foreign investment to the tune of 8.4 billion euros during the years since the start of the democratic changes came from the Netherlands, or 18% of all foreign money. 23% of investments or over 10.6 billion euros are in real estate. 
They are followed by investments in the manufacturing industry to the tune of 8.26 billion euros or 18 percent of foreign capital. 
Almost the same amount, or 17.8% are foreign investments in the financial insurance sector of Bulgaria.



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