According to the Geostats's preliminary data, the volume of foreign direct investment in Georgia in the second quarter amounted to 237.8 million US dollars

According to the preliminary data of Geostat, the volume of foreign direct investment in Georgia in the second quarter of 2020 amounted to 237.8 million USD, which is 0.5 percent higher than the adjusted data for the same period in 2019.

As for the largest direct investor countries in the second quarter of 2020, the United Kingdom takes the first place with 24.8 percent of the total share, the Netherlands is in second place with 22.4 percent, and Turkey is in third place with 13.3 percent.

According to Geostat, the share of the three largest sectors (in terms of foreign direct investment) in the second quarter of 2020 was 57.0 percent. The largest foreign direct investment was made in the financial sector and amounted to 78.1 million USD, which is 32.9 percent of total foreign direct investment. In second place is the energy sector - with 29.6 million USD foreign direct investment, and on the third - the construction sector with 27.7 million US dollars.