The volume of foreign direct investments attracted to the economy of Dnipropetrovsk region (cumulative total) by 01.07.2019 is $ 3617 mln (10.7% of the total Ukrainian indicator), according to this indicator the region ranks first among the regions of the country. 87.5% of the total amount of inflows or $ 3165.9 mln was invested from the EU countries.

Foreign direct investment in the region’s economy in January-June 2019 amounted to $17.3 mln, of which $16.8 mln (97.1% of the total volume) was received from EU countries and $ 0.5 mln from other countries.

Main investor countries are:

• Cyprus – $ 1,489 mln (41.2% of the total direct investments volume of the region). The main areas of investment: mining and processing industry, real estate operations, wholesale and retail trade, transport;
• The Netherlands – $ 756 mln (20.9%). Areas of investment: extractive industry, transport;
• Germany – $ 613.1 mln (17%). Areas of investment: processing industry, wholesale and retail trade, transport;
• Virgin Islands (Brit.) – $ 202.8 mln (5.6%). Areas of investment: processing industry, wholesale and retail trade, real estate operations, professional, scientific and technical activity and agriculture;
• Austria – $ 106.3 mln (3%). Areas of investment: wholesale and retail trade, operations with real estate, activities in the field of administrative and auxiliary services.
• Other countries – $ 449.8 mln (12.4%).

By type of economic activity, the largest amount of direct investment is directed to industry $ 2232.1 mln (61.7% of the total volume), which is almost 20% of the total Ukrainian figure. Services are occupied the second place in the volume of investments – $ 1329.8 mln (36.8%). Almost at the same level are investments in the field of agriculture and construction amounted to $ 23 mln (0.6%) and $ 32 mln (0.9%) respectively.

Investments in the region’s economy came from 59 countries.

As of July 1, 2019, the volume of direct investments (equity capital) from the region in the world’s economies amounted to $ 19 mln.