Inflow of foreign investment into Ukraine down by almost a third - NBU

The net inflow of foreign direct investment into the Ukrainian economy in 2017 was at $2.307 billion, which is 29.4% lower than $3.268 billion recorded in 2016.

As a result of the completion of most recapitalization programs, the volume of banks' conversion of debt into charter capital decreased in 2017 to $0.6 billion from $2.1 billion in 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on its website.

Without said transactions, net foreign direct investment in 2017 increased by 26%, to $1.8 billion.

Read alsoPoroshenko says Ukraine becomes increasingly attractive for investorsUNIAN memo. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in 2016 foreign investors brought $4.406 billion in direct investment (equity capital), which is 17.1% more than in 2015.

The National Bank estimated the inflow of foreign investments into the economy of Ukraine in 2016 at $3.3 billion.