Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.17 /Trend N.Ismayilova/
Some 459.4 million manat has been invested in the development of economic and social areas of Azerbaijan in January which is 4.8 per cent more than last year, the State Statistics Committee said on Friday.
Investments in the construction industry amounted to 211.3 billion manat, or 46 per cent of total investments. Some 259.4 million manat were invested in the construction of industrial sites and 200 million manat directed to the construction of non-production facilities.
Some 47.2 per cent of investments accounts for domestic investment. Most of this (70.7 per cent) was directed to state-owned enterprises and organisations and only 29.3 per cent to private enterprises.
Some 278.4 million manat (60.6 per cent of total investments) has been invested in capital, 60.4 million manat (13.1 per cent) - bank loans, 78.9 million manat (17.2 per cent) - the budget, 22 million manats (4.8 per cent) - off-budget funds, 19.7 million manat (4.3 per cent) and personal public funds.
Some 49.9 per cent of capital invested in funds (229.1 million manat) was aimed at developing the non-oil sector, including 2.6 per cent (11.8 million manat) in the non-oil industrial sector, 50.1 per cent (230.3 million manats) in the oil sector.
At the same time 52.7 per cent of investments account for industrial areas, 19 per cent, transportation and warehousing, 10.6 per cent in a connection, two per cent - agriculture and fisheries, 0.1 per cent trade, 1.8 per cent construction, 0 7 per cent health care, 2.2 per cent education, 9.5 per cent real estate transactions of which 9.4 per cent was housing, 0.8 per cent public administration, 0.1 per cent financial and insurance activities, 0.4 per cent for administrative services and assistance, 0.2 per cent in other unnamed areas.
Official exchange rate on Feb.17 is 0.7863 AZN/USD