Foreign direct investments amounted to 1.83 nillion euro in the first six months, a 28.9% drop compared to the similar period, in 2009, representing 2.58 billion euro, Romania's National Central Bank data reveals. Foreign direct investments of non residents in Romania financed the current account deficit in January June 2009 by 50.4%, about 3.64 billion euro.

Of the total foreign direct investments, most were capital participations (about 1.40 billion euro compared to 1.37 billion euro in quarter one, 2009). Intra-group credits were 430 million euro compared to 1.21 billion euro in the same period, last year.