OREANDA-NEWS. September 05, 2011. In January-June 2011, Moldovan enterprises and organizations made investments worth 4.808,9 billion lei in all, by 31.8 per cent more against the same period of the year before, according to data by the National Statistics Bureau (BNS).

A BNS representative, Elena Cemirtan, has said that most investments, 75.3 per cent, came from domestic private enterprises. They carried out about 75.3 per cent of the total volume of construction works and finished 100 per cent of the total number of housing facilities put into operation. The investments made by public enterprises accounted for 24.7 per cent.

Most investments were made by enterprises and private people - 72 per cent of the total volume of investments in fixed assets, by 4 per cent more than in 2010. The foreign investments decreased by 5.9 per cent and accounted for 7.1 per cent of the overall investments. Investments from the state budget accounted for 5.5 per cent of the total investments made in fix assets, which makes by 0.9 per cent less against the same period of the year before.

As much as 54.7 per cent of investments were made to buy machines, equipment and transport means, which is by 5.8 per cent more compared with 2010.

The BNS data also show that 30.6 per cent of investments were directed towards the construction of buildings, of which 13.3 per cent in housing units, and 17.3 per cent in other buildings, by 7.7 per cent less against the same period of 2010. The quota of investments in the construction of housing units dropped by 7 per cent, while the one for other types of buildings decreased by 0.7 per cent.

BNS data do not cover the Transnistrian region.